Tuesday's hoops roundup: Lady Canes, Hurricanes pound Raiders
December 17, 2024
The Cartersville Lady Canes and Hurricanes gathered Region 7-4A victories on Tuesday night at Southeast Whitfield in Dalton.
In other Region 7-4A action, the Cass teams lost home games to Dalton and the Woodland teams lost at Cedartown.
CARTERSVILLE GIRLS 59, SOUTHEAST WHITFIELD 23
The Lady Canes had little problem at The Storm Center Tuesday night and ran away from Southeast Whitfield 59-23.
Cartersville led 16-0 after one quarter and 41-5 at halftime in the eventual 36-point win.
Kaitlyn Arnold scored 15 points with three steals and two assists. Rahkia Pace produced ten points with six rebounds and three steals. Senai Camper added nine points, two rebounds, and one assist in the Lady Canes’ win.
Johanna Ortiz led the Lady Raiders (2-6, 1-4) with eight points.
Cartersville (6-5, 5-0) takes a holiday break and will return to action at home on January 4 against Pope.
CARTERSVILLE BOYS 95, SOUTHEAST WHITFIELD 23
The Hurricanes blew past visiting Southast Whitfield Tuesday night at The Storm Center, 95-23, for a Region 7-4A win.
The Canes led 29-0 at the end of the first quarter and built a 52-11 by the intermission.
Wyatt Thomason led Cartersville with 24 points. Will Bishop scored 15. James Lee contributed 14 points. Nas Bennett posted ten points. Zac Tolbert and Shakai Taylor added eight points.
Mason Williams scored 13 points for the Raiders (0-11, 0-5).
Cartersville (6-3, 3-2) takes on Central-Carroll on Thursday in the first round of the Carrollton SMI Classic.
DALTON 61, CASS GIRLS 20
The Lady Catamounts raced to a 21-8 first quarter lead and added to their advantage each quarter in a 61-20 victory Tuesday night at Cass.
Aubriyana Camp scored 25 points to pace Dalton (7-2, 4-1). Dana Gravitt chipped in seven points for the Lady Cats.
KK Evans scored seven points for the Lady Colonels. Yvonne Ellison added four.
“We are still going through some growing pains,” noted Cass coach Brandan Harrell following the loss.
Cass (5-6, 3-2) visits Sonoraville for a non-region game on Friday at 7 p.m.
DALTON 73, CASS BOYS 52
The visiting Catamounts outscored the Cass boys 22-9 in the second quarter Tuesday night and pulled away for a 73-52 decision that handed the Colonels a third-straight Region 7-4A loss.
CJ Weaver led a balanced Dalton scoring attack with 13 points. NaQuay Skillern, Drew Snyder, and Kobi Cooper added ten points for the region-leading Catamounts (7-1, 5-0).
Dylan Miller scored all 18 of his game-high points in the first half for the Colonels. Jason Brown added 12.
Cass (5-7, 2-3) plays at Sonoraville on Friday at 8:30 p.m.
CEDARTOWN 59, WOODLAND GIRLS 16
The Woodland girls dropped a 59-16 decision at Cedartown on Tuesday night.
The host Lady Bulldogs improved to 3-7 overall and 2-3 in Region 7-4A.
Woodland (1-12, 1-5) hosts Mt. Zion-Carroll on Thursday at 4 p.m.
CEDARTOWN 54, WOODLAND BOYS 47
Cedartown’s Quinlan Cothran poured in 26 points and Zae Diamond Pasley added ten as the Bulldogs held off visiting Woodland on Tuesday night 54-47.
The Bulldogs led 10-8 after one quarter, 21-16 at halftime, and 34-25 through three quarters in their eventual seven-point win.
“We got off to another slow start,” stated Wildcats’ coach Kip Dyer. “We picked it up every quarter but it wasn’t quite enough. We kept battling with their big who is a 1,000-point scorer.”
Jayden and Tylen Metcalf led Woodland with 13 and nine points, respectively. Amir Heath and Bryson Van Tonder added six.
Cedartown improved to 4-6 overall and 2-3 in Region 7-4A.
Woodland (3-9, 0-5) hosts Mt. Zion-Carroll on Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
