Woodland teams and Cartersville boys lose opening round games at Carroll County SMI Holiday Tourney
December 20, 2024
The three local high school basketball teams participating in the annual Carroll County Schools SMI Holiday Tournament lost their first-round games on Thursday. The tournament continues with games on Friday and Saturday.
MT. ZION-CARROLL 64, WOODLAND BOYS 55
The Wildcats recovered from a slow start Thursday evening and played a strong third quarter to charge back into their first-round game of the Carroll County Schools SMI Holiday Tournament, but the Mt. Zion-Carroll Eagles held on the win 64-55.
Woodland trailed 16-5 after one quarter and 30-24 at halftime before outscoring the Eagles 22-17 in the third quarter to narrow the deficit to one point. The rally came up short across the final eight minutes, with Mt. Zion taking the final period 17-9.
Payton and Austin Waters led Mt. Zion-Carroll with 25 and 19 points, respectively. Jerry Terrell added 15 for the Eagles (6-0).
Jayden Metcalf scored 16 points for Woodland, followed by Evan Womack with 11 and Tylen Metcalf with nine points.
Woodland (3-10) plays at Villa Rica High School on Friday at 5:30 p.m. in a consolation game against Thursday night’s Temple/Villa Rica loser.
CENTRAL-CARROLL 67, CARTERSVILLE BOYS 44
The Cartersville boys lost their first-round game at the Carroll County Schools SMI Holiday Tournament in Carrollton to Central-Carroll, 67-44.
The Lions improved to 9-1 on the season.
Cartersville (6-4) plays Bowdon in a tournament consolation game on Friday at Central-Carroll High School at 5:30 p.m.
MT. ZION-CARROLL 60, WOODLAND GIRLS 18
The Woodland Lady Cats lost to Mt. Zion-Carroll Thursday afternoon in the Carroll County Schools SMI Holiday Tournament opening round at Villa Rica High School.
Mt. Zion-Carroll improved its season record to 2-3.
Woodland (1-13) plays a consolation game on Friday at Villa Rica against Thursday’s Villa Rica / Temple loser.
COAHULLA CREEK 73, EXCEL CHRISTIAN BOYS 66
The Excel Eagles lost a 73-66 decision Thursday night in Whitfield County at the Coahulla Creek Colts.
A highly competitive contest throughout, Coahulla Creek led 36-28 at halftime and carried a 10-point lead into the fourth quarter before holding on for a seven-point victory.
Morris Cullen led the Colts (7-2) with 18 points. Gage Voyles posted 16 points, and Waelyn Baliles added 13 for Coahulla Creek.
Evan Chappell scored 21 and Kaiyu Huffman 20 for the Eagles. Christian Vieira and Kameron Profit added six points. Carter May and Jorge Ricardo chipped in with five points.
Excel Christian (7-5) plays host The King’s Academy Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Silent Knight Christmas Classic and will play Cherokee Christian on Saturday at 5 p.m. at the same event in Woodstock.
