On Friday, the Cartersville Hurricanes humbled the Rockmart Yellowjackets with a 35-6 victory. Given the Hurricanes' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 101st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cartersville had a senior duo take command as Jacaiden Leonard rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries and Baylon Long rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns. Leonard's longest rush was for an impressive 63 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Nate Russell was another key player, throwing for 162 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cartersville was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 446 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Cartersville wouldn't let Rockmart keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Cartersville can thank Jordyn Woods and Reed Ezell for forcing both of them. With that strong performance, Woods is now averaging an impressive 3.5 total tackles per game.
The win made it two in a row for Cartersville and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Rockmart, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Cartersville's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on Hapeville Charter at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Rockmart, they will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Ringgold at 7:30 p.m. on September 6th. Hopefully Rockmart focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday.
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