The Dalton Catamounts are on the road again on Friday to play the Cartersville Hurricanes at 7:30 p.m.
Dalton is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost 35-13 to Rabun County on Friday.
Meanwhile, Cartersville put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against Calhoun as Cartersville made off with a 35-13 victory. Given the Hurricanes' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 22nd, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 88th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Nate Russell continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 215 yards and a touchdown while completing 84.6% of his passes, and also rushing for 33 yards and a touchdown. That's the most total yards he has posted since back in August of 2023. Brady Marchese did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 98 receiving yards.
Cartersville wouldn't let Calhoun keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Cartersville can thank Brayden Logan and Kelson Mitchell for forcing both of them. Mitchell also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 12. Another thorn in Calhoun's side was Logan Shrewsbury, who made 14 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cartersville was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 414 total yards. That's the most total yards they've managed all season.
Dalton's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Cartersville, their record is now 4-0.
Dalton suffered a grim 42-21 defeat to Cartersville in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Dalton, Khristian Lando (who rushed for 182 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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