High school football roundup: Area teams lose to region foes

Published 2:15 pm Monday, October 21, 2024

Cass 27, Dalton 0

Dalton (0-9, 0-5 Region 7-4A) lost to Cass (5-4, 2-3 Region 7-4A) on the road Friday.

Scorers for the Cass Colonels included Braylon Hill, who had a 5-yard rushing touchdown in the first quarter and a 25-yard rushing TD in the second, and Jachai Delgado, who had a 3-yard rushing TD in the second quarter and a 2-yard rushing TD in the fourth.

Dalton freshman quarterback Caine Woods was 6-for-13 with 16 yards passing.

The Catamounts play their last scheduled region game on Friday, Nov. 1, when they host Cartersville’s Woodland Wildcats.

Union County 35, Coahulla Creek 20

Coahulla Creek (1-7, 1-5 Region 7-2A) lost to Union County (4-4, 4-2 Region 7-2A) at home Friday in a hard-fought battle.

Colts quarterback Waelyn Baliles had 48 rushing yards, two passing touchdowns — both to wide receiver Andrew Russell — and one rushing touchdown.

Russell’s pair of touchdowns covered 101 yards, with the Colts with 275 total offensive yards.

Coahulla Creek’s River Choate had six tackles.

For Union County, Connor Schuknecht had two rushing touchdowns, while Maddox Young, Tyler Parker and Darin Patterson also had TDs.

The Colts have two more weeks of region play, including a showdown with North Murray in Chatsworth this Friday before traveling to Ringgold High School on Nov. 1.

North Cobb Christian 34, North Murray 13

North Murray (5-3, 4-2 Region 7-2A) lost on the road at North Cobb Christian (7-1, 5-1 Region 7-2A) Friday.

North Murray had touchdowns from Mountaineers quarterback Hudson Hulett and running back Layten Myers.

Union County’s five touchdowns included scores from Turner Davis, Brody Archie, Denim Stevens, Spears Martin and Madoxx Davis.

Hulett finished 7-for-11 with 49 passing yards. Myers had 97 rushing yards and three passing yards.

The Mountaineers host Coahulla Creek in region play this Friday before finishing the 2024 region schedule against Rockmart at home on Nov. 1.

Woodland 43, Southeast Whitfield 3

Southeast Whitfield (0-8, 0-1 Region 7-4A) lost to Woodland (2-6, 1-4 Region 7-4A) at home Friday.

Friday’s game marked the only region game for Southeast’s Raiders this season.

The score for the Raiders was a field goal by Julian Villa.

Still on the schedule for Southeast are two road games. The Raiders will travel to Hiawassee this Friday to take on Towns County before traveling to Chattanooga to battle Grace Baptist Academy on Nov. 1.