WGAA 1340AM Cedartown

Cedartown's Andre Williams looks on in disbelief as time runs out for the Dawgs. (Gail Conner/camerachik.com)

The Cedartown Bulldogs traveled to Acworth, Georgia on Friday Night to take on the Allatoona Buccaneers (7-0, 3-0). Cedartown (5-2, 2-1) was attempting to hand Allatoona their first loss and have the chance to control their own destiny in region.            

All looked well in the early stages of the game. Allatoona scored on a deep pass to take a 7-0 lead. However, Cedartown would answer back with a long kick return that set up a short touchdown run for Sophomore Nick Chubb. Cedartown would score again on another Nick Chubb touchdown carry, scoring 14 unanswered and giving the Dawgs a seven point lead.           

  With less than two minutes to go in the second quarter, Cedartown had the ball 1^st and goal inside the five yard line. The Dawgs ran the ball up the middle four times but could never reach the endzone.        

The second half was a back and forth affair. Allatoona found a passing game that was non-existent in the previous two quarters, and that would prove to be the difference in the contest. Heralded running back Miles Jones carried for a touchdown to tie the game at 14-14, after a deep pass from the Buccaneer’s Jeremy Uzee to T.J. Herron. The score would remain tied going into the fourth quarter.            

 A long run from Zach Chubb, a late hit penalty, and an 11 yard touchdown run from Nick Chubb would give Cedartown the lead, but only for a moment. Jeremy Uzee was again found a man deep and Allatoona had tied the game again, 21-21.            

Late in the fourth quarter, the Dawgs were marching down the field with a chance to score but a Cedartown fumble brought the drive to a sudden halt. After an exchange of possessions, Cedartown was required to punt out of their own endzone. Allatoona returned the punt to the Dawgs 16 yard line, and on 3^rd and 9 the Bucs ran a draw play to Jones and he found the endzone. Allatoona would hold on to the lead and win the game 27-21, despite being outgained in nearly every category.            

Cedartown returns home this Friday night to play the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (4-3, 2-1) in what will be a huge sub-region game. Game time is set for 7:30.

       The Cedartown Bulldogs will travel to Allatoona High School to take on the Buccaneers tonight at 7:30pm. Cedartown takes a 5-1 record into the matchup, but Allatoona boasts an unblemished 6-0 mark this season.

       The Buccaneers, led by Head Coach Gary Varner, are (more…)

The Polk County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday evening at 7pm, in the regularly held monthly meeting. Among the business handled at the meeting:

• Sandra Galloway was appointed to the Tallatoona Community (more…)

       The Polk County School Board met in its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday. All members were present with the exception of Tara O’Neal and Jane Holbrooks. Each had prior engagements.

       Miah Lovelace, a 5^th grader at Eastside Elementary, was recognized (more…)

The Cedartown City Commission met in its regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Monday at City Hall. The board made several decisions in the meeting. Among them were several important items:

• Recognition of Jimmy Holland’s service to the City of Cedartown (a plaque will be placed (more…)

       The Cedartown Bulldogs made light, easy work of the Pickens County Dragons on Friday Night, winning by a final of 48-27. The Dawgs dominated from start to finish so much so that the Junior Varsity and freshman players got the entire (more…)

        The Dawgs will take to the field again tonight, as they take on the Pickens County Dragons in Jasper, Ga. The Dragons come in with a 1-3-1 record, but they had an impressive 51-3 victory over Murray County.

        Pickens County will welcome a Dawgs team that is rolling along after a 46-6 Homecoming drumming of the Gilmer County Bobcats. The Dawgs look to push the record to 5-1 with a W.

        Cedartown is averaging 31 points per game, that’s tops in the sub region. However, Pickens County is averaging 30 points per game which is second.

        Both Cedartown and Pickens County won there first region contest, so both teams are looking to separate from each other tonight.

        Cedartown moved up 53 spots this week in the state rankings to 168.

        A four car accident occurred on Hwy. 278 at Moore’s Transmission on Thursday at around 10:10 in the morning.

        A wrecker belonging to Moore’s Transmission was in the left turning lane when the vehicle was struck in the back. A Redmond EMS employee then stopped to provide assistance to the people involved in the wreck.

        However, upon stopping, the EMS employee’s vehicle was also struck in the rear. Two people were transported to the hospital, but no serious injuries have been reported.

         The Polk County Police Department’s K-9 Unit made a big bust on Highway 278 at Substation Road Thursday evening, stopping two apparent drug couriers in possession of 1 pound of marijuana.

        According to police reports, Damon Terrell,31, and 33 year old James Aaron III, both of Gadsden, were stopped returning from DeKalb County where they had picked up the marijuana and were apparently returning to Gadsden to make sales.

        This is the first big stop for this particular K-9 unit, as they have only been certified for 2 months. Also recovered in the search was around $1000 dollars in cash.