GPB’s Football Fridays in Georgia returns to Cartersville’s Sam Weinman Stadium this week for the Northwest Georgia showdown between the Purple Hurricanes and the Rockmart Bulldogs.

Cartersville (1-0) is the No. 2-ranked team in Class 4A. Rockmart is the No. 4-ranked team in Class 3A.

The schools are only 20 miles apart and have been competing against each other on the football field since 1925, but they haven’t met since 2013. Cartersville leads the all-time series 37-29-4 and has won the last two games, when both were state ranked.

Cartersville, coached by Conor Foster, opened the season by hammering Columbia 40-0.

Rockmart, coached by Biff Parson, was trailing Cedartown 7-0 when a thunderstorm interrupted play. The game will be completed on Saturday at 8 p.m.