It’s time for Friday night lights in Northwest Georgia as area high school football teams take the field for the first week of play in the 2024 regular season!
WLAQ 1410 AM/96.9 FM will have again coverage of Darlington football this year. The Tigers will open up the regular season tonight as hosts to the Mount Vernon Mustangs.
Here’s our broadcast schedule for tonight –
- 5:30 pm – This Week in Northwest Georgia Football, sponsored by Riverside Auto Group
- 6:45 pm – The Coach Groves Show, featuring Darlington head football coach Wayne Groves
- 7:15 pm – Darlington pregame
- 7:30 pm – Kickoff for Darlington Football
- Rome Orthopaedic Scoreboard Show will go live immediately following our broadcast of Darlington football. Father/son duo of Lin Butler and Austin Butler are back to give you scores, take your calls, and recap the night’s action.
In other week one matchups –
- Young Americans Christian Eagles @ Unity Christian School Lions
- Sonoraville Phoenix @ Model Blue Devils
- Pepperell Dragons @ Pickens Dragons
- Gordon Lee Trojans @ Trion Bulldogs
- Calhoun Yellow Jackets @ Creekiew Grizzlies
- Cedartown Bulldogs @ Rockmart Yellow Jackets
- Cass Colonels vs. Callaway Cavaliers in the Corky Kell Dave Hunter Classic
Rome High will not play in this year’s Corky Kell, following last Thursday’s bus crash.
Adairsville opened its season with a 28-27 win over Allatoona on Thursday night.
Off this week: Armuchee, Coosa
