It’s time for area high school football teams to take the field for the first week of play in the 2025 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 this afternoon at Mount Vernon versus the Mustangs.
Darlington head football coach Wayne Groves enthusiastically asserted in a WLAQ Sports interview that the Tigers have been working hard to prepare for this moment and fired up to begin the season.
Here’s our broadcast schedule for today –
- 3:10 p.m. – This Week in NWGA Football – Radio Edition, sponsored by Riverside Auto Group
- 3:45 p.m. – The Coach Groves Show – Radio Edition
- 4:15 p.m. – Tiger Kick Off Show – Live from Atlanta, GA
- 4:30 p.m. – Darlington Tigers @ Mount Vernon Mustangs
- After Darlington Football, Braves @ Guardians
- After Braves game, ROC Scoreboard Show, sponsored by Rome Orthopaedic Center
In other week one match-ups –
- Lafayette Christian Cougars @ Unity Christian School Lions
- Model Blue Devils @ Sonoraville Phoenix
- Pickens Dragons @ Pepperell Dragons
- Trion Bulldogs @ Gordon Lee Trojans
- Rockmart Yellow Jackets @ Cedartown Bulldogs
- Lagrange Grangers @ Cass Colonels (Barron Stadium – Corky Kell Classic)
- Creekside Seminoles @ Rome Wolves (Barron Stadium – Corky Kell Classic)