Category Archives: Local Sports

IT’S TIME FOR FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, WEEK SEVEN!

It’s time for Friday night lights in Northwest Georgia as area high school football teams take the field for the seventh week of play in the 2023 regular season! WLAQ 1410 AM/96.9 FM will have coverage of Darlington football tonight as the Tigers continue Region 7-A Division 1 play at Coosa with a showdown versus…read more »

ATLANTA BRAVES COMPLETE SWEEP OF CHICAGO CUBS IN THURSDAY NIGHT OUTING AT TRUIST PARK, REGULAR SEASON TO CONCLUDE WITH SET VERSUS WASHINGTON NATIONALS OVER THE WEEKEND

The Atlanta Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs 5-3 on Thursday night in the last meeting of a three-game set at Truist Park. The victory allowed Atlanta to sweep that series and clinch home-field advantage through the 2023 MLB postseason. Highlights included a two-run homer by Matt Olson in the bottom of the first, his MLB-leading…read more »

ATLANTA BRAVES OPEN HOMESTAND WITH COMEBACK WIN OVER CHICAGO CUBS

The Atlanta Braves beat the Chicago Cubs by 7-6 on Tuesday evening in the opener of a three-game National League set at Truist Park. The Cubs took an early lead with two runs each in the top of the second and third innings. They added one run each in the fourth and sixth. The Braves…read more »

ROME SENDS QUARTET OF 2023 TEAM MEMBERS TO ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE

(Media release from the Rome Professional Baseball Club): Major League Baseball has announced the rosters and coaching staffs of the 2023 Arizona Fall League (AFL). Four members of the 2023 Rome roster will make the trip out west this fall. Keshawn Ogans and David McCabe are the two infielders representing Atlanta this fall. Ogans, a…read more »