It’s time for Friday night lights in Northwest Georgia as area high school football teams take the field for the ninth week of play in the 2023 regular season!
WLAQ 1410 AM/96.9 FM will have coverage of Darlington football tonight as the Tigers head to Pepperell for a Region 7-A Division 1 battle.
Darlington’s head football coach Wayne Groves is an alumnus of Pepperell High School. He says that it will be interesting to return to the home of the Dragons.
Darlington improved to 3-0 in the region and 5-2 overall with a 35-0 victory at home over Chattooga last Friday night.
Here’s the WLAQ broadcast schedule for tonight –
6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. – This Week in NWGA Football, sponsored by Riverside Auto Group
6:45 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. – The Coach Groves Show
7:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. – LIVE pregame commentary
7:30 p.m. – Darlington Football
**Rome Orthopaedic Center Scoreboard Show will go live immediately following our broadcast of Darlington football.
Tune in every Wednesday evening at 7 pm for a new (and live!) edition of The Coach Groves Show on WLAQ’s Facebook Live and the WLAQ Radio YouTube channel. This Week in NWGA Football airs LIVE via both media outlets every Thursday at 10:30 am.
In other week nine match-ups –
7-A Division 1
Dade County Wolverines @ Coosa Eagles
Trion Bulldogs @ Chattooga Indians
7-A Division 2
Christian Heritage Lions @ Bowdon Red Devils
7-AA
Haralson County Rebels @ Model Blue Devils
Murray County Indians @ Rockmart Yellow Jackets
Fannin County Rebels @ North Murray Mountaineers
7-AAAAA
Woodland Wildcats @ Calhoun Yellow Jackets
Hiram Hornets @ Cartersville Canes
Cass Colonels @ Dalton Catamounts
BYE – Armuchee Indians, Cedartown Bulldogs, Rome Wolves