Both Chattooga County high school football teams celebrated victories Friday night, as the Chattooga Indians picked up a road win over Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe and the Trion Bulldogs rolled to a homecoming victory over Manchester.

The Chattooga Indians defeated Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 27-14 Friday night in Fort Oglethorpe, earning their second victory of the season.

The Indians entered the game with a 1-6 record and were looking to bounce back from a 54-14 loss to Dade County the previous week.

Friday night’s victory improves Chattooga’s overall record to 2-6.

Chattooga’s other victory came October 2, when the Indians defeated Gordon Central 38-22 during homecoming at the Little Big Horn.

Meanwhile, the Trion Bulldogs celebrated homecoming with a convincing 36-6 victory over the Manchester Blue Devils at Sam R. McCain Stadium.

The Bulldogs entered Friday night’s contest looking to rebound from a 34-7 loss to Bowdon that snapped a five-game winning streak.

Trion’s victory over Manchester improves the Bulldogs’ overall record to 7-2.

Friday night’s win was especially sweet for Trion fans as the Bulldogs celebrated homecoming in front of their hometown crowd.

During the homecoming festivities, Miss Zoi Phillips was crowned Trion High School’s 2026 Homecoming Queen. Miss Meila Treadaway was named first runner-up, while Miss Emme Hankins was named second runner-up.

Trion High School congratulated the members of the homecoming court following Friday night’s celebration.

Looking ahead, Trion will have an open week next Friday, October 30, before returning to action at home on November 6 to close out the regular season.

Chattooga will travel to Christian Heritage next Friday, October 30, as the Indians look to build on their victory over Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe.

WZQZ provided live radio coverage of the Trion homecoming game on FM 99.1, with Paul Cavin, Jeremy Burke and Sam Kholer calling the action.

Both games were also streamed live on Facebook, with Chris “Bubba” Wilson, Steiner Davis and Mason Gilreath providing coverage of Chattooga’s victory in Fort Oglethorpe.

Friday Night Final Scores:

🏈 Chattooga Indians 27 – Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 14

🏈 Trion Bulldogs 36 – Manchester Blue Devils 6