Tonight is week 6 of the 2024 high school football regular season and both Trion and Chattooga are still undefeated!  The last time both of our local teams went into week 6 of the season undefeated was 1980!  Chattooga starts region play tonight at home against Armuchee while the Trion Bulldogs will wrap up their non-region schedule tonight with Robbinsville, NC.

Chattooga went on the road last week for the first time this season and passed with flying colors as they defeated the Gordon Central Warriors 56-6.  The Indians will start region play tonight at home against the Armuchee Indians.  Armuchee was 3-0 heading into last week but suffered their first loss of the season last Friday night to Gordon Lee 42-0.  Armuchee had opened up the season with three straight wins over Ridgeland, Cherokee Christian and Southeast Whitfield.  Armuchee’s offense was flying high through the first thee weeks of the season averaging 33 points per game but that came to a screeching halt as Gordon Lee shut the Indians out last week.  Armuchee will  be looking to get back on track tonight but that is going to be tough to do against a Chattooga team that is giving up an average of only 6 points per game on defense.

The Trion Bulldogs are 5-0 on the season and ranked #8 in the state according to the AJC.  The Bulldogs started slow on the road against Lafayette last week but turned the heat up in the second half and cruised to a 50-21 win over the Ramblers.  Trion will wrap up their non-region schedule tonight against a new foe that will travel from a far away land, the Robbinsville, NC Black Knights.  Robbinsville is a very successful single A program from North Carolina, winning a state championship in 2019.  Over the past 5 seasons, Robbinsville has won no fewer than 9 games per season and capturing several region championships along the way.  The Black Knights are coming off a 13-2 season last year where they won a region championship and advanced to the 5th round of the playoffs before losing in the semi-finals.  Robbinsville was 0-3 this season before notching their first win of the season last week against Copper Basin, TN 46-0.

Both the Trion and Chattooga games will be live video streamed on the WZQZ Facebook page.  The Trion vs Robbinsville, NC game will also be broadcast on 99.1 FM and AM 1180.  Ben Groce and Jeremy Burke along with cameraman Jim Warnock will call the action tonight from Trion.  Chris “Bubba” Wilson and Steiner Davis along with cameraman Mason Gilreath will bring you all the coverage from the Chattooga game.  The pregame show will begin at 7 pm with kickoff to follow at 7:30 pm.