Region play is in full swing and both of our local teams have critical road games tonight and tomorrow that will have significant playoff implications.  Local football fans will be treated to games on Friday night and Saturday afternoon this weekend.  Incoming weather conditions have forced the Trion at Manchester game to be moved to Saturday afternoon at 3pm.  Chattooga will square off against Gordon Lee tonight as scheduled at 7:30 pm in Chickamauga.

Chattooga will put their undefeated 5-0 record on the line tonight against the 3-2 Gordon Lee Trojans.  Chattooga is 2-0 in region play after blowout victories over Gordon Central and Armuchee but the Indians will be facing their toughest test of the season so far tonight in Gordon Lee and tonight’s game is only the second road game of the season for Chattooga.  Gordon Lee opened the season with a 30-6 loss to Trion before reeling off three straight victories over Lafayette, Heritage Ringgold and Armuchee.  Gordon Lee is 1-1 in region play after last week’s region loss on the road at Christian Heritage.

The 8th ranked 6-0 Trion Bulldogs will also be facing what will easily be their toughest opponent so far this season.  Trion will make the three hour trip to Manchester to take on the 3rd ranked 3-1 Manchester Blue Devils.  Manchester is coming off an 11-3 season last year where they lost the state championship game by one point, 28-27, to fellow region competitor Bowdon.  The Blue Devils opened this season with a loss to AAAA Harris County 16-8.  Manchester has since won 3 games in row over Upson Lee (6-0), Macon County (42-6) and Chapel Hill (38-0).  All eyes in the state will certainly be on this game that features two top 10 ranked teams that will have a huge bearing on the standings in Region 7-A, which many consider the toughest region in the state with three top ten teams in two-time defending state champion Bowdon (ranked # 1), Manchester (ranked # 3) and Trion (ranked # 8).

Both games will be live video streamed on the WZQZ Facebook page and broadcast on 99.1 FM and AM 1180.  Join Chris “Bubba” Wilson, Steiner Davis and cameraman Mason Gilreath on Friday night as they will provide live coverage of the Chattooga vs Gordon Lee game from Chickamauga.  The pregame show will begin around 7:15 pm tonight with kickoff to follow at 7:30 pm.

Tune in on Saturday afternoon as Jeremy Burke and cameraman Jim Warnock will bring you all of the action live from Manchester.  The pregame show on Saturday will begin around 2:45 pm on Saturday with kickoff to follow at 3pm.