High School Football Highlights Busy Sports Weekend; Vols Return to The X Saturday

A busy sports weekend is ahead across southern Middle Tennessee and north Alabama, with high school football taking center stage Friday night before the Tennessee Volunteers return to the local airwaves Saturday.

In Tennessee, Lawrence County enters Friday at 1-3 and hosts unbeaten Columbia Central in region action. Other games involving area schools include Collinwood at Loretto, Summertown at Scotts Hill, Hollow Rock-Bruceton Central at Wayne County, Eagleville at Cornersville, Summit at Lincoln County, Fayetteville at Forrest, Maplewood at Spring Hill, Mt. Pleasant against Riverside, Community at Richland, and Christian Community at Zion Christian Academy.

North Alabama also has a full Friday night schedule. Brooks travels to Hamilton, Central-Florence hosts Elkmont, Florence hosts Decatur, Lauderdale County hosts West Limestone, Lexington welcomes J.B. Pennington, Mars Hill Bible travels to Coosa Christian, and Rogers visits Colbert Heights. Other matchups include Waterloo against Phillips, Wilson against Clements, Cherokee against Red Bay, Colbert County at Phil Campbell, Deshler against Priceville, Muscle Shoals against Hartselle, Sheffield at Winston County, Belgreen against Hackleburg, Russellville at East Limestone, Ardmore against West Point, Athens against Austin, and Tanner at Falkville.

The football weekend continues Saturday as No. 15/14 Tennessee hosts Kennesaw State at Neyland Stadium. Tennessee enters the game 2-0, while Kennesaw State is 1-1. The matchup will close out the Volunteers’ non-conference schedule.

Vol Network coverage can be heard locally on The X — 106.1 & 93.1 FM and 590 AM. The Big Orange Countdown pregame show begins at 4:15 p.m. Central Time, two and a half hours before the scheduled 6:45 p.m. Central Time kickoff. Mike Keith will call the game alongside analyst Jayson Swain, with Brent Hubbs reporting from the sidelines.