Area Sports Calendar – Braves, Falcons, United, Dream and Prep Football
From Staff Reports
Below readers will find a listing of this area’s sports calendar for the upcoming week, starting with prep football in Coweta County and including Atlanta’s professional teams – Braves, Falcons, United and Dream.
Locally, the big game this week is the cross-county rivalry on Friday between East Coweta and Newnan in high school football. The Indians (0-1) travel to Drake Stadium to face the 1-0 Cougars. Kickoff is set for 7:30 pm.
PREP FOOTBALL
THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE (Aug. 22)
East Coweta at Newnan
Northgate at Villa Rica
Trinity Christian at Riverdale
Athens Christian at Heritage School
Central Christian at Peachtree Academy
*All games start at 7:30 pm
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS (Aug. 14-15)
Towers 47, Heritage School 7 (Thurs.)
Sandy Creek 28, East Coweta 21
Newnan 54, Greater Atlanta Christian 14
Northgate 27, Starr’s Mill 21
Ola 34, Trinity Christian 28
Central Christian 55, Hearts Academy 14
MLB – MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
ATLANTA BRAVES
Aug. 18, Mon. – Chicago White Sox, 7:15 pm – FanDuel
Aug. 19, Tues. – Chicago White Sox, 7:15 pm – FanDuel
Aug. 20, Wed. – Chicago White Sox, 7:15 pm – FanDuel
Aug. 22, Fri. – New York Mets, 7:15 pm – Apple TV+
Aug. 23, Sat. – New York Mets, 7:15 pm – FanDuel
Aug. 24, Sun. – New York Mets, 1:35 pm – FanDuel
NFL – NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
ATLANTA FALCONS
Aug. 22, Fri. – at Dallas Cowboys, 8 pm – FOX 5 (preseason)
MLS – MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
ATLANTA UNITED
Aug. 24, Sun. – Toronto FC, 4 pm – Apple TV
WNBA – WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
ATLANTA DREAM
Aug. 19, Tues. – at Las Vegas Aces, 10 pm – Peachtree TV
Aug. 21, Thurs. – Minnesota Lynx, 7:30 pm – Peachtree TV
Aug. 23, Sat. – New York Liberty, 2 pm – CBS
