It's Homecoming Season in East Cobb

Autumn is definitely in the air, and the high school football season is winding down.

It's time for homecoming. 

kicks off a slate of homecoming activities for East Cobb schools tonight with a rare Thursday celebration. 

The Greyhounds will play at 7 p.m. The game was moved up a day from the original schedule to accommodate a live airing on WSB-TV's high school digital sports channel. It's Channel 248 on Comcast.

The game at the Hound Pound will be the renewal of another East Cobb backyard rivalry, with 5-1 Pope looking to keep pace near the top of the Region 5-AAAA North standings. Sprayberry is 3-3. Both teams are 2-1 in region play.

Pope students will get a bit of scheduling break Friday, with classes slated to start at 9:30 a.m. The homecoming dance is from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday in the school cafeteria. 

On Friday, both and The Walker School will hold their homecoming festivities. 

But Wheeler also is going to get a head start Thursday, with the homecoming parade starting at 6 p.m. The event begins at and will end at the school, where there will be a carnival in the front parking lot.

The football game will be a challenging one for the Wildcats (3-3), who are facing (5-1). 

Wheeler students will have a day to recuperate from the game with the homecoming dance taking place Saturday night.

Walker's football game takes place at 7:30 p.m. Friday against Trion. The Wolverines are 3-4 on the season. The dance will take place Saturday. 

's homecoming is next Friday against Wheeler.