Football Preview: Hazel Green Trojans vs. Southside Panthers
The Hazel Green Trojans will venture away from home to challenge the Southside Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hazel Green is no doubt hoping to put an end to an eight-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Hazel Green is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Fort Payne on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Hazel Green was outmatched by Fort Payne at home and fell 56-29. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 225th, while the Wildcats are ranked 57th).
Meanwhile, Southside came tearing into Friday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Titans by a score of 30-23.
Hazel Green's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Southside, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
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