The Glenwood Gators will challenge the Southside Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Glenwood comes in on six and Southside on 12.
Glenwood is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Trinity Presbyterian 40-7. Considering the Gators have won eight contests by more than 26 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Trey Claridy
| 11/14/25 vs Trinity Presbyterian | 154 |
| 10/31/25 @ Sylacauga | 69 |
| 08/22/25 @ Valley | 50 |
| 11/07/25 vs Thomasville | 19 |
| 10/17/25 @ Lee-Scott Academy | -2 |
Glenwood's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Trey Claridy, who rushed for 154 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry, and Nate Malone, who rushed for 166 yards and one TD while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. Those 154 rushing yards gave Claridy a new career-high.
Glenwood didn't let much get past them through the air: they limited Trinity Presbyterian to a completion percentage of just 50%. The team can thank Zayden Hart for the heroic effort on defense: he. Sadly, that's becoming something of a trend for Glenwood; they were averaging 64%completion percentage earlier this season, but in their last three games they've fallen to only 0%.
Meanwhile, Southside's offense rose to the challenge against a Warriors defense that boasted an average of only 13 points allowed on Friday. The Panthers took down Cottage Hill Christian Academy 39-22.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Kole Moody and Shamar Toodle. Moody had a solid game and threw for 382 yards and a pair of touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Meanwhile, Toodle was balling out in the loss, throwing for 316 yards and a pair of TDs while picking up 10.9 yards per attempt.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Southside's defense and their 11 sacks. Michael Hosea led the group effort, picking up four of those sacks all by himself. Thanks to that big game, Aarron Bonner is now up to 10 sacks on the season.
Southside's win bumped their record up to 12-0. As for Glenwood, their victory bumped their record up to 10-2.
The upcoming matchup will be a clash of competing strengths. Glenwood has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 196.1 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Southside has preferred to attack from the air: they average 411.6 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
