Football Recap: Southwood Comes Up Short Despite Cornelius Martin's Strong Performance

By Team Reports Nov 10, 2024, 1:44pm

Football Recap: Southwood Cowboys vs. Minden Crimson Tide

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Southwood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 20th straight loss dating back to last season. They took a 38-21 bruising from the Minden Crimson Tide. While losing is never fun, the Cowboys can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana football rankings (they are ranked 272nd, while the Crimson Tide are ranked 111th).

Despite the loss, Southwood still got an impressive performance from Cornelius Martin, who threw for 128 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 105 yards on only 12 carries. Those 105 rushing yards gave Martin a new career-high.

Caylien Aubrey had an outrageously good game for Minden as he rushed for 169 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per carry. Aubrey showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 60 yards.

Southwood's defeat dropped their record down to 0-10. As for Minden, they pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.

Southwood does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Minden, they will host Wossman at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

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