Preview: Forest Park vs. McIntosh
Forest Park is 0-4 against McIntosh since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Forest Park Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the McIntosh Chiefs at 7:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Forest Park sitting on three straight victories and McIntosh on 12.
In what's become a running theme this season, Forest Park gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Jonesboro with a sharp 9-1 victory. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 8-1.
Forest Park's offense was hitting Jonesboro from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Handy Palacios led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, McIntosh faced Columbus in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. McIntosh came out on top against Columbus by a score of 3-1. That's two games straight that McIntosh has won by exactly two goals.
Forest Park's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for McIntosh, their victory was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-0.
Forest Park suffered a grim 4-0 defeat to McIntosh in their previous matchup back in March of 2023. Can Forest Park avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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