Football Preview: Heber Springs Panthers vs. Southside Southerners
Heber Springs and Southside are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Heber Springs Panthers will challenge the Southside Southerners at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Heber Springs sitting on six straight wins and Southside on 11.
Heber Springs is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top against Blytheville by a score of 30-20.
Meanwhile, while Southside put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Harmony Grove. Southside blew past Harmony Grove 42-0. The Southerners might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by 24 points or more this season.
Owen McLaughlin continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 144 yards and four touchdowns on only 13 carries. McLaughlin is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 107 every time he's taken the field this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Trey Allen, who threw for 155 yards and two touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes.
Southside was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 221 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 160 rushing yards in nine consecutive matches.
Southside's victory bumped their record up to 11-0. As for Heber Springs, their win bumped their record up to 8-3.
Heber Springs took a serious blow against Southside in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 49-10. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Heber Springs was down 28-3.
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