Football Preview: Northside Methodist Academy Knights vs. Slocomb Red Tops
The Northside Methodist Academy Knights will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Slocomb Red Tops at 7:00 p.m.
Northside Methodist Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost 41-16 to Montgomery Academy two weeks ago. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 348th, while the Eagles are ranked 95th).
Meanwhile, while Slocomb put up some points on Friday, the same can't be said for Geneva. Slocomb walked away with a 10-0 win over Geneva. The game marked the Red Tops' most dominant victory of the season.
Slocomb can attribute much of their success to Hayes Hatton, who rushed for 132 yards, and Cade Birge, who rushed for 62 yards.
Slocomb's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Luke Goodman and Khilan Adderly.
Northside Methodist Academy dropped their record down to 0-5 with the loss, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Slocomb, the win got them back to even at 3-3.
Northside Methodist Academy took a serious blow against Slocomb when the teams last played back in September of 2021, falling 37-0. Can Northside Methodist Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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