Football Preview: Southside Southerners vs. Arkadelphia Badgers
The Southside Southerners will challenge the Arkadelphia Badgers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Southside is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Southside is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They beat Monticello by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 24-7.
The critical scores for Southside came from Cameron Foree, Owen McLaughlin, and Landon Mcspadden.
One reason for the win was Southside's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Brady Wood was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two himself. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 13. Another thorn in Monticello's side was Andrew Plummer, who forced a fumble and made 14 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Arkadelphia waltzed into their matchup on Friday with nine straight wins... but they left with ten. They walked away with a 35-27 victory over the Sand Lizards.
Southside pushed their record up to 14-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.3 points per game. As for Arkadelphia, their victory bumped their record up to 11-2.
Southside was dealt a bruising 51-20 loss at the hands of Arkadelphia in their previous matchup back in November of 2021. Can Southside avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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