Football Preview: Southside Southerners vs. Harmony Grove Cardinals
The Southside Southerners will take on the Harmony Grove Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Southside is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Southside's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Blytheville offense got past them. Southside secured a 36-32 W over Blytheville on Friday.
Southside's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Owen McLaughlin, who rushed for 161 yards and a touchdown, and Trey Allen, who threw for 107 yards and three touchdowns on perfect 7-for-7 passing. 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.
Southside was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 267 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 160 rushing yards in eight consecutive matches.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Southside's defensive line and their three sacks. In that department, Cameron Foree was the leader with two.
Harmony Grove fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back wins it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Bauxite 13-12.
Southside pushed their record up to 10-0 with the victory, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 25.6 points. As for Harmony Grove, their win bumped their record up to 3-7.
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