The Southern Choctaw Indians will challenge the McIntosh Demons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Southern Choctaw will be strutting in after a win while McIntosh will be coming in after a loss.
Southern Choctaw's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 36-0 victory over Shields at home. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Indians.
Meanwhile, McIntosh was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They were dealt a 40-12 loss at the hands of Leroy. While losing is never fun, the Demons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 382nd, while the Bears are ranked 149th).
McIntosh might have lost, but man, Cedric Riley was a machine: he rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, and also threw for 101 yards and a touchdown.
Southern Choctaw's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for McIntosh, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Southern Choctaw strolled past McIntosh when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a score of 36-21. Will Southern Choctaw repeat their success, or does McIntosh have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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