The Fort Payne Wildcats will square off against the Oak Mountain Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Fort Payne has struggled recently with five losses in a row, while Oak Mountain will arrive with 21 straight wins.
Fort Payne is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Southside on Tuesday. The Wildcats lost 4-1 to the Panthers. While losing is never fun, Fort Payne can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked 77th, while Southside are ranked 11th).
Fort Payne's goal came courtesy of Hayden Chambers, who's now up to eight this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Oak Mountain). They never let Northridge get on the board and left with a 10-0 victory on Tuesday. Considering Oak Mountain have won 17 games by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Oak Mountain pushed their record up to 21-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up three goals over those eight matchups. As for Fort Payne, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-11-2.
Fort Payne might still be hurting after the 7-0 loss they got from Oak Mountain in their previous matchup back in February of 2024. Can the Wildcats avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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