If Southern Academy was feeling good fresh off their 58-6 takedown of Snook Christian Academy last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Southern Academy Cougars took a 57-40 bruising from the Wilcox Academy Wildcats on Friday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Cougars of the 49-12 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in November of 2023.
When it comes to explaining why Southern Academy lost, don't look at Drew Rogers. Despite the final result, he threw for 260 yards and two touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes, and also rushed for 44 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Rogers a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Wyatt Martin, who picked up 90 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Even though they lost, Southern Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 263 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 96.6 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last four matchups they've averaged 225.8.
Southern Academy dropped their record down to 1-8 with the loss, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Wilcox Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
Southern Academy will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Hooper Academy at 7:00 p.m. on November 1st. As for Wilcox Academy, they will square off against Fort Dale Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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