The Southern Academy Cougars will take on the Lakeside School Chiefs in a holiday battle at 4:30 p.m. on Friday at. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Southern Academy couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in their season opener. They were outmatched by Wilcox Academy at home and fell 79-43.
Meanwhile, Lakeside School fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against Springwood on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 59-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wildcats. While losing is never fun, Lakeside School can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 329th, while Springwood is ranked 44th).
Southern Academy's loss dropped their record down to 0-1. As for Lakeside School, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-6.
