Fern Creek is 8-1 against Southern since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Fern Creek Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Southern Trojans at 7:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Last Friday, Fern Creek was beaten by Male 61-13. It was the first time this season that Fern Creek let down their fans at home.
Meanwhile, Southern had to suffer through a rough 40-12 loss at the hands of Bullitt East. While losing is never fun, Southern can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky football rankings (they are ranked 151st, while Bullitt East is ranked 26th).
Fern Creek's loss dropped their record down to 6-3. As for Southern, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-4.
Fern Creek strolled past Southern in their previous meeting back in October of 2022 by a score of 21-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fern Creek since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
