A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers takes on the Fort Payne Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Pelham has struggled recently with four losses in a row, while Fort Payne will arrive with seven straight wins.
Last Friday, Pelham came up short against Leeds and fell 35-28. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama football rankings (they are ranked 149th, while the Greenwave are ranked 50th).
Meanwhile, Fort Payne was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Lee 55-13. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 27 points or more this season.
Fort Payne had a senior duo take command as Brannon Oliver picked up 75 receiving yards and three touchdowns and Dax Varnadore threw for 185 yards and three touchdowns. Varnadore has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last four times he's played. Another big playmaker for Fort Payne was Hunter Goza, who returned a punt for a touchdown.
Pelham's defeat dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Fort Payne, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-2.
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