Southside Panthers move up in Sportswriters poll

Southside moved up three spots, to No. 7 in Class 5A, in this week’s Alabama Sports Writers Association’s high school football poll.
The Panthers (7-0, 5-0 in Region 7) defeated Boaz 31-6 last week.
Piedmont remained at No. 2 in 3A, while Fyffe jumped one spot, to No. 4, in 2A.
Gadsden City, which defeated then-No. 2 Clay-Chalkville 24-21, was in the “others receiving votes” category in 6A.
Etowah received votes in 5A, as did Collinsville in 1A.  The Panthers face Etowah this friday in Southside.  Listen to the game live on 930, WGAD.