FAYETTEVILLE — Very little has gone as Fort Smith Southside hoped or expected during a difficult first season in the 7A-Central.
The Mavericks (3-6) would like nothing more than to end the regular season with a victory over rival Fort Smith Northside to help ease their frustration.
The resurgent No. 9 Grizzlies (6-2) were 4-7 last year, but they used a five-game winning streak in the middle of this season to reach third place in the Central standings. Their only losses have come to No. 3 Greenwood and No. 2 North Little Rock.
Southside, meanwhile, is on its way to the school's first losing season since 2007 — though a win at Northside on Friday night would end the regular season on a high note before the playoffs.
No. 9 FORT SMITH NORTHSIDE 24, FORT SMITH SOUTHSIDE 21
(1) Fayetteville 33, Van Buren 13
(2) North Little Rock 28, Cabot 17
(3) Greenwood 34, Lake Hamilton 17
(4) Springdale Har-Ber 35, Rogers Heritage 7
(5) Bentonville 30, Bentonville West 10
(6) Pulaski Academy 38, Little Rock Mills 7
(7) Jonesboro 30, Marion 14
(7) Russellville 28, Siloam Springs 10
(9) Fort Smith Northside 24, Fort Smith Southside 21
(10) Pine Bluff 38, Jacksonville 7
CLASS 6A
(1) Greenwood 34, Lake Hamilton 17
(2) Jonesboro 30, Marion 14
(2) Russellville 28, Siloam Springs 10
(4) Pine Bluff 38, Jacksonville 7
(5) West Memphis 21, Mountain Home 13
CLASS 5A
(1) Pulaski Academy 38, Little Rock Mills 7
(2) Wynne 31, Nettleton 14
(3) Sylvan Hills 27, Beebe 13
(4) Morrilton 33, Clarksville 7
(5) Alma 28, Maumelle 10
CLASS 4A
(1) Nashville 41, Bauxite 7
(2) Warren 33, Pine Bluff Dollarway 14
(3) Pulaski Robinson 31, Mena 17
(4) Prairie Grove 35, Lincoln 7
(5) Pea Ridge 23, Shiloh Christian 21
CLASS 3A
(1) Charleston 34, Mansfield 3
(1) Prescott 38, Jessieville 13
(3) Bald Knob 31, Cedar Ridge 20
(4) Glen Rose 30, Gurdon 14
(5) Fordyce 28, McGehee 14
CLASS 2A
(1) England 38, Poyen 7
(2) Danville 33, Augusta 17
(3) Hampton, idle
(4) Des Arc 30, Clarendon 20
(5) Hector 31, Quitman 10
LAST WEEK: 28-0 (100 percent)
SEASON: 208-33 (86 percent)