Fearless Friday Game of the Week: Fort Smith Southside at Fort Smith Northside
FORT SMITH, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Football is in the air in Fort Smith as the Battle of Rogers Avenue returns as the Game of the Week!
Fort Smith Southside is on the road Friday night as they take on the in-city rivals at Fort Smith Northside.
Southside has led the rivalry in the last two decades winning 12 of the previous 21 games in the series.
The Mavericks snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Grizzlies last year with a 42-35 win at Jim Rowland Stadium. Prior to that streak, Southside won 12 in a row in the series from 2006 to 2015.
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Last 21 games in the series:
2023: 42-35 Southside
2022: 42-24 Northside
2021: 31-16 Northside
2020: 35-7 Northside
2019: 35-12 Northside
2018: 23-13 Northside
2017: 35-13 Northside
2016: 52-13 Northside
2015: 22-15 Southside
2014: 35-14 Southside
2013: 14-10 Southside
2012: 45-26 Southside
2011 Playoffs: 41-24 Southside
2011: 56-7 Southside
2010: 56-29 Southside
2009: 26-22 Southside
2008: 27-24 Southside
2007: 28-21 Southside
2006: 24-10 Southside
2005: 35-17 Northside
2004: 26-9 Northside
Northside vs. Southside will kick off Friday night at 8 p.m. KNWA/FOX24’s Casey Smith will be LIVE during Friday’s newscasts throughout the night.