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.