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Southside Panthers

Head Coach: Ron Daugherty (fourth season)
Stadium: Barney Hood Stadium
Career Record: 3 seasons, (27-9)
At Southside Gadsden: 3 seasons, (27-9)
2014 Enrollment:  669
Rank:  79th in the AHSAA, 47th in Class 6A

 History 
Overall Record:   359-415-38   (46.0%)
Last 25 years:   107-152   (41.0%)  (Rank: 270th in the AHSAA, 44th in Class 6A)
Since 2010:   39-27  (59.0%)  (Rank: 130th in the AHSAA, 24th in Class 6A)
Last Region Championship:   2014

 2015 
Class:  6A              Region:   7
Record:  5-5
Region Record:   3-3, (fifth)
Playoff Record:   Did not qualify.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  292 (29.2)
Defense:  232 (23.2)


 2016 
Class: 6A              Region:   7
Strength of Schedule: 46-50 (48%) (236th in the AHSAA, 44th in Class 6A)
Region Strength:  28-36 (44%)
Non-Region Strength:  18-14 (56%)



 2015 Results 
 8/20  @ Oxford  (6A)   9-24   L  
 8/27  @ Hokes Bluff  (4A)   49-14   W  
 9/4  vs. Chelsea  (6A)   10-43   L  
 9/11  @ Arab  (6A)  *  45-7   W  
 9/18  vs. Brewer  (6A)  *  62-14   W  
 9/25  @ St. Clair County  (5A)   24-9   W  
 10/2  vs. Albertville  (6A)  *  24-21   W  
 10/8  @ Lee Huntsville  (6A)  *  16-21   L  
 10/16  vs. Scottsboro  (6A)  *  39-41   L  
 10/23  @ Fort Payne  (6A)  *  14-38   L  
 10/30   OPEN 

 2016 Schedule 
 8/19  vs. Etowah  (5A)       
 8/25  vs. Hokes Bluff  (4A)       
 9/2  vs. Fort Payne  (6A)  *      
 9/9  @ Pell City  (6A)  *      
 9/16   OPEN 
 9/23  vs. Fairley TN        
 9/30  vs. Oxford  (6A)  *      
 10/7  @ Brewer  (6A)  *      
 10/14  @ Cullman  (6A)  *      
 10/21  vs. Albertville  (6A)  *      
 10/28  vs. Glencoe  (3A)       


Class  6A Region  7
Team 2015 Record Scoring                            
Albertville 7-4272-186
Brewer 0-1094-385
Cullman 6-5220-210
Fort Payne 8-3330-199
Oxford 3-7174-270
Pell City 4-7215-231
Southside Gadsden 5-5292-232

 2016 Preview 


       Last year Southside finished fifth in Class 6A region 7 with a 3-3 region record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

       Since 2010, Southside has gone a combined 39-27. Their 59.0% winning percentage ranks 24th in Class 6A over the past six seasons.

       Over the past 25 seasons, Southside has managed to compile a record of 107-152. Their 41.0% winning percentage ranks 44th in Class 6A and 270th in the AHSAA.

       The Panthers are led by head coach Ron Daugherty who is entering his third season at the helm. He has compiled a record of 27-9 over the past three seasons at Southside Gadsden. Under his direction the Panthers have qualified for the playoffs a total of two times. They have won two region crowns with Coach Daugherty.

       Coach Daugherty's overall record as a head football coach in three seasons stands at 27-9 (75.0%). Over the course of his career, Coach Daugherty's teams have qualified for the playoffs a total of two times and won two region championships.

      

      The Southside Panthers will play in Class 6A region 7 during the 2016 season.

       The Panthers have a good chance to earn one of the playoff slots for Region 7 this season.

       The Panthers open the 2016 season at home against non-region opponent Etowah on Friday, August 19 at Barney Hood Stadium. Last year the Etowah Blue Devils finished with an overall record of 7-4 and in second place in Class 5A region 7. The Blue Devils lost in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs to Parker by a score of 27-21.

       Southside and Etowah have met a total of 44 times on the football field. The Panthers have a 13-30-1 record against the Blue Devils. They last met in 2023 with Southside winning by a score of 45-27.

  








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