By Amy Thrash, Sports Reporter • amy@southerntorch.com (Photo by Marla Jones)

SOUTHSIDE, Ala. — The Crossville Lions were defeated by the Southside Panthers 54-21 on friday night.

To start the first quarter, Southside ran a 44-yard touchdown to give them the 7-0 lead. Crossville’s Trent Bryant made a interception and ran it for a 60-yard touchdown. The Panthers answered back with a 46-yard touchdown to make the score 14-7. The Panthers fumbled the ball and it got picked up by Bryant who returned it to the 1-yard line, where Hunter Haston dashed in the endzone for a touchdown to tie the game 14-14. Southside scored two more times by the end of the first to make the score, 27-14.

In the second quarter, Southside was on a roll and scored four more touchdowns to make the score 54-14 at the half.

The last score was made in the fourth quarter as the Crossville Lions scored with .42 seconds remaining in the game. The final was 54-21.

The Crossville Lions will travel to Rainsville to take on the Plainview Bears for their last game of the season.