FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS @ ROGERS

The Elkmont Red Devils will be traveling to Rogers High School for tonight's game @ 7 pm.  It takes at least an hour to get there.  Elkmont has been selected to be yet another homecoming opponent this year. This will make the game longer than normal so plan accordingly. It may be eleven before you get home.

 

GAME WEATHER:

It's going to be a hot chocolate/coffee game. A cold front will move through later today. Not much moisture for it to work with so little chance of rain, just clouds. Highs Friday will be in the mid 70s, but strong cold air will moving in by game time. If you don't like cool nights, be sure to dress warm, take gloves and a blanket.

Kickoff - 60 degrees and dropping
   9 pm - low 50s 
Wind: 5-10 MPH North Wind

WHAT DO THE PAPERS THINK? 

Decatur Daily

Elkmont at Rogers

Where: Pirate Stadium

What: Class 4A, Region 8 game

Records: Elkmont (0-7, 0-5); Rogers (4-3, 2-3)

Last season: Elkmont won 27-10

The skinny: Rogers must win to keep its playoff hopes alive. The Pirates currently are in the sixth place in the Region 8 standings, one win behind West Limestone, Wilson and Central, which are in a three-way tie for third. … For Elkmont, the season has been a tough grind, with the Red Devils still searching for their first win. … Rogers leads the series 12-5.

The Daily picks: Rogers 31, Elkmont 17

Florence Times Daily
Elkmont (0-7, 0-5) at Rogers (4-3, 2-3)
The skinny: Back-to-back losses have relegated Rogers to the sixth spot in Class 4A, Region 8, but all is not lost. The Pirates must win their two remaining region games, including next week’s against Deshler, and get some help from the outside to keep hopes alive and break a three-year postseason absence… Elkmont has managed just 13.1 points per game in 2015, 55th among 60 4A schools. Defensively, The Red Devils allow 39.9 points per game. Rogers is 12-5 all-time against Elkmont, but lost 27-10 in 2014.