Emerald suffers another difficult loss on the road, going down big to Westside 43-7.

Coach Tad DuBose’s team had its work cut out for them, as it faced the reigning Upper State champions.

After a scoreless first quarter, Westside got on the board with the first play of the second quarter but missed the extra point. Westside scored a few minutes later with another touchdown pass. A successful two-point conversion put the Rams up 14-0.

Despite a strong effort by Emerald's defense in controlling the Rams during the second quarter, Westside was able to score as time expired in the half to go up 20-0.

“That really took a lot of air out of us,” Dubose said.

Dubose said he prepared his team for this week’s match-up but recognized it would not be a walk in the park.

“We knew it was going to

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