By LEE HILLER, Journal Sports
Woodlawn starts its 2022 football season with a pair of road trips to District 1-5A opponents Natchitoches Central and Southwood before its home opener with 3-2A’s Red River. The home opener is the first of four straight home dates and six overall for the Knights.
The Knights, under second-year head coach Thedrick Harris, travel to Natchitoches for their season opener with the Chiefs. The two schools started last season against each other after not playing since 1998. The Knights won the first 11 games of the 18 played in the series. Their last win came in 1992.
Woodlawn then faces old rival Southwood. The schools resumed the series last year after not playing each other since 2000 and the Knights’ win last year was their first in the series since 1993. Although Woodlawn has won only 11 of the 32 previous meetings, there have been some pretty epic battles over the years.
Red River will make the drive from Coushatta to play Woodlawn in the third week of the season and be the first of four straight home games. It will be the first time the two schools have played each other.
Longtime District 1-4A rival Booker T. Washington starts the district slate. It will be the 47th game in the series between the schools and the ninth consecutive season they have met.
Evangel and North DeSoto are the next two home games before Woodlawn is a visitor to Huntington. Bossier crosses the river to play the Knights in week eight, followed by a trip to Blanchard to face Northwood in the ninth week. Minden travels to Shreveport to end the regular season against Woodlawn.
Woodlawn 2022 Football Schedule:
Sept. 2 at Natchitoches Central
Sept. 9 at Southwood
Sept. 15 vs. Red River
Sept. 23 vs. BTW
Sept. 30 vs. Evangel
Oct. 7 vs. North DeSoto
Oct. 13 at Huntington
Oct. 21 vs. Bossier
Oct. 27 at Northwood
Nov. 4 vs. Minden
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