JOURNAL STAFF
The first-ever Shreveport-Bossier Journal football ranking of the Top 10 teams in the SBJ coverage area is listed below, and will be updated each Tuesday. C.E. Byrd received four first place votes and tops the poll with 67 points.
Below the poll, Journal writer and longtime local prep expert Roy Lang III begins his weekly selections of high school games folding in a point spread, just for fun, and to stir the pot.
| SBJ Top 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| School (1st) | W-L | Pts. |
| 1. C.E. Byrd (4) | 0-0 | 67 |
| 2. Captain Shreve | 0-0 | 55 |
| 3. Northwood (1) | 0-0 | 54 |
| 4. Parkway (2) | 0-0 | 47 |
| 5. Huntington | 0-0 | 31 |
| 6. Calvary | 0-0 | 30 |
| 7. Airline | 0-0 | 27 |
| 8. North Caddo | 0-0 | 25 |
| 9. Haughton | 0-0 | 16 |
| 10. Benton | 0-0 | 13 |
| Others receiving votes: Southwood 6, Evangel, Loyola 5, Bossier 4. | ||
Voters on the poll are SBJ staffers Teddy Allen, Jerry Byrd Jr., Lee Hiller, Doug Ireland, Roy Lang III, John James Marshall and Harriet Prothro Penrod.
Lang’s Lines
Anyone can pick games straight up. Let’s make it a little more interesting. Send your best bet (or trash talk) to roylangiii@yahoo.com or via twitter @Roylangiii.
WEEK 1
Northwood Pick’em at Benton
Captain Shreve -39.5 vs. Loyola
Airline -8.5 at North Desoto
Haughton -36.5 vs. Red River
North Caddo -27.5 vs. Bossier
Calvary -20.5 vs. Logansport
Parkway -39.5 vs. Minden
Byrd -17.5 vs. Pleasant Grove (Texas)
Natchitoches Central -19.5 vs. Woodlawn
Southwood -14.5 vs. Green Oaks
Neville -18.5 at Evangel
Wossman -27.5 at BTW
Delta Charter -35.5 at Plain Dealing
Lake Charles Prep -69.5 at Magnolia
Huntington -26.5 vs. Mansfield