JOURNAL SPORTS
The top-ranked and third ranked teams in Class 2A along with four ranked squads in Class 4A are involved among the local games on this week’s schedule, Week 3 of the LHSAA football season.
Calvary Baptist, the No. 1 ranked team in Class 2A, will take on another Class 5A opponent this Thursday when it visits Independence Stadium to face Byrd.
The Cavaliers (2-0) last defeated the Yellow Jackets (0-2) in 2019 on their way to a 10-0 regular season and state quarterfinalist.
Benton (1-1) hopes to get back on track when it hosts the No. 3 team Class 2A, Newman (2-0) from New Orleans. The Greenies defeated Class 5A Hahnville the first week of the season. Last season, Newman – led by senior quarterback Arch Manning — rallied from 18 points down at halftime and claimed a 54-52 showdown with Benton in the Crescent City.
Evangel (1-1), the 10th-ranked team in Class 4A, will travel to play No. 5 Westgate (2-0). The Tigers fell in last year’s playoffs in the semifinals of Non-Select Division I to eventual state champion Destrehan. Westgate won last year’s game with the Eagles, 37-21, played at Bossier’s Memorial Stadium due to renovations at Rodney Duron Field.
North DeSoto (1-1), the No. 6 team in 4A, will play Loyola (0-2) at Messmer Stadium.
Undefeated Huntington (2-0) is on the road to Monroe to face Neville (2-0) the No. 4 ranked team in 4A.
Saturday’s game will not have a ranked team but is always one of the most anticipated game of the season, the “Soul Bowl” between Booker T. Washington (1-1) and Green Oaks (1-1). The game is set for 5 p.m. on the newly-turfed Leonard C. Barnes Stadium on the BTW campus.
THURSDAY’S GAMES
NON-DISTRICT
Calvary (2-0) vs. Byrd (0-2), Independence Stadium
Newman (2-0) at Benton (1-1)
FRIDAY’S GAMES
NON-DISTRICT
Union Parish (1-1) vs. Captain Shreve (1-1), Independence Stadium
Northwood (0-2) at Airline (2-0)
Bossier (1-1) at Parkway (2-0), Preston Crownover Stadium
North DeSoto (1-1) at Loyola (0-2), Messmer Stadium
Many (1-1) at Haughton (2-0), Harold Harlan Stadium
Southwood (0-2) at Carroll (2-0)
Natchitoches Central (1-1) at Alexandria (0-2)
Woodlawn (1-1) at Red River (0-2)
Huntington (2-0) at Neville (2-0), Bill Ruple Stadium
Bolton (0-2) at North Caddo (0-2), Sanders-Prudhomme Stadium
Evangel (1-1) at Westgate (2-0)
East Iberville (0-2) at Magnolia Charter (0-2)
Lakeside (1-1) at Plain Dealing (0-2)
SATURDAY’S GAME
NON-DISTRICT
Green Oaks (1-1) at BTW (1-1), Leonard C. Barnes Stadium
