JOURNAL SPORTS

Airline regained solo possession of the No. 1 spot in the Shreveport-Bossier Journal Top 10 prep football poll after the fourth week of games.

The Vikings remained undefeated and started their District 1-5A title defense with a convincing 60-35 romp over last year’s district runner-up Benton. They got all six first-place votes.

Airline is primed to break into the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Class 5A Top 10 Monday since No. 10 St. Augustine lost, and the Vikings topped the “others receiving votes” in last week’s balloting.

Calvary dropped from being tied at the top spot into the No. 2 position after facing offensive struggles for the first time in 2023. The Cavs, No. 1 in the LSWA’s Class 2A Top 10 last week, were still impressive, relying on their defense to stay perfect and defeat previously undefeated Class 3A Wossman 21-6.

Parkway’s defense pitched its third shutout of the season in a 24-6 defeat of Haughton and move to 4-0 overall and 1-0 in 1-5A. The Bucs’ only score came on an 87-yard fumble return. 

Evangel moves up a notch to No. 4 after a 49-0 defeat of Bossier in its 1-4A opener. Evangel’s rise was surely the reason Captain Shreve dropped a spot to No. 5 after its 35-28 comeback win over rival Byrd. 

Haughton – which played without quarterback Christian Turner — remained at No. 6 despite its defeat at the hands of No. 3 Parkway. Woodlawn moved up to No. 7 after opening its 1-4A slate with a 26-8 win over BTW. 

Huntington slipped a spot to No. 8 after dropping its 1-4A opener to Northwood 27-12. Benton is at No. 9 after its loss to Airline and Northwood climbed back into the top 10 after defeating Huntington.