Huntington hosts Calvary to highlight Week 8 games

RAIDER NATION: Huntington will host Calvary in Week 8 of the 2024 football regular season for its homecoming. (Journal file photo).
By LEE HILLER, Journal Sports
 
Huntington has a break from District 1-5A action in the eighth week of the LHSAA football regular season but it won’t be a week off for the Raiders.
 
Huntington will play Calvary for the first time for its homecoming at Independence Stadium, the last non-district game for both teams. For the Cavaliers, Huntington will be the seventh opponent on their schedule that went to the 2023 playoffs.
 
It will be the only local game of 12 that is not a district game.
 
All four 1-5A will be played locally with Natchitoches Central coming to Bossier City to play Airline. The Vikings have won seven of the last eight and 27 of the 41 in the series. Captain Shreve will host Parkway, Evangel welcomes Haughton and Byrd will travel to Benton.
 
Woodlawn will be the only 1-4A team to play away from Caddo-Bossier Parish with a game at North DeSoto. Minden will be at Bossier for the 70th meeting of the two schools. Loyola will host Booker T. Washington and Southwood plays at Northwood.
 
 Two 1-2A games involving local schools has Green Oaks going north on Highway 71 to Vivian to play North Caddo and Magnolia Charter traveling to Homer.
 
Plain Dealing will be on the road to face Jonesboro-Hodge in a 1-1A game.
 
Week 8 of area high school football games
 
Friday, Oct. 25
 
DISTRICT 1-5A
 
Natchitoches Central at Airline
 
Byrd at Benton
 
Parkway vs. Captain Shreve, Lee Hedges Stadium
 
Haughton at Evangel 
 
DISTRICT 1-4A
 
BTW at Loyola, Messmer Stadium

Minden at Bossier
 
Southwood at Northwood, Jerry Burton Stadium
 
Woodlawn at North DeSoto
 
DISTRICT 1-2A
 
Green Oaks at North Caddo, Sanders-Prudhomme Stadium
 
Magnolia Charter at Homer
 
DISTRICT 1-1A
 
Plain Dealing at Jonesboro-Hodge 
 
NON-DISTRICT
 
Calvary vs. Huntington, Independence Stadium
 
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