JOURNAL SPORTS
It wasn’t the debut Southwood hoped to make against Class A Arcadia Thursday night.
After an open date in Week 1, the Cowboys scored early, but not again, and fell 14-7 to the visiting Hornets. It stretched Southwood’s losing streak to 38 straight, including a pair of wins to open 2022 that were forfeited due to LHSAA eligibility issues.
Magnolia School of Excellence went on the road to Grambling and fell 49-0 at Lincoln Prep.
Tonight’s high school slate is highlighted by the hastily-arranged Calvary home game against Neville. Both teams were slated to play south Louisiana foes but those matchups were cancelled due to Hurricane Francine.
Calvary is on a 15-game win streak, ranked No. 1 in Class 2A and is the reigning Select Division III state champion. The Cavs outran 2A’s No. 2 team, Non-Select Division III champion Oak Grove, by 62-41 last week. Neville is eighth-ranked in Class 5A and won 42-24 at Evangel last Friday night.
In Bossier City, scoreboard lights could be stressed when District 1-5A rivals Benton and Airline collide at Viking Stadium. They have played some high-scoring contests recently and Airline dropped 52 points at Barbe last week – but gave up 49.
Another attractive 1-5A opener takes place at Lee Hedges Stadium when Byrd hosts Haughton in a matchup of 1-0 teams. A third 1-5A game sends Evangel (0-1) to Natchitoches Central (1-0), with both quarterbacks in the spotlight: the Eagles’ Pop Houston and the Chiefs’ Owen Smith, a former Calvary player who ranked among state passing leaders in his NCHS debut last season and led the Chiefs to a 14-12 win at Breau Bridge last week.
Week 2 local high school football games
THURSDAY’S SCORES
Huntington 46, Captain Shreve 35
Arcadia 14, Southwood 7
Lincoln Prep 49, Magnolia School of Excellence 0
TONIGHT’S GAMES
Benton at Airline – audio stream on The Benton Tiger Sports Network, https://network1sports.com/station/benton
Haughton at Byrd, Lee Hedges – broadcast on 1130AM The Tiger
Evangel at Natchitoches Central – video streamed at nchschiefs.live and broadcast at 100.7 KZBL FM
Woodlawn at Parkway, Preston Crownover Stadium
BTW at Bastrop
Glenbrook at Bossier – broadcast at KASO AM 1240
Peabody at Northwood, Jerry Burton Stadium
Logansport at Loyola, Messmer Stadium
Neville at Calvary, Jerry Barker Stadium – broadcast on Promise 90.7 FM
Green Oaks at Mansfield
North Webster at North Caddo, Sanders-Prudhomme Stadium – broadcast on KNCB 1320 AM, K104 FM
Plain Dealing at Ringgold