JOURNAL SPORTS
Rivalries certainly can be friendly. Case in point: the District 1-5A battle coming Thursday in Bossier City between early league co-leaders Haughton and Parkway.
For several years, it was the “Brotherton Bowl” with siblings Jason Brotherton (Haughton) and Coy Brotherton (Parkway) as opposing head coaches.
Now it’s billed as the “BFF Bowl” with Coy Brotherton and close pal Matthew Sewell on opposite sidelines. They’ll have their regular Wednesday night dinner together with their families, then go at it for 48 minutes (maybe more, as the Buccaneers beat Byrd in overtime last Friday), and as Sewell said Monday, probably ride together Friday night to scout a future district opponent or two.
That matchup is a highlight of the local Week 3 high school slate, along with a clash of explosive unbeatens Friday night (Mansfield at Northwood), the LSWA’s top-ranked 4A team (Franklin Parish) visiting 2A’s sixth-ranked Calvary Baptist on Friday, and one of the best local rivalries, the 52nd annual Soul Bowl Saturday at 5 between Booker T. Washington and Green Oaks.
Week 3 games involving Shreveport-Bossier teams:
THURSDAY
Haughton (1-1 overall, 1-0 in 1-5A) at Parkway (2-0, 0-0)
FRIDAY
Evangel (1-1, 1-0) at Byrd (0-2, 0-1), Lee Hedges Stadium
Benton (0-2, 0-1) at Huntington (0-2, 0-1), Independence Stadium
Captain Shreve (1-1, 1-0) at Natchitoches Central (1-1, 0-1)
Airline (2-0) at Union Parish (0-2)
Bossier (2-0) at Logansport (0-2)
Cedar Creek (2-0) at Loyola (2-0)
Mansfield (2-0) at Northwood (2-0)
Woodlawn (1-1) at Lakeview (0-2)
Southwood (1-0) at North Caddo (0-2)
Franklin Parish (2-0) at Calvary (1-1)
Lakeside (1-1) at Plain Dealing (0-1)
Magnolia School of Excellence (0-2), open
SATURDAY
Green Oaks (0-2) at Booker T. Washington (2-0) – 5 p.m. kickoff
LAST WEEK’S SCORES
District 1-5A
Airline 50, Benton 18
Captain Shreve 56, Huntington 34
Evangel 63, Natchitoches Central 42
Haughton 36, Byrd 35 (OT)
Non-District
Parkway 56, Woodlawn 6
Bossier 49, Glenbrook 20
Booker T. Washington 28, Bastrop 12
Loyola 47, Logansport 12
Northwood 61, Peabody 13
Southwood 16, Arcadia 15
Neville 38, Calvary Baptist 14
Mansfield 28, Green Oaks 22
Lincoln Prep 52, Magnolia School of Excellence 14
Ringgold 54, Plain Dealing 12