JOURNAL SPORTS
Pivotal district matchups pitting 1-5A pacesetters Airline and Evangel, and 1-4A unbeatens Northwood and North DeSoto headline the local Week 4 high school football slate.
Airline, the reigning 1-5A champion, brings a 13-game league winning streak to Evangel’s Rodney Duron Stadium Friday night. It includes a 47-42 win over the Eagles last season. The Vikings have won their last 17 regular-season games overall.
Northwood and North DeSoto renew their rivalry when the Griffins, newly minted as the No. 1 team in Class 4A after last week’s 39-28 win at Class 5A West Monroe, visit Jerry Burton Stadium Friday night.
Northwood has won its last nine regular season games and is 12-1 in regular-season contests since the start of last season, with the only blemish a 38-21 defeat last year at North DeSoto. The Griffins have a 10-game regular season win streak and own wins in their last 14 district outings since losing 20-19 to Northwood in the 2023 regular-season finale.
It’s the opening week for district games in 1-4A and 1-2A, including a Thursday night 1-4A matchup of unbeatens Loyola and Southwood.
Week 4 games
THURSDAY
District 1-5A
Benton (0-3, 0-2) at Captain Shreve (2-1, 2-0)
District 1-4A
Loyola (3-0, 0-0) at Southwood (2-0, 0-0), Independence Stadium
FRIDAY
District 1-5A
Airline (3-0, 1-0) at Evangel (2-1, 2-0)
Huntington (1-2, 1-1) at Haughton (1-2, 1-1)
Natchitoches Central (1-2, 0-2) at Parkway (3-0, 1-0)
Non-district
John Ehret (1-2) at Byrd (0-3), Lee Hedges Stadium
District 1-4A
Booker T. Washington (2-1, 0-0) at Bossier (2-1, 0-0)
North DeSoto (3-0, 0-0) at Northwood (3-0, 0-0)
Minden (1-2, 0-0) at Woodlawn (2-1, 0-0), Independence Stadium
District 1-2A
Calvary (2-1, 0-0) at D’Arbonne Woods (3-0, 0-0)
Green Oaks (1-2, 0-0) at Union Parish (0-3, 0-0)
Magnolia School of Excellence (0-2, 0-0) at North Caddo (0-3, 0-0)
District 1-1A
Plain Dealing (0-2, 0-1) at Haynesville (3-0, 0-0)
Week 3 scores
District 1-5A
Captain Shreve 42, Natchitoches Central 36
Evangel 43, Byrd 36
Huntington 59, Benton 57
Parkway 66, Haughton 21
Non-district
Airline 34, Union Parish 19
Loyola 64, Cedar Creek 13
Northwood 62, Mansfield 26
Southwood 50, North Caddo 28
Woodlawn 62, Lakeview 0
Logansport 40, Bossier 12
Green Oaks 38, Booker T. Washington 14
Calvary 33, Franklin Parish 30
Lakeside 52, Plain Dealing 0