JOURNAL SPORTS
Evangel unseated, barely, Airline from the top spot in District 1-5A and the No. 1 ranking in the Shreveport-Bossier Journal Top 10.
So you might think the Eagles’ 51-49 victory, their third straight, with only a 33-32 loss at Neville to keep them from being unbeaten, would elevate them from fourth to first in the new SBJ Top 10 for Week 5.
Not so fast, friends. Parkway would like a word.
The Panthers are perfect. And by a two-point voting margin, they’re the new No. 1 in the Journal’s rankings, moving up from No. 2 last week.
While ECA has played the stronger schedule so far, one comparison tilts ever so slightly toward Parkway: its 69-40 domination Friday of Natchitoches Central, who Evangel had a little more trouble dispatching in Week 2, although ECA finished with a 63-42 margin.
If the teams hold serve, and in 1-5A that’s a very big IF, they don’t meet until Week 10. Last year, Evangel rallied to win, and reach the playoffs, on a walk-off field goal at Parkway.
Airline didn’t fall far in this week’s poll, dropping two spots to third.
This week’s SBJ Top 10:
- Parkway (4-0), 5 points
- Evangel (3-1), 7
- Airline (3-1), 9
- Calvary (3-1), 18
- Loyola (4-0), 19
- Captain Shreve (3-1), 25
- Northwood (2-1), 26
- Huntington (2-2), 36
- Booker T. Washington (3-1), 35
- Byrd (1-3), 41
Also receiving votes: Bossier (2-2), 41 ½; Woodlawn (2-2), 42 ½