JOURNAL SPORTS

After shaking up the District 1-5A status quo last Friday with a 51-49 win over two-time reigning champion Airline, the Evangel Eagles line up against another team hoping to adjust the pecking order.

Evangel (3-1 overall, 3-0 in district) goes to Independence Stadium tonight to meet a Huntington team (2-2, 2-1) that has won its last two, scoring a combined 102 points under first-year head coach John Simon, a longtime college assistant.

The Raiders are overcoming the graduation of 36 seniors and adjusting to the coaching change. They handled business at Haughton last week, 42-28, a week after a 59-57 win at Indy over Benton.

The game showcases the two most productive passers locally through four weeks of play: Evangel junior Peyton “Pop” Houston with 1,462 yards (80-122-3, 11 touchdowns) and Huntington senior transfer Justin Whitaker with 1,102 yards (74-115-1, 14 TDs).

Evangel’s deep receiving corps is topped by Charley Abraham with 30 catches for 506 yards and a pair of scores. Jayden White is Whitaker’s top target (20 catches, 308 yards, three TDs).

The Week 5 prep schedule involving Shreveport-Bossier teams:

 

TONIGHT’S GAME

District 1-5A

Evangel (3-1, 3-0) at Huntington (2-2, 2-1), Independence Stadium

 

FRIDAY’S GAMES

 

District 1-5A

Captain Shreve (3-1, 3-0) at Airline (3-1, 1-1)

Parkway (4-0, 2-0) vs. Byrd (1-3, 0-2), Lee Hedges Stadium

Haughton (1-3, 1-2) at Natchitoches Central (1-3, 0-3), Turpin Stadium

 

Non-district

Benton (0-4) at Leesville (1-3)

 

District 1-4A

Booker T. Washington (3-1, 1-0) at North DeSoto (4-0, 1-0)

Bossier (2-2, 0-1) at Southwood (2-1, 0-1), Independence Stadium

Minden (2-2, 1-0) at Loyola (4-0, 1-0)

Woodlawn (2-2, 0-1) at Northwood (3-1, 0-1)

 

District 1-2A

Magnolia School of Excellence (0-3, 0-1) at Calvary (3-1, 1-0)

 

Non-district

Mansfield (2-2) at North Caddo (1-3)

 

District 1-1A

Plain Dealing (0-3, 0-2) at Glenbrook (2-2, 1-1)

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