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John Simon spent the last few years on the Calvary sideline on many game nights, watching his two sons star for the Cavaliers.
Tonight he’s on the other sideline, trying to beat them.
Simon, a longtime college assistant, is in his first season as head coach at Huntington. The Class 5A Raiders visit the Cavaliers, No. 4 in the Class 2A state top 10, in an interesting non-district contest.
“Coach Simon, that’s my guy,” said Calvary junior cornerback, receiver and playmaker Braylun Huglon. “He helped me out the last couple of years. It’s gonna be fun going against him.”
In the prime District 1-5A contest tonight, Captain Shreve tries to get its mojo back against undefeated Parkway.
The Gators’ defense has been shredded the last two weeks, giving up scores on 18 consecutive series against Evangel and Destrehan, both in the Class 5A Top 10.
Parkway ran out to a 30-7 lead over Huntington last week and cruised to a 30-19 victory.
Thursday night, Northwood roared to a 41-0 first-half lead as Kyran Johnson ran for three touchdowns, and Nate Cervantes threw for two and ran for another. The Falcons (7-1, 4-1) shackled District 1-4A foe Southwood (3-4, 1-4).
Jonesboro-Hodge blanked winless Plain Dealing in the night’s other game.
The Week 8 schedule involving teams from Caddo and Bossier parishes:
THURSDAY’S SCORE
District 1-5A
Airline 41, Natchitoches Central 21
District 1-4A
Northwood 47, Southwood 6
District 1-1A
Jonesboro-Hodge 40, Plain Dealing 0
TONIGHT’S GAMES
District 1-5A
Benton (2-5, 1-4) at Byrd (1-6, 0-5), Lee Hedges Stadium
Captain Shreve (4-3, 4-1) at Parkway (7-0, 5-0)
Haughton (1-6, 1-5) at Evangel (6-1, 6-0)
Non-district
Huntington (3-4) at Calvary (6-1)
District 1-4A
Loyola (7-0, 4-0) at Booker T. Washington (4-3, 1-3)
Bossier (3-4, 1-3) at Minden (3-4, 2-2)
North DeSoto (7-0, 4-0) at Woodlawn (2-5, 0-4), Independence Stadium
District 1-2A
North Caddo (1-6, 1-2) at Green Oaks (1-6, 0-3), Jerry Burton Stadium
Magnolia School of Excellence (0-6, 0-3) at Homer (2-5, 1-2)