JOURNAL SPORTS
Loyola has had a record-shattering season, piling up points and yards while going 8-0 on the way to tonight’s visit to undefeated, top-ranked defending District 1-4A champion North DeSoto in Stonewall.
Say what you will about the Flyers’ opening the season with three blowouts of Class A teams. Loyola (5-0 in district) is averaging 59.8 points in 1-4A games.
Tonight they’ll line up against a North DeSoto defense giving up only 14.8 points per game, a bit less (13.4) in district competition.
Flyers’ quarterback Bryce Restovich is 365 yards away from the school career passing record late in his junior season. Mason Drake has become the school all-time career touchdown king (41) and is 34 points shy of the Loyola career scoring record (280).
North DeSoto, with a non-district 39-28 win at Class 5A power West Monroe to its credit, tops Non-Select Division II in playoff power points. Loyola is No. 2 statewide in the Select Division II power rankings.
Another well-matched 1-4A contest tonight has Booker T. Washington and Southwood meeting at Independence Stadium.
In Thursday night action, Benton moved to 9-0 and 7-0 in District 1-5A by posting four first-quarter touchdowns en route to a 58-42 win at Benton. Kaleb Williams threw four TD passes for the Panthers.
Captain Shreve got four Jackson Gaskin touchdown throws and Jamarcea Plater scored every fifth time he touched the ball, running for TDs of 60 and 13 yards and catching a 6-yard scoring pass in the Gators’ 65-44 dispatch of Haughton. The Bucs got 209 rushing yards and three touchdowns from Brandon Craig while Taylor Weathersby tossed three TD passes.
Natchitoches Central blanked Huntington after halftime at Independence Stadium, erasing a one-point deficit in a 33-14 victory over the Raiders. The Chiefs (5-4, 3-4) won the 1-5A contest despite four turnovers.
Northwood moved to 8-1 overall, 5-1 in 1-4A by shutting out Minden 42-0.
Calvary won its 69th consecutive district game in a 13-year streak, but Green Oaks made the Cavaliers earn their 38-20 decision. The plucky Giants trailed only 10-6 at halftime.
THURSDAY’S SCORES
District 1-5A
Captain Shreve 65, Haughton 44
Natchitoches Central 33, Huntington 14
Parkway 58, Benton 42
Non-district
Lafayette Christian 24, Evangel 22
District 1-4A
Bossier 42, Woodlawn 20
Northwood 42, Minden 0
District 1-2A
Calvary 38, Green Oaks 20
HALLOWEEN NIGHT
District 1-5A
Byrd (2-6, 1-5) at Airline (5-3, 3-3)
District 1-4A
Loyola (8-0, 5-0) at North DeSoto (8-0, 5-0)
Booker T. Washington (4-4, 1-4) at Southwood (3-4, 1-4), Independence Stadium
District 1-2A
Homer (3-5, 2-2) at North Caddo (1-7, 1-3)
Union Parish (4-4, 4-1) at Magnolia School of Excellence (0-7, 0-4)
District 1-1A
Plain Dealing (0-7, 0-5) at Lincoln Prep (3-5, 1-3)