By DAVID ERSOFF, Journal Sports
The winter storm came in early Saturday morning, with most precipitation over by midday Sunday, yet the effects have extended deep into the last full week of the high school soccer regular season.
Tuesday evening, both Caddo and Bossier school boards cancelled classes for today. That means all school activities, including sports, are cancelled as well. Mindful of early morning and nighttime bus travel considerations, there has been talk of following the lead of Lincoln and Ouachita parishes and extending the closures into Thursday and possibly even Friday.
With the end of the LHSAA soccer regular season set statewide for Monday, there will be more games cancelled or postponed and rescheduled in the few days remaining. The games that take priority are the remaining district games as they are required to be played.
With the majority of last week’s games being cancelled, there were really only two games that involved the area’s top girls teams, both of which involved Captain Shreve. The Lady Gators lost 3-1 last Tuesday to Benton’s Lady Tigers, Benton got goals from Baleigh Ware, Eden Whiteman and Emerie Tanner. Shreve’s goal was scored by Bailey Mandigo.
On Thursday, Shreve and Caddo Magnet played an entertaining back and forth game, with the Lady Gators coming out on top 4-3.
The Lady Mustangs had a one-goal lead twice in the game, 2-1 and 3-2, however the Lady Gators were able to come back both times and eventually took the lead on Maddie Penwell’s second goal of the game with 13 minutes left. Penwell’s first goal started things just two minutes into the game. The Lady Gators’ other goals were scored by Eva Snead and Sarina Miller. Magnet got a pair of goals from Isabella Baltov and one from Ivanna Atkinson.
This week Byrd has to make up its district game against Airline that was scheduled for Monday. The Lady Jackets are scheduled to go south this weekend to face Mandeville and Lakeshore. Coach Lisa Levermann is hoping to get in the Airline game without conflict with those away games and their finale at home next Monday versus Alexandria.
Benton’s Lady Tigers have two games on the books: Magnet on Thursday and a home game against North DeSoto Saturday. Their game postponed on Monday against Haughton is a district game and must be played so coach Jesse Dyer will be working on fitting it in wherever he can.
Loyola is in a better position with just two games left. The Lady Flyers’ final district game with North Caddo is Thursday, then it’s Teurlings Catholic of Lafayette on Saturday. Both games are away.
Captain Shreve has finished all its district games, so is free to play out the schedule as written. The Lady Gators are scheduled to host Calvary Thursday and Minden on Friday. They travel to Barbe in Lake Charles on Saturday. Coach Erik Lane was able to reschedule their postponed game from Monday at Pineville. They will now play next Monday at 4:30, with the boys’ game to follow.
Magnet coach Nick Flowers is still working on getting his district games rescheduled with Southwood, both the boys and the girls. Otherwise, the Lady Mustangs face Benton on Thursday.
All of these anticipated games are subject to change or cancelation based on any new weather issues or having to bump games in favor of district games.
Next week’s final Shreveport-Bossier Journal coaches poll and LHSAA playoff brackets will be covered next Thursday, to include the final day of the season on Monday.
The Week 11 SBJ girls’ soccer poll, listing school (W-L-T record) and points (first place votes):
1, Byrd (13-6-3), 25 (5)
2, Benton (18-4-0), 20
3, Loyola (10-4-3), 14
4, Shreve (18-5-2), 11
5, Magnet (12-4-0), 5
Contact David at dersoff@bellsouth.net
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