JOURNAL SPORTS

This week’s Shreveport-Bossier Journal Top 10 poll rankings have a lot more definition at the top.

The voters agree on the top three – Calvary, Evangel and Haughton – before opinions vary for the next four positions.

Unbeaten Calvary, the No. 1 ranked team statewide in Class 2A, overwhelmed explosive Loyola Friday night. Evangel posted an impressive 46-0 shutout of Captain Shreve while Haughton stayed unbeaten with a 19-point District 1-5A win at Parkway.

The Panthers dipped from second to fifth. Airline moved up one notch to fourth after escaping Natchitoches Central 32-29.

Loyola slipped two spots into sixth, while Green Oaks and Booker T. Washington remained as close as the outcome of the Soul Bowl, won in the final minute by the Giants.

Benton edged up after its last-minute 31-28 win over Byrd and Shreve hung in

Five veteran sports media members who cover local high school football rank their top 10 teams each week. Rankings started after Week 1 and continue through the end of the regular season.

The SBJ Top 10 going into Week 6:

1, Calvary (5 first place votes), 50 points

2, Evangel, 45

3, Haughton, 40

4,  Airline, 32

6, Loyola, 25

7, Green Oaks, 22

8, Booker T. Washington, 18

9, Benton, 8

10, Captain Shreve, 4

Receiving votes – Bossier, 3.

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