JOURNAL SPORTS
District 1-5A contests that on the surface look like mismatches may play out otherwise tonight when winless Byrd goes to unbeaten Haughton and one-win Huntington hosts Airline.
Two Bossier Parish 1-5A teams with identical records collide when Benton goes to Parkway.
Northwood’s visit to Minden is the top 1-4A matchup, while Booker T. Washington goes to Bossier looking for a rebound from last week’s lopsided loss to the Falcons.
Three of Byrd’s six losses are by one score, including last week’s 33-28 defeat by Huntington. The Raiders nearly knocked off Franklin Parish, losing in the last minute on the road to a team that won at Airline a week earlier.
Loyola will win tonight without teeing it up. The Flyers will get a 2-0 forfeit win instead of their scheduled homecoming game against Carroll, since the Bulldogs were shut down for the season by the LHSAA two weeks ago for a postgame brawl with fans last month at Assumption. At Carroll’s homecoming event last week, school administrators required football players to pay the public $10 admission fee.
The Week 7 schedule for Shreveport-Bossier schools:
THURSDAY’S GAME
Captain Shreve 40, Natchitoches Central 27
TONIGHT’S GAMES
Byrd (0-6, 0-2) at Haughton (6-0, 2-0), Dak Prescott Field at Harold E. Harlan Stadium
Airline (5-1, 2-0) at Huntington (1-5, 1-1), Independence Stadium
Benton (3-3, 1-2) at Parkway (3-3, 1-2), Preston Crownover Stadium
Cornerstone Christian (5-2) at Evangel (4-2), Rodney Duron Field
Booker T. Washington (4-2, 1-1) at Bossier (3-3, 1-2), Memorial Stadium
Northwood (2-4, 1-1) at Minden (5-1, 2-1), W.W. Williams Stadium
Southwood (1-5, 1-2) at North DeSoto (6-0, 3-0)
Woodlawn (0-5) at Mansfield (5-1)
North Caddo (1-4, 0-1) at Calvary (6-0, 1-0), Jerry Barker Stadium
Homer (1-5, 0-1) at Magnolia School of Excellence (0-6, 0-1)
Plain Dealing (1-5) at Rosepine (6-0)
Open dates: Green Oaks (6-0, 1-0), Loyola (3-3, 0-1)