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C.E. Byrd’s Quinton Hilliard celebrates scoring a touchdown during a game against Captain Shreve at Lee Hedges Stadium in Shreveport, La.
, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Week 11 high school football capsules Thursday’s game SELECT DIVISION I No.
18 Evangel (5-5) vs. No. 15 Captain Shreve (6-4), Lee Hedges Stadium Lang’s line: Evangel -5.
5 Series: Evangel 6-1 Last time: Captain Shreve 77-76, OT (2024) Last week’s results: E vangel 45, Parkway 43 , Captain Shreve 42, Byrd 34 Playoff appearances (record): Evangel 34 (103-19); Captain Shreve 34 (19-30-2) State championships (last): Evangel 14 (2016); Captain Shreve 1 (1973) Rankings: none Radio: The River (95.7 FM) www. Klkl.
fm Notes: Both teams won their last two games to move up in the power rankings, the Gators went from No. 22 through eight weeks of the season to No. 15 and the Eagles from No.
26 to No. 18 ..
. Shreve defeated Byrd in consecutive years for the first time since 1989-90 ..
. The Eagles are making their 34th consecutive playoff appearance, the most by any Shreveport-Bossier school ..
. Evangel’s Kaegen Kent kicked a 37-yard field on the last play of last week’s Parkway game for the game-winner ..
. Evangel QB Peyton Houston had his third game passing for 400 or more yards. Friday’s games SELECT DIVISION I No.
23 Woodlawn-BR (4-6) at No. 10 Byrd (7-3) Lang’s line: Byrd -31.5 Series: First meeting Last time: none Last week’s results: Woodlawn-BR 15, Liberty Magnet 14; Captain Shreve 42, Byrd 34 Playoff appearances (record): Woodlawn-BR 33 (13-32); Byrd 43 (34-33-2) State championships (last): Woodlawn-BR 0; Byrd 8 (1949) Rankings: NR Radio: The Tiger (KWKH 1130AM, 103.
3 FM) Notes: The Yellow Jackets are making their 15th consecutive playoff appearance ...
Byrd enters the playoffs having lost its last two games ...
The Jackets have four backs who have run for more than 500 yards ...
They average 333.5 yards a game on the ground ..
. The Panthers from Baton Rouge snapped a two-game losing sked with a 15-14 win over Liberty Magnet that vaulted them into the playoffs ..
. the combined record of the six teams that beat Woodlawn is 43-15..
.Ony two teams on its schedule had losing records. No.
17 Huntington (5-5) at No. 16 Hammond (6-4) Lang’s line: Hammond -3.5 Series: First meeting Last time: none Last week’s results: Airline 59, Huntington 54; Hammond 33, Ponchatoula 25 Playoff appearances (record): Huntington 18 (8-17); Hammond 24 (20-22) State championships (last): Hammond 1 (1970); Huntington 0 Rankings: NR Radio : none Notes: The Raiders enter the playoffs having lost four of their last five .
.. WR Jamarion Washington had a season-high 178 yards on 10 catches and four touchdowns in last week’s loss to district champion Airline .
.. It put him over 1,000 receiving yards for the season with 1,029 .
.. RB Nyles Hullaby finished the regular season with 1,152 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns .
.. QB Landon Gibbs passed for 1,227 yards to give the Raiders three 1,000 yard athletes .
.. The Tornados won their last two games to enable them to host a first-round playoff game .
.. Hammond averages 196.
5 yards a game on the ground and 122.1 through the air. SELECT DIVISION II No.
23 Sophie Wright (3-6) at No. 10 Loyola (6-4) Lang’s line: Loyola -26.5 Series: First meeting Last time: none Last week’s results: BTW-NO 42, Sophie Wright 32; Northwood 49, Loyola 10 Playoff appearances (record): Sophie Wright 8 (1-7); Loyola 44 (33-39-2) State championships (last): Sophie Wright 0; Loyola 2 (1976) Rankings: NR Live Streamed: YouTube (LCP TV) Notes: The Flyers are making their 12th consecutive playoff appearance .
.. Loyola averages 30.
9 points and allows 18.2 a game ..
. Junior running back Mason Drake has 1,087 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns. Quarterback Bryce Restovich has passed for 1,793 yards, the second most by a Flyer sophomore .
.. His 23 touchdown passes are three from tying the school record set by three other Flyers .
.. Junior Hayden Horton leads the defense with 88 tackles, Jac Ebarb has a team-best 15 tackles for loss .
.. Carter Ward has seven interceptions, the most since Scotty Simo had 10 in 1998.
No. 20 Booker T. Washington (4-6) at No.
13 Istrouma (7-3) Lang’s line: Istrouma -19.5 Series: First meeting Last time: none Last week’s results: Brusly 7, Istrouma 6; Woodlawn 28, BTW 24 Playoff appearances (record): Istrouma 41 (34-31); BTW 14 (2-13) State championships (last): Istrouma 9 (1962); BTW 0 Rankings: NR Radio: none Notes: The Lions only LHSAA playoff wins came in 2005 against Church Point (30-28) and North Vermilion (30-28 ) ..
. DK Mitchell caught three passes for 85 yards and two touchdowns in last week’s loss to Woodlawn ..
. Jaylen O’Neal returned a fumble 52 yards for a defensive touchdown ..
. The Indians won back-to-back state titles over Shreveport schools Fair Park (1955) and Byrd (1956) and claimed their ninth and last versus Byrd in 1962. NON-SELECT DIVISION I No.
21 West Monroe (5-5) at No. 12 Parkway (8-2) Lang’s line: West Monroe -11.5 Series: West Monroe 5-2-1 Last time: 2004, West Monroe 38-7 Last week’s results: Ruston 35, West Monroe 0; Evangel 45, Parkway 43 Playoff appearances (record): West Monroe 36 (98-27); Parkway 22 (18-21) State championships (last): West Monroe 8 (2011); Parkway 0 Rankings: NR Radio: none Notes: The Panthers deepest playoff run occurred in 2013 when they reached the state finals .
.. Their last playoff win came in 2021 with wins over Alexandria Sr.
High and Captain Shreve ...
The Rebels first playoff win came in 1985 in the first round over Captain Shreve 17-7 ...
Last year’s first round loss was the first time in 30 consecutive playoff appearances the Rebels failed to win a playoff game ...
West Monroe was 1-5 in the playoffs when it went 5-0 in winning its first state title in 1993. No. 26 Salmen (5-5) at No.
7 Northwood (9-1) Lang’s line: Northwood -15.5 Series: Northwood 1-0 Last time: 2017 playoffs, Northwood 47-6 Last week’s results: Chalmette 34, Salmen 28; Northwood 49, Loyola 10 Playoff appearances (record): Salmen 34 (45-31); Northwood 28 (12-27) State championships (last): Salmen 3 (2000); Northwood 0 Rankings: NR Radio: none Notes: The Falcons average 40.2 points a game and allowed 18.
1 points a game ...
Northwood has a 1,000 yard passer in Jaxon Bentzler (1,487 yards) and rusher in junior back Kyran Johnson (1,186) ...
Johnson and John Sneed have both scored 13 touchdowns ...
Senior linebacker Christian Blackmon leads the defense with 75 tackles, 11 for loss and seven sackes ...
Junior Jerimiah Johnson is not far behind with 72 tackles. NON-SELECT DIVISION II No. 21 Wossman (5-5) at No.
12 Minden (8-2) Lang’s line: Minden 9.5 Series: Wossman 14-4 Last time: 1998, Wossman 27-12 Last week’s results: Wossman 26, Peabody 6; Minden 38, Southwood 21 Playoff appearances (record): Wossman 40 (50-39); Minden 40 (29-34) State championships (last): Wossman 1 (1986); Minden 5 (1980) Rankings: NR Radio: Real Country 104.5 FM; www.
kbef.com Notes: This is both teams’ 40th playoff appearance ..
. Minden is led by junior running back Caylien Aubrey’s 707 yards on 102 carries. Senior Denarius Crowe has 111 carries and 624 yards.
Both had scored eight touchdowns ...
Freshman Javen Calloway has 78 tackles to lead the defense. Kameron Harris, a junior, has four interceptions..
. The Wildcats only state title came in 1986, they have five state runners-up. No.
26 Woodlawn (4-6) at No. 7 North DeSoto (8-2) Lang’s line: North DeSoto -52.5 Series: North DeSoto 10-2 Last time: 2024, North DeSoto 55-6 Last week’s results: Woodlawn 28, BTW 24; North DeSoto 70, Bossier 0 Playoff appearances (record): Woodlawn 35 (24-32-1); North DeSoto 23 (20-22) State championships (last): Woodlawn 1 (1968); North DeSoto 0 Rankings: NR Radio: none Notes: The Knights got 293 rushing yards from running back Quintin Wilson and two touchdowns .
.. Woodlawn’s last playoff wins came in 2017 against Westgate (61-20) and Belle Chasse (14-13) .
.. The Griffins enter the playoffs on a seven-game win streak .
.. They have allowed an average of less than 10 points a game during the streak .
.. Junior running back Kenny Thomas has run for 1,511 yards and 25 touchdowns on the season.
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