The Airline Vikings rallied from a big early deficit but couldn’t hold a fourth-quarter lead in a 52-42 loss to the Evangel Christian Academy Eagles Friday night at Rodney Duron Stadium.
Airline dropped to 6-3 overall and 3-2 in District 1-5A. The Vikings are No. 18 in the non-select Division I power rankings.
Airline closes the regular season against Parkway (5-4, 3-2) Friday at home. The Vikings need to move up at least a couple of spots to host a first-round playoff game.
Evangel (5-4, 4-1) will play Haughton (8-1, 4-1) for the district championship Friday at Haughton.
Airline rallied from a 29-7 deficit and took a 35-29 lead with four straight touchdowns. The Eagles regained the lead at 37-35. The Vikings went back on top but the Eagles scored the game’s final 15 points.
Evangel quarterback Peyton Houston, an LSU commit, returned to action after missing last week’s loss to Byrd with a shoulder injury.
The injury limited his running but he passed for four touchdowns. The Eagles also had a 99-yard touchdown run.
Airline quarterback Chase Williams had a big game. He ran for four touchdowns and passed for two to Chris Hart and Justin Woodfork.
Huntington 32, Benton 6: The game was tied at 6 early in the second half but the Raiders scored four unanswered touchdowns in the District 1-5A game at Newman-Mason Field at Tiger Stadium.
Benton dropped to 4-5 overall and finished 2-4 in district. Huntington improved to 3-6 and 3-2.
Benton is No. 29 in the non-select Division I power rankings. The top 28 teams in the final rankings make the playoffs.
The Tigers close the regular season against Southwood at home Friday. The Cowboys (1-8) lost to Northwood 56-20 Friday night.
Huntington led 6-0 at the half. The Raiders drove 57 yards for a touchdown after recovering a fumble.
Benton tied it on a 54-yard run by quarterback Malachi Zeigler. But Huntington answered with a 64-yard touchdown drive keyed by a 32-yard run by AJ Johnson.
The Raiders went up 19-6 after recovering a fumble at the Benton 5. Huntington added two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
Woodlawn 22, Bossier 6: The Bearkats struggled on offense in the District 1-4A loss at Memorial Stadium.
Bossier dropped to 3-6 overall and 1-4 in district. Woodlawn improved to 1-8 and 1-4.
Bossier is No. 35 in the non-select Division II power rankings. The Bearkats close the season Thursday at home against North DeSoto. The Griffins (9-0, 5-0) clinched at least a share of the district title with a 35-20 victory over Booker T. Washington Friday night.
Woodlawn led 9-0 at the half.
Homer 68, Plain Dealing 0: The Lions were no match for the Pelicans in Homer.
Plain Dealing dropped to 1-8. The Lions close the season Friday at home against Magnolia School of Excellence (0-9), which fell to Calvary Baptist 56-6 Friday night.
Homer improved to 4-5.