Friday’s games
(Kickoff is 7 p.m. for all games)
Barbe vs. Airline
WHERE: M.D. Ray Field at Airline Stadium
LAST YEAR: Airline won 52-49
BARBE NOTES: Bucs coming off 6-5 season … Barbe lost to Covington 36-29 in the first round of the non-select Division I playoffs … According to Louisiana Football Magazine’s Lee Breechen, Barbe QB Jelandon Gray is a three-year starter … Bucs also have experience at RB and WR … Three starters return on defense … Barbe defeated DeRidder 21-7 in jamboree.
AIRLINE NOTES: Vikings coming off 11-1 season … Airline has won 14 straight regular-season games and 26 of its last 27 … Vikings defeated Haughton 14-6 in the jamboree … Junior QB Chase Deon Williams making his first start … Senior WR Kenny Darby, an LSU commit, caught 100 passes for 1,764 yards and 24 TDs last season … He caught 17 passes for 315 yards and two TDs against Barbe.
Northwood vs. Benton
WHERE: Newman-Mason Field at Tiger Stadium
LAST YEAR: Northwood won 24-21
NORTHWOOD NOTES: Falcons coming off 10-2 season … Northwood lost to Destrehan 63-21 in the second round of the non-select Division I playoffs … Falcons defeated Huntington 27-23 in jamboree … Junior Nathan Cervantes is the new starter at QB … First-team All-District 1-4A RB Kyran Johnson is back.
BENTON NOTES: Stephen Dennis is making his debut as head coach … Benton coming off 1-9 season … Tigers fell to Parkway 20-18 in jamboree … Benton led by 11 in the fourth quarter in last season’s game … Junior Malachi Zeigler returns at QB after solid 2024 season … Junior Greg Chambers, who rushed for 1,149 yards and 15 TDs last season, returns … Senior MLB Beckett Moore leads the defense.
North Caddo vs. Bossier
WHERE: Memorial Stadium
LAST YEAR: North Caddo won 37-16 (forfeited)
NORTH CADDO NOTES: Titans coming off 4-6 season … North Caddo lost to Booker T. Washington 20-0 and Green Oaks 6-0 in jamboree …. According to Louisiana Football Magazine, RB/DB Chancellor Washington is a four-year starter … Chase Thompson entering his third season as head coach.
BOSSIER NOTES: Bearkats coming off 3-7 season that includes a forfeit victory over North Caddo after a 37-16 loss … Bossier led 16-15 at the half last year … Junior Quinton Hodge takes over at QB … He threw two TD passes and ran for one in 24-0 jamboree victory over Plain Dealing … Sophomore Montrevell Lewis is a big-play threat.
Homer vs Haughton
WHERE: Prescott Field at Harold E. Harlan Stadium
LAST YEAR: Haughton won 48-46
HOMER NOTES: Pelicans, a member of District 1-2A, went 5-6 last season … Homer lost to East Feliciana 6-0 in the first round of the non-select Division IV playoffs … Pelicans defeated Minden 19-14 and lost to North Webster 9-7 in jamboree … Junior WR/RB Jerzyion Levingston had a 75-yard TD catch in the jamboree.
HAUGHTON NOTES: Bucs coming off 3-7 season … Matthew Sewell entering his second year as head coach … Haughton fell to Airline 14-6 in the jamboree … Junior QB Taylor Weathersby passed for 234 yards and two TDS and ran for one on last year’s game … Weathersby passed for 2,388 yards for the season … Junior RB Brandon Craig coming off impressive sophomore season.
Carroll vs. Parkway
WHERE: Bobby Marlow Field At Preston Crownover Stadium
LAST YEAR: Parkway won 42-12
CARROLL NOTES: Bulldogs, a member of District 1-3A, coming off 3-5 season … Carroll lost to West Feliciana 50-29 in the first round of the non-select Division II playoffs … Levi Washington was hired as head coach in July after two seasons at Madison … He’s the sixth head coach since 2022.
PARKWAY NOTES: Panthers coming off 8-3 season … Senior QB Kaleb Williams, a three-year starter, is back after missing more than half of last season with an injury … He threw TD passes to Gary Burney and Gabriel Gray in a 20-18 victory over Benton in jamboree … Senior LB Mark Copenhaver, the 1-5A MVP last season, leads the defense.