Louisiana High School Football Week Eight Recap
Written by Charlie Beuttel
Twitter: @charlie_cds3
Evangel Eagles 37, Airline Vikings 7
Evangel used their talented defense and explosive offense to hand Airline their first loss of the year and are now the frontrunners in District 1-5A as the Eagles now stand at 4-0 in district and 7-1 overall. Airline falls to 7-1 overall and 3-1 in district play.
The Eagles were led by running back Jamarquez Mims who rushed for 167 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries. Mims also caught a 14-yard pass from Connor Curry for a touchdown. Evangel, as a team, ran for 268 yards against the Vikings defense who had only been giving up 10 points a game.
Airline scored their only touchdown in the second quarter on an 85-yard pass from Thomas McKain to Cameron Howell.
Benton Tigers 34, Woodlawn Knights 30
In a wild game in District 1-4A, Benton escaped past an exciting Woodlawn team to stay undefeated (5-0) in district play and improve to 7-1 overall. The Knights drop to 5-3 overall and 3-2 in district play.
The teams went back and forth until Benton quarterback Garrett Hable found Collin Milton on a slant route and then Milton ran 40 yards to give the Tigers the lead with 1:22 left in the fourth quarter.
Benton was led by sophomore running back Jermaine Newton who had 154 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Hable finished with 152 passing yards and two touchdowns after completing eight of sixteen passes.
Woodlawn’s sophomore star running back Trivensky Mosley finished with 150 rushing yards and one touchdown on 23 carries. Quarterback Trevion Youngblood finished with 107 passing yards and 50 rushing yards and two total touchdowns.
Other Louisiana High School Football Games
Captain Shreve 20, Southwood 2
Parkway 23, Haughton 7
North Webster 48, Mansfield 6
Calvary Baptist 56, Lakeview 8
Cecilia 44, New Iberia 12
North DeSoto 54, Huntington 18
Byrd 41, Green Oaks 12
Fair Park 30, Bossier 14
Teurlings Catholic 42, St. Thomas More 28
Neville 45, Tioga 0
Sulphur 49, Lafayette 45
Loyola 34, Booker T. Washington 16
West Monroe 27, Ouachita Parish 14
Haynesville 53, Ringgold 8
Natchitoches Central 27, Pineville 16
Photo credit: The Shreveport Times; Evangel QB Connor Curry escapes past an Airline defense