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High School Football 2C SATURDAY, AUGUST 27. 2005 THE TIMES shreveporttinies.com Special teams loom large as Shreve edges Southwood By Pesky Hill Special to The Times Big plays ill the kicking game were highlights for each side as Captain Slirevc held off Southwood 21-18 Friday night for a jamboree victory at Lee Hedges Stadium. Shreve, dropping down to Class 4A tliis year, capitalized on a bad snap from center to light up the scoreboard first on a muggy evening. Punter Jolin Michiels picked up the ball after it sailed over his head and scanixred 42 yards tlirough the dazed South-wood defense. Micluels, who also had an interception in the second of two 12-niinule quarters, added die extra point and the Gators had a 7-0 lead.

Following another high snap from center tliis time by Southwood on an attempted punt Slirevc recovered the ball and quarterback Andrew Calantone made the Cowboys pay. Ca-lantone hit Travis Anderson on a slant over the middle for a 15-yard TD and a WO lead. "We fumbled the football and that prevented us from getting any momentum," Shreve Coach Ken Ivy said. "We played pretty good on defense. 1 don't tliiiik we got anybody hurt so that was good.

1 think we're gonna be OK." Southwood quarterback Javier Anderson got the Cowboys back in the jamboree in the second quarter when he hit Chad Bell for a 26-yard TD pass after a Gator fumble. Calantone, who completed seven of 1 1 passes for 86 yards with two interceptions and two touchdowns, got his rhythm with three straight passes to Brandon Cherrier, Austin Tolliver and Trevor Deas. Deas made the touchdown catch with a 15-yarder that proved to be the difference. Alan Carroll, who made it close for the Cowboys with a spectacular 85-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, was a workhorse for Southwood. Carroll had 64 yards rushing on 15 carries.

"We accomplished some tilings in a positive way," Cowboys Coach Scott Abernathy said. "We made a lot of mistakes but we are a young team. Defensively, we are an older group. You have to remember that they (Slirevc) have a pretty good quarterback." Slirevc, which opens its season against 5A Byrd next Thursday, continued to spread the field and Calantone Carroll completed passes to five different receivers. Late in the second quarter, Shreve rushed the ball with C.J.

Patterson (25 yards on seven carries) and Farvin Fields (four carries for 13 yards). m. Big plays help Byrd slip past Huntington North (Dadldto, Fair'; Park score victories if I Vr i 1 ir 'II it was a normal jamboree," Suggs said. "We were really worried about our kicking game since it was the first time to try it live against an opponent, but I like the way our kids competed and showed their competitive spirit." During the second half, the Raiders started off strong as they did at the beginning of the game when quarterback Frank Edwards ran in for a touchdown. Byrd running back Renaldo Mcclinton answered back when he broke tlirough the line and ran for 70 yards to make the score 20-13.

With a line more than five minutes left, Edwards connected with Kendrick Lancaster for a 23-yard touchdown. The Raiders tried a two-point conversion but failed, leaving the score 20-19. Suggs said his expectations weren't high for his team coming into the jamboree, but he is looking forward to the rest of the season. "I didn't set any great expectations coming into this jamboree because our teams weren't scheming against each other," he said. "We've just been preparing, in general, for the season as a whole.

I've harped on the fact that we need to get better and better each week and I saw that in the spring and its getting even better in the fall." Next week, the Raiders will be at Marshall while the Yellow Jackets will play at Lee Hedges Stadium against their longtime rival Captain Shreve. By Jamie Lunt Special to The Times Led by running back Justan Gibson, the Byrd Yellow Jackets slipped past the Huntington Raiders 20-19 in jamboree action Friday night at Independence Stadium. Gibson scored two touchdowns on runs of 63 and 83 yards and gained 146 yards. The Raiders started off strong by recovering a fumble after a Byrd possession. Justin Price broke through the line and took the ball in 5 yards to score his first touchdown of the night Huntington coach Mike Green said while his team looked good on offense, his young defense must continue to improve each week.

Gibson "We're very, very young on defense," Green said. "We ran well, we caught the ball well, but one big part we've got to improve on is defense. We are starting six sophomores on defense and until they go through the fire enough times, they arc going to continue to have to work as hard as they can to improve." Byrd coach Mike Suggs said while Gibson was on the mark at the jamboree, he's confident his team, as a whole, will continue to improve each week. "We made a lot of mistakes, but hiiiiiiirff 1 "We played with a lot more intensity than in our scrimmage against Hay-nesville. "We just had too many penalties when we had a chance to put the ball in the end zone." FAIR PARK 6, GREEN OAKS 0: For the most part.

Fair Park head coach Husher Calhoun was pleased with his team's effort in its scrimmage against Green Oaks. Sure, there were some problems that come with the jamboree and Calhoun addressed them to his team. But, above all, Calhoun reminded his team what was important in life. The team received terrible news before departing for Northwood High 'Hie mother of junior running backdefensive back Antonio Thomas died Friday afternoon as the result of an apparent heart attack. The team responded under the difficult circumstances.

Quarterback Antonio Seamster hit receiver Gene Baker with an 18-yard touchdown pass midway tlirough the first half for the game's lone score. Seamster had an impressive scrimmage along with his touch- Shane Bevel I he limes North Caddo's Michael Jones grabs the face mask of Northwood's Winston Wilmore during the second half of the Northwood jamboree. By Brian Vernellis bvernellisgannett.com North Caddo stuffed a two-point conversion to edge Northwood, 7-6, in the closing game of the North-wood Jamboree at Northwood High School on Friday. Hunter Brantly connected with Stephen Neighbors on a 23-yard touchdown pass with 1:02 remaining to pull the Falcons within one. The teams played two 12-minute halves.

But, the Rebels stopped North-wood's 2-point conversion, stuffing Latrevous Milton and hanging on to the victory. "We made some corrections," North Caddo head coach Jerry Byrd said. "We were not good in our scrimmage against Plain Dealing. The big thing wasn't the score; it was we didn't get anybody hurt. "It's nice to be able to compete against a 4A team like Northwood for two quarters." North Caddo took the lead on a 67-yard punt return by Michael Jones.

Northwood moved the ball effectively against the Rebels, but penalties killed many of their drives. "I was pleased with the way we moved the football." Northwood head coach Daniel Turnbow said. Fast start By Roy Lang III rflanggannett.com MARSHALL, Texas As the sun set on Maverick Stadium on Friday night, hundreds of East Texas football fans stood in line waiting to get a glimpse what might be the area's fiercest rivalry. Many of the patient faithful didn't get in the gates until halftime and standing room only tickets sold out at the Longview-Marshall contest a sign of how this game has retained its intensity for 96 years. Longview's experience on offense proved superior while Marshall's helps Longview down Marshall Booker T.

Washington holds off Woodlawn Stephen Dennis saw many things his team needs to work on before its opener. "We looked young," Dennis said. "We didn't tackle. We didn't block. It's more or less the basic fundamentals.

This was our first true action on the field and it looked like it." its version of the triplets all season long. That means the offensive line, anchored by 6-foot-5, 290-pound tackle Trent Williams, who is being recruited by LSU and Oklahoma State, will be relied on heavily. So far, so good. The offensive line played well for the first game of the season, but we will definitely get better as the year goes on," said Williams, who said he will choose a college "soon." The Lobos sprinted to an early 14-0 lead, and while Marshall mounted a handful of rallied throughout the evening, the Mavericks were unable to get within one score. 19: Dedeiick Ridley rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries for Claiborne (1-1).

Claiborne quarterback Hunter Meckel was 2-for-8 and 60 yards. His biggest connection was a 51-yard touchdown pass to Trent Newell. Josh Legendre added a 68-yard touchdown run. RIVERDALE 22, FRANKLIN 7: Riverdale Academy's Jarred Wood-ard rushed for 1 18 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead his team to a win over Franklin Academy. Mike Schwalke contributed to this report Wilson had a foot injury that led Guin to hold him out of the game.

Causey showed he can run widi the ball, making a 28-yard dash, and he had a 32-yard pass to Walter Marshall for the brief Haughton lead. down pass. Seamster led the Indians with 49 yards rushing. Not bad for someone who took over the position last week. "He kind of reminds us of Ronnie Prude," Calhoun said.

Friday's jamboree marked the first scrimmage of any kind for the Giants. Green Oaks head coach Senior running backs Vondrell McGee and Chris Ivory, who left the game before halftime, collected nearly 200 total yards and three rushing touchdowns while classmate Carlin Freeman had 108 yards passing and a TD on the ground. "Vondrell ran hard," said Longview coach John King, whose team is ranked in the top five in Texas Class 5A. "It was tough yards tonight. It's gonna be like that all season because he has a bull's-eye on his chest.

"But Freeman, the plays he made at the quarterback position the experience, you can't coach that." The Lobos' offense will rely on Quan Howard to Corderio Young and Joderick Ford returned an interception 45 vards for a touchdown. MANSFIELD 6, LOGANSPORT 0: At the Mansfield Jamboree, Quan Howard threw an 11 -yard touchdown pass to Sky Jones for the Wolverines. Earlier, Logansport defeated North DeSoto, 16-0. MPSA GLENBROOK 50, PRAIRIE VIEW 6: At Minden. Glenbrook rolled up 306 yards offense in crushing Prairie View.

RIVER OAKS 22, CLAIBORNE the ones that made the big mistakes tonight." That quarterback was Cody Causey, who has been valuable to the Haughton baseball team but plays beliind Nick Wilson on the football squad. greener unit struggled in front of more than 10,000 fans. Longview outgained Marshall 355-145. The Lobos had 22 first downs to the Mavericks' nine. longview had four players with more than 40 yards rushing.

Marshall, the runner-up in Class 4A last season and ranked in the top five in 2005, had one with more than 10. It all added up to a 28-16 victory by Longview, the 13th-ranked team in the country. "We played way too many plays on defense," said Rodney Southern, Marshall's coach. Walker finished the scrimmage with eight rushes for 35 yards. CEDAR CREK 39, LAKEVIEW 0: At Campti, Cedar Creek rushed for 313 yards in a 39-0 rout of Lakeview.

LEESVILLE 12, NORTH DESOTO 8: At the Mansfield Jamboree, North DeSoto's Rodney Burford's 18-yard touchdown pass to Cedric Hooks gave the Griffins a brief lead before Leesville got the game-winning touchdown. MANSFIELD 14, LEESVILLE 14: At the Mansfield Jamboree, the Wolverines erased a 14-point deficit with a 31-yard touchdown pass from Loyola, Minden, Cedar Creek earn wins the night "Jefferson plays the way he practices," BTW coach Demise Loyd said. "He's a dedicated athlete. He wants die ball every time that you can give it to him." Woodlawn's Morris scored for die Knights on a 21-yard run off left tackle at 7:10 of die first quarter, giving die Knights an early 60 lead. "His performance tonight is a step above what I've been seeing from him," Law said of Morris.

"He's starting to take more control, but he should have been more aggressive in taking more control of the game." After Lions quarterback Taylor evened die score at 6 with a 1-yard plunge with just over a minute to play in die first, Jefferson put die lions ahead 12-6 witii a 38-yard run early in die second quarter. "We want to be about 50-50, tluow and run," Ioyd said of Taylor's O-for-5 passing on the night. He cited loss of practice time as die reason but hopes for improvement in die passing game as the season begins. Broderick Brooks' punt found die comer near die end zone, pinning die Kmglits back on tiieir own goal line. Moments later, the BTW defense, led by Ramone Randle, sacked Morris in the end zone for a safety to make die score 14-6.

BTWs Bobby Brooks had picked off a Denms Morris pass on die first play from scrimmage. Brooks' 25-yard run-back was nullified by a personal foul to the sX)t of die interception, and die lions' drive stalled five plays later after Woodlawn defenders Jacorey Kelluni and Morris broke tlirough die lions offensive line to sack Taylor. rt'tui wmS rmitjiiu wMm lit i By Mike Pizzolato Special to The Times It is an old, aknost trite axiom in football that it is a game of inches. The Woodlawn Knights learned that early in the season at the Booker T. Washington Lions jamboree on Friday at Leonard C.

Barnes Stadium, losing an intense, two-quarter skirmish by a score of 14-6 to the rival Lions after Woodlawn quarterback Dennis Morris was tackled inches short of the end zone as time ran out. A pass interference call against and an offsides penalty against BI on die game's final drive aided die Knights. The running of Mario Jolinson and Morris put die Knights on die 1-yard line, only to have die drive stall inches from scoring as time ran out wiiile die Lions defense swarmed Morris. Earlier in the drive, Morris broke out of die pocket for a 37-yard gain. He fumbled as teammate Zamarvis Banks picked up the final 10 yards of die play.

A face mask call against BTW added 15 more yards to die play, and an illegal procedure call also went against the lions on die final drive. "It's a shame we waited until the last two minutes to play Woodlawn football," a disappointed coach Kendrick law said. "We should have played Woodlawn football from die first kickoff." Jeremy Jefferson paced die Lions rusliing attack with 109 yards on 18 carries, breaking the century mark on a run which put the lions ahead for good, 12-6, at die opening of die second quarter. The lions offense picked up six first downs on '18 995 MM CM U.MS Benton rallies past Haughton From Staff Reports NATCHITOCHES At the Natchitoches jamboree, Loyola quarterback Marshall Johnston threw a pair of touchdown passes and Morgan Johnston ran for a pair of scores to lead the Flyers. Marshall Johnston threw a 70-yard scoring pass to Dustin Cavallo and 16 yards to Will Haynie.

MINDEN 7, HAYNESVILLE 6: At the Minden jamboree, Brandon Walker scored with 4:30 remaining to lead the Crimson Tide past Hay-nesville. Bossier: Continued from 1C "Offensively, we're not real happy about that," Bossier coach Billy Don McHalf fey said. "We were inconsistent, but we've got a young offensive line. We've got to improve quickly before we play Southwood." Even on a 69-yard run by Corey George, McHalffey said the play was not mere except for a good effort on George's part The coach was quite pleased with liis team's defense, wliich didn't allow any points and very little movement by Plain Dealing. 'Hie Lions' only score came as a result of back-to-back big plays by linebacker Marcus Neal, who first produced a 3-yard loss and then picked up a fumbled exchange and ran 12 yards into the end zone for a touchdown.

"We've got to get good angles and learn to pick up the blitz," McHalffey said. Tonight their middle linebacker was getting in the A gap, and that's a pickup we've got to get" Bossier scored 12 points in die first jx'riod while shutting out the Lions, who didn't get much going until the fiiiid seconds, when they approached midfield. "We made a lot of mistakes early in the ball game, but Bossier's got a good flU35u B-lBFBWiEY OVER $2 MILLION IN USED CAR INVENTORY AT UNBELIEVABLE THE WEEK! ctu 14.995 nwHiumwiuim' ittrowmsKciwi urn hum urn ami '13 995 16 995 Snfiu ii-tu 8MII UUSUS WWP Uf 31.995 31 995 Htwosr mnu'ifi SEU.INO HUNO of cfrmw USCOCAM 1 tVMIIM.NinUtlHIKIM vmiuimsioncnn mmt in.M5 11(1 71.995 team." Lions coach Larry Moore said. "Well be OK once we get back to our (1A) level." Benton led the second matchup by a 7-0 score for most of the clock time, but Haughton took advantage of a social teams mistake to grab an 8-7 lead with 4:24 to play. It was the response by the Tigers dial had Benton coach Mitch Downey feeling decent about his team alter the game.

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