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High School Athletics 2C TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2004 THE TIMES shreveporttimes.com ID FEASTERMANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL "It's kind of a shame that Caddo Parish hasn't made a move to build stadiums and tracks and weight rooms to support the athletic programs in this parish, especially when all research shows athletes make better grades, get in trouble less and are more likely to be successful after graduation." After Minden's 13-12 win on Saturday over Woodlawn on a torn up, muddy Lee Hedges Stadium field. COVERING NORTHWEST LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ''-A r'T, DA? State polls mm Statewide high school football rankings compiled by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. First-place votes are In parenthesis, followed by record, points and previous week's ranking. t.Hahnville (12) 2. West Monroe 3.

Barbe 4. John Ehret 6. Higgins 6. Covington 7. Brother Martin 8.

SI. Amanl 9. Destrehan 10. Carencro CUSSSA 6-0 144 1 6-0 132 2 5-0 112 3 5-0 108 4 5- 0 84 6 6- 0 -77 7 5-0 53 9 5-1 42 10 4-2 39 NR 3-2 37 NR District standings District 1-5A District Overall Huntington 1-0 4-2 Evangel 1-0 2-3 Natchitoches Central 0-0 1-5 Southwood 0-1 4-2 Ruston 0-1 1-4 Huntington 28, Southwood 27 Evangel 33, Ruston 12 Captain Shreve 28, Natchitoches Central 12 District 2-5A District Overall West Monroe 1-0 6-0 Airline 1-0 5-1 Captain Shreve 0-0 3-3 Byrd 0-1 2-3 Ouachita 0-1 2-4 West Monroe 30, Ouachita 22 Airline 14, Byrd 7 Captain Shreve 28, Natchitoches Central 12 District 1-4A OHien receiving votes: East St. John 34.

Evangel 31 Jesuit 23. Sriaw 8. Airline 8 Rummel 3, West JeHerson 1, Huntington 1, New Iberia 1. CLASS 4A 6-0 144 1 6-0 127 2 6-0 123 3 5-1 107 4 5-1 92 5 5-1 82 7 5-1 51 9 4- 1 48 10 5- 1 43 NR 4-2 35 6 1. John Curtis (12) 2.

Bastrop 3 Northside 4. Neville 5. Redemptorist 6. St. Thomas More 7.

Haughton S.Breaun Bridge 9. Alexandria 10. East Ascension Others receiving votes: Plaquemine 26, Bossier 23, West Ouachita 20, Leesvilie 12, Minden 3. CLASS 3A 143 123 119 107 89 78 48 45 41 39 1. Parkview Baptist (11) 2.

Amite (1) 3. Benton 4. Teurlmgs 5. Wmntield 6. Erath 7.

St. Charles 8. Notre Dame 9. Marksvilie 10. Patterson 6-0 5- 1 6- 1 5- 1 6- 0 4-2 4- 2 5- 1 5-1 Overall 6-0 5-1 5-1 5-1 1-5 0-6 1 a 5i j.

i i i ') tli" 7r A ,1 si i 111 a jr 1 i tX i i 1 1 i KasQ 3 i i 4 '( 10 NR District Bastrop 1-0 Minden 1-0 Neville 1-0 Woodlawn 0-1 Northwood 0-1 Fair Park 0-1 Bastrop 40, Fair Park 0 Minden 13, Woodlawn 12 Neville 41, Northwood 0 District 24A District Haughton 1-0 Others receiving votes: Iowa 22. St Louis 20. Grant 19. Lutcher 9. Richwood 7.

Franklin Parish 7. Inoependence 5. Carroll 4, North vermilion 4. Chalmette 3, Belle Chasse 3, Scotlandville 1. Class 2A 5-0 Overall 5-1 1.

Northeast (11) 2 Rayvilie (1) 3 Mamou 4. Sterimglon 5. Opelousas Catholic 6. West St. John 7.

St. Helena Central BPickenng 9. Ouachita Onstian 143 127 120 104 95 93 65 42 31 26 6-0 6-0 5- 1 6- 0 42 4-2 42 4-2 4-2 West Ouachita 1-0 4-2 Parkway 0-0 2-4 Bossier 0-1 5-1 Wossman 0-1 0-6 10 Jonesborotodge Others receiving votes: Port Barrs 24, Riverside 11 Clinton 1 2, Loranger 8, North Caddo 7. Loyola t. Westminster 6, Springhill 3.

Lakeside 1, Jewel Sumner 1. Haughton 6, Wossman 0 West Ouachita 27, Bossier 14 Parkway 13, Booker T. Washington 6 District 1-3A uass ia District Overall 6-0 Benton BTW Mansfield Green Oaks 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.Htynesvllle(12) i Boolhville-Venice 3. Kentwood 4. Dunham 5.

Oak Grove t. St. Mary 7. Country Day 8. Vermilion Catholic 9.

South Cameron 6m 5-0 4- 2 5- 1 4- 2 5- 1 5-0 4- 2 5- 1 4-2 144 126 109 107 88 62 60 51 49 37 3-3 33 0-6 2 NR 3 7 NR Benton 32, McCall 6 Mansfield 27, Many 0 Parkway 13, Booker T. Washington 6 10 Block Others receiving volts: Si. Edmund 22. LaSalle 17. Shan BevelThe Times Homer running back Greg Nelson (right) is averaging almost 10 yards per carry and has rushed few more than 800 yards this season.

Pelicans coach hopes returning players put team in thick of District 1-2A race Logansport 16. Mangham 14. Cedar Creek 12. East Beauregard 9. St.

John 7. Central Catholic 2, Port Sulphur 1, Basils 1. How Brian McCallum voted Class 5A LHahnville 2. West Monroe 3. John Ehret 4.

Brother Martin 5. Covington 6. Barbe 7. Higgins 8. Jesuit 9.

Shaw 10. Destrehan 11. East St. John Red River 14, Green Oaks 6 District 1 2A District Overall Loyola 1-0 4-2 North Caddo 1-0 4-2 Springhill 1-0 2-4 Lakeside 0-1 4-2 Homer 0-1 1-5 North DeSoto 0-1 0-6 Loyola 17, Homer 6 North Caddo 25, North DeSoto 8 Springhill 26, Lakeside 12 District 2-2A District Overall Jonesboro-Hodge 0-0 4-2 Red River 0-0 4-2 Lakeview 0-0 2-4 Many 0-0 1-5 Mansfield 27, Many 0 ill)- 12. Huntington Class 4A I.John Curtis 1 By Brian McCallum bmccallumgannett.com The record on the field may not lead fans to consider Homer one of the top high school football teams in the area, and, for most of the season, that may have been true.

But Homer coach Glen Kyle is hopeful the return of some players to the lineup particularly on the offensive line will help the Pelicans get back on the winning track for the rest of 2004. That would be good news for the Homer backfield which is producing big yards even with a handful of youngsters starting on the offensive line in front of them. Greg Nelson and Rashid Young have remained among the area rushing leaders. "We're not winning a whole lot of games, but they're our go-to guys," Kyle said. "There our most dependable ones on Friday nighL" Nelson has carried the ball 82 times this season for 811 yards, an average of 9.9 yards a carry.

"Both of them are just hard-nosed runners," Kyle said. They run downhill really well. They're just both big muscled-up kids and really hard to tackle. "Speed and power is their game. Both of them have good hands, too." The two are sprinters for the Homer track team as well, though Young battled hamstring injuries last spring.

Nelson runs a 10.fsecond 10fmeter dash. Yet, the Pelicans are 1-5 rJiis season. Injuries have been the story for the team, including a devastating Haynesville game that cost them three starters on the offensive line, Center Jim Hankins was one of those lost when he dislocated his hip. He is expected to play against North Caddo on Friday. "He's not going to be 100 percent, but he's going to play," Kyle said.

More healthy players could be on the way, and the Pelicans can use any available help as they fight to return to the Class 2A playoffs. 2. Bastrop 3. Neville 4. Northside 5.

Redemptorist 6. St. Thomas More 7. Bossier 8. Breaux Bridge 9.

Plaquemine 10. West Ouachita 11. Minden Jonesboro-Hodge 46, St. Frederick 8 Lakeview 43, Newellton 14 Red River 14, Green Oaks 6 District 1-1A Class 3A 12. East Ascension 1.

Parkview Baptist District Overall Haynesville 1-0 6-0 Plain Dealing 1-0 3-3 Sarepta 1-0 2-4 Ringgold 0-1 2-3 Cotton Valley 0-1 1-5 Arcadia 0-1 0-6 Shan Bevel The Times Rashid Young (front right) is a productive two-way player for Homer and coach Glen Kyle. 2. Benton 3. Teurlings Catholic 4. Grant 5.

Erath 6. Franklin Parish 7. Amite B.Winnfield 9. Independence 10. Belle Chasse H.Chalmette Haynesville 41, Ringgold 0 Plain Dealing 20, Cotton Valley 6 Sarepta 23, Arcadia 14 LaSalle 40, Sarepta 0 More area teams uiu in mi in i 12.

St. Louis Springhill District Class 2A Overall 4-1 Cedar Creek, 2-1A 0-1 Grambling, 2-1A 0-1 Logansport, 3-1A 1-0 St. Mary, 3-1A 0-1 Calvary, na na 1- 4 4- 2 5- 1 2- 4 I Rayville 1 Northeast 3. Mamou 4 Opelousas Catholic 5. West St.

John 6. Sterlington 7. Riverside 8. Loyola 9. St.

Helena Central 10. Port Barre II. Ouachita Christian 12. Westminster close to throwing it as much as Loyola," Reeder said. "I know if we can win this one here, that will put Homer and Loyola both with a loss.

We'd be, you could say, in the driver's seat We would control our own destiny." Minden Tide coach David Feaster dished out some praise to a Shreveport athlete on Saturday after his team beat Woodlawn 13-12 on a muddy field at Lee Hedges Stadium. Feaster said strategy changes in a mud game, including the strategy on whether to go for fourth-down conversions. "Part of the thinking is, don't let number eight (Kendeoun Netter of Woodlawn) defeat you on punt returns," Feaster said. "He's the best been practicing the offense." As for the 26-20 loss, Held said die only thing that has changed for the Tigers is the loss of the chance for an unbeaten season. He predicted no team wovdd go unbeaten in District 3-1A play.

Logansport Coach Durrett Woods is hoping his Tigers are in die Uiick of die District 3-1A race tliis season, and four wins in a row seem to indicate Oiey will be. He credits die defense widi much of die success. "Our defense, right now, is probably playing as well as it has die last few years," Woods said. "Our offense is mixing it up well, but I guess our biggest improvement is on defense." athlete on the field, and he may be the best in the district" St. Maty Quarterback Bryan Stamey suffered a broken collarbone on Friday in (lie Tigers' first loss, and his season is over.

Went Mullikin and Patrick Johnson, who finished Friday's game against Northwood Lena, will handle the job. "We'll start one and well probably use both of diem in different situations," coach Eric Held said. 'They botii got equal reps today (at practice); Mullikin was die starter last season, and Held expects his team to survive. "Both of diose guys have been practicing at tliat position since die spring," he said. "Luckily, they've Class 1A Lumberjacks coach Benny Reeder said someone told him the team's pre-district schedule that included Benton, Bossier, Haynesville and Minden was "a BCS schedule." District 1-2A play has arrived, however, and Springliill is off to a 1-0 start after a 26-12 win over Lakeside.

The Warriors impressed Reeder. "That's the best Lakeside team we've played since they've been playing," he said. "I just think they're lacking manpower as far as numbers. I think they've got seven or eight kids that have to go both ways." Loyola is up next for Springhill, and die Flyers present a new challenge, but they bring a great reward. "We've played nobody dial's even 1.

Haynesville Ferriday 6, Calvary 0 Northwood Lena 26, St. Mary 20 Oak Grove 16, Cedar Creek 0 Logansport 28, Rosepine 14 Mangham 51, Grambling 0 MPSA District 8-A Claiborne 4-0 5-2 Glenbrook' 4-0 6-2 Grawood' 2-2 4-3 Univ. Christian 1-3 3-4 Plain Dealing Acad. 1-3 1-6 Riverdale 0-4 0-6 Glenbrook 35, Franklin Academy 12 Briarfield 27, Claiborne 20 Huntington Acad. 26, Riverdale 6 2.

Boothville-Vemce 3. Kentwood 4. Dunham 5. Country Day 6. South Cameron 7.

St. Mary 8. Oak Grove 9. Mangham 10. Logansport 11.

East Beauregard 12. Port Sulphur A SI II FACES i- TVRO.VE MARSHALL 17 CRAIG TIIEXLEIt JERMAIVE J01IS0 ISIAII STAXLLT LOG ASI0RT, FOOTBALL imttiiiji.iwiiiiii DAIUEI BATES L0ASP0BT. FOOTBALL Darnei Bates continues to turn in big games for the Gators. He gained 277 yards on 27 carries and caught a pair of passes for 23 yards. Bates scored four touchdowns, on runs of 1, 5, 53 and 34 yards.

lilfflliMJiTIIILL Isiah Stanley scored on a 10-yard touchdown run on Friday for Glenbrook. The Apaches defeated Franklin Academy to improve to 4-0 In MPSA District 8-A. HWXESVILLE, FOOTBALL Brandon Brownmiller scored three touchdowns in the Tors' 41-0 district-opening win over Ringgold. Brownmiller, who had 10 carries for 73 yards, scored from 1, 4 and 10 yards. SPRI6HILIj, FOOTBALL The Lumberjacks held 4-2 Lakeside to 12 points in their District 1-2A opener on Friday.

Springhill won 26-12, and Craig Trexler had an interception in the game. Jermaine Johnson scored a touchdown in Mansfield's 27-0 non-district win on the road at Many on Friday. Johnson scored on a 5-yard run and gained 55 yards in the game. Tyrone Marshall had two long scoring plays to set the tone for the Tigers in a 28-14 District 3-1A victory over Rosepine on Friday. He opened the game with a 64-yard rushing touchdown and came back with a 93-yard touchdown run to put it away..