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High School Athletics 2C TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2004 THE TIMES shreveporttimes.com WHERE ARE THEY NOW? JOHN KINGSPRINGHILL v. a King is a former Springhlll High School standout who lettered at Northwestern State from 1987-1990. He was an All-American selection at Northwestern in 1990. Since leaving the Demons program, he went Into coaching. After several seasons as an assistant at Longview (Texas) High School, King took over for Pat Collins this year.

His Longview team Is 2-0 and will face Evangel later this season. OVERING NMTHWEST LOUISIANA HICB SCHOOl SPflETS District standings solution Eamy ffiimds SweeS State polls Statewide high school tootball rankings compiled by Ihe Louisiana Sports Writers Association First-place votes are in parenthesis, Wkwed by record, points and previous week's ranking. nmiuiiM luaiii w.wii.1 lyi in mi, Hi.m inw nj.ii District 1-6A District 00 0-0 oo 00 Overall 10 10 0-1 0-1 0-1 Ruston Southwood Evangel Huntington Natch. Central 00 Last week's scores Springdale, 38, Evangel 14 Ruston 23, Byrd 7 Southwood 38, Eunice 20 Marshall, Texas, 40, Huntington 0 Leesville 40, Natch. Central 28 District 2-5A District Overall 10 10 10 10 0-1 Airline Ouachita West Monroe Byrd Captain Shreve 00 00 00 00 00 Last week's scores Airline 41, Tioga 3 Ouachita 32, Sterlington 13 West Monroe 38, Parkway 7 Ruston 23, Byrd 7 Bossier 51, Captain Shreve 19 District 1-4A 4V W- District Overall Bastrop 00 10 Woodlawn 00 10 Minden 00 0-1 Neville 00 0-1 Northwood 0-0 00 Last week's scores Bastrop 37, Wossman 14 Haughton 38, Minden 15 Woodlawn 32, Green Oaks 15 Benton 17, Northwood 7 Longview, Texas, 14, Neville 7 District 24A District Overall Bossier 00 10 Haughton 00 10 West Ouachita 0-0 10 Parkway 00 0-1 Wossman 00 0-1 Last week's scores Bastrop 37, Wossman 14 Haughton 38, Minden 15 West Monroe 38, Parkway 7 Bossier 51, Captain Shreve 19 Haughton 38, Minden 15 District 1-3A District Overall Benton 0-0 10 BTW 00 10 Green Oaks 00 0-1 Mansfield 00 0-1 Last week's scores Benton 17, Northwood 7 BTW 34, Fair Park 22 Woodlawn 32, Green Oaks 0 Richwood 28, Mansfield 13 District 1-2A District Overall Homer 00 10 Lakeside 0-0 10 North Caddo 0-0 10 Loyola 00 0-1 North DeSoto 00 0-1 Springhill 00 0-1 Last week's scores Homer 48, Farmerville 30 Lakeside 35, LaSalle 0 Haynesville 18, Springhill 7 Ouachita Christian 17, Loyola 14 North Caddo 21, Red River 10 Plain Dealing 34, North DeSoto 8 District 2-2A District Overall Jonesboro-Hodge 0-0 0-1 Lakeview 0-0 0-1 Many .00 01 Red River 00 01 Last week's scores North Caddo 21.

Red River 10 Marksville 42, Many 0 Winnfield 34, Jonesboro-Hodge 0 St. Mary 47, Lakeview 6 District 1 A District Overall Cotton Valley 00 10 Haynesville 00 10 Plain Dealing 00 10 Sarepta 00 10 Arcadia 00 0-1 Ringgold 0-0 01 Last week's scores Delta 34, Ringgold 0 Haynesville 18. Springhill 7 Plain Dealing 34, North DeSoto 8 Grambling 26, Arcadia 0 Cotton Valley 38, Davidson 0 Sarepta 37, Newellton 0 MPSA District 8-A Dlst. Overall Grawood 10 3-0 Claiborne 10 21 Glenbrook 10 1-2 UCP 01 1-2 Riverdale 0-1 0-2 Plain Dealing Acad. 01 0-3 CLAS5 5A I.Hahnville (10) 2Carencro (2) 3 West Monroe 4 St Augustine 5 East St John 6 Evangel 7 Rummel 8 Deslrehan 9 Ruston 1-0 141 133 119 75 56 55 38 30 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0- 1 1- 0 1-0 1-0 1-0 10 Barbe Others receiving votes Airline 22, 9.

Amant 18. Sulphur 15, Ouachita 12, Higginj 11. Holy Cross 10. Comeaux 8. John Ertret 5.

Catholic-Baton Rouge 5. Thibooaun 4. West Jefferson 2, Covington 2. CUSS4A 1 John Curtis (12) 2 Bastrop 3. NorinsKle 4 Haughton 5.

Neville 6 Ataanfina 7 Sam Houston 8 RerJemplonst 9 East Ascension 1-0 144 110 103 92 82 66 61 60 55 46 1 4 6 7 2 9 10 3 1-0 1-0 1-0 0- 1 10 1- 0 0-1 0- 1 1- 0 10. Breaun Bridge Others receiving votes: Ptaquemme 26. Si Thomas More 25, Bossier 22. Leesville 1 1 South Terrebonne 9, St Martrrwlle 7, Baker 5, Kan 5. West Ouachita 3.

Broadmoor 2, Istrouma 1, Salmen. CUSSJA 1 Amite (7) 2 Parkview Baptist (4) 3 WinntieKj 4 Teurtings 5 Utcher(1) 6 St Chahes 7 Notre Dam 8 Benton 9 Marksville 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0- 1 1- 0 0- 1 1- 0 1-0 139 131 116 101 78 75 67 SB 35NR 32 10. Carroll 0-1 Others receiving votes Belle Chasse 23. tndependenc 19, North Vermilion 14. kwa 1 1 Patterson 6.

While a Richwood 6 bunk 5. Franklm Pansh 3 St Lous 2. Pod Allen 2. Pearl RweM. Jenmngs 1.

CLASS 2A 1 West St John (9) 2 Northeast (3) 3 Rayville 1 4 lota 5 Mamou 6 Slertinglon 7 North Caddo 8 Homer 9 Ouachita Christian 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0- 1 1- 0 1-0 1-0 138 134 112 109 98 71 37 36 34 32 Nfi NR Nfl 7 10. St Helena Central 0-1 Others receiving voles Port Bans 29. Opelousas Catholic 22. Spnnghill 19. Loranger 15.

Pickering 14. Clinton 11, Many 9, Vidalia 8, Lakeside 2. Welsh 2, Westminster 1, Riverside 1. CLASS1A I Vermilion Catholic (121 1-0 144 126 109 88 81 75 67 58 56 48 2 Haynesville 1-0 1-0 1-0 0- 1 1- 0 1-0 1-0 0- 1 1- 0 3BW 4 St Edmund 5 Kenhvood 6 Dunham 7 Si Mary 8 Boothville-venice 9 Oak Grove 10 East Beauregard Others receiving votes St John 23. Hanson Memorial 20.

Loreauville 10 Mangham 8. Cedar Creek 8 South Cameron 6. Delta 4. Country Day 3. LaSalle 3, North Ibervf 1.

How Brian McCallum voted Class SA I.Hahnville 2. Carencro 3 West Monroe 4 Evangel 5. Airline 6 St. Augustine 7 East a. John 8 Rummel 9.

Deslrehan 10. Barbe 11 Ruston 12. Comeaux 1 John Curtis Class 4A 2 Bastrop 3. St Thomas More 4 Northside 5. Haughton 6 Aiexandna 7 NeviHe 8 Bossier 9.

East Ascension 10 Sam Houston 11 Plaquemine 12 South Terrebonne Class 3A 1 Parkview Baptist 2 Amite 3 Wmntietd 4 Manisviile 5 Lutcher 6 Tuerlings Catholic 7 St Charles Independence 9 Benton 10 Notre Dame 11 Franklin 12 Ricnwood 1 West St John Class 2A 2 Rayville 3 Northeast 4 lota 5. Mamou 6 Homer 7. Springhill 8 Sterlington 9 Port Bane 10 North Caddo 11 Loranger 12 Ouachita Christian Class 1A 1 Vermilion Catholic 2 Haynesville 3 Biock 4 Dunham 5 Boothvilfc-Venice 6 East Beauregard 7 St Mary 8 Hanson 9. Keniwood 10 Cedar Creek 11 Delta 12. Loreauville RY, FOOTBALL Johnson rushed for 169 yards on only seven carries in Friday's 47-6 season-opening victory over Class 2A Lakeview.

He scored three touchdowns on runs of 16, 59 and 71 yards in the game for the Class lA's No. 7 team, who will play North DeSoto this week. imicKJOim ST. II Running back hopes to avoid sophomore slump after freshman success. By Brian McCallum bmccallumgannett.com Darnell Williams leads your football team in rushing yards, earns houorafter honor and then graduates.

What do you do? At Many, you find the next guy, and the Tigers readied down to the freshman class to find their solution, Brandon Sweet Eighteen hundred rushing yards later, problem solved He's a great kid, and last year he just had an outstanding year," first-year coach Marty Williams says. "Some kids just mature earlier than other kids." Williams was an assistant coach for Many last season and takes over with the departure of David Feaster for Class 4A Minden. Inheriting a back such as Sweet, who still has three seasons to play, is the best kind of news a new coach can get And Williams heaps high praise on his sophomore. "I hesitate to compare him to some Sweet body like this, but he kind of reminds me of 1 lerschel Walker, a back like that," Williams says. "He has real thick thighs and just runs hard He's not a cutting type of runner, and he's not that taD of a back, wliich makes him hard to tackle.

And he is a change of pace from the last Many star in the backfield. "Darnell was a very finesse runner. One minute you see him, and the next minute you don't It's a completely different style of runner." This season, numbers could cause Sweet to add to his repertoire, playing some defensive back in certain situations. "Either way it goes, he loves to play the game, Williams says. "That's the type of kid he is.

But we don't have a tremendous number of kids, and he's accepted that role." Back on offense. Sweet will be an anticipated threat by teams on the Many schedule this season, but the experience of quarterback Adam Founds could help ease the pressure with a stepped-up passing game. That is if the offensive line can answer the bel "I think well be a little bit better on the passing side of the ball, but we graduated four offensive linemen, and that's really been the big question for us all summer long," Williams says. "That's yet to be seen, to be honest with you. We've got some sophomores that are having to step up and play." Glenbrook Tlie Apaches got their first win of 2004 last week, defeating lain Dealing Academy 4 W).

Glenbrook is now 1-2. After scoring just 22 points in the first two games, the Apaches scored 45 in their third game. Jared Mourad scored two touchdowns on runs of 59 and 15 yards and also kicked two extra points. Haynesville Coach David Franklin was plenty happy to get the win, but he didn't see perfection out of his Tornado in Friday's 18-7 win over Springhill. "Who was the least sloppy?" he asked after the game.

"We were both sloppy since it's early in the season, but that's no excuse. We had a couple of breakdowns (on defense) and a couple of turnovers in key spots." Springhill nearly made a big play with a blocked punt in the first half, II ESVIME FOOTBALL Robinson made some big plays in Haynesville's 18-7 season-opening victory over Springhill on Friday. Robinson connected with quarterback Pete Beene on the first score of the game. Beene led him by just a few steps, and Robinson caught it in the left comer of the end zone for a 28-yard touchdown reception. He also had a reception later In the game.

-or1 i -i i loium 1 .1. WW. Impressive freshman campaign for the on Friday, when No. 3 Rayville visits. Kayville beat Oak Grove 21-7 in the first week of the regular season.

Kvlp ic rrhiri flip ornmp ic at hnmp "It's got to make a difference instead of traveling all the way to Rayville," he said. "Here's a chance to earn some respect by beating a top-five team. We've got to sieze every opportunity we get" Minden The Crimson Tide's losing streak reached 12 games Friday when Minden fell 38-15 at Haughton. Minden, though, trailed just 17-15 at the half before the Bucs sealed the win with three second-half touchdowns. "The only disgrace right now at Minden High School are the guys not playing football and weren't willing to pay the price," Minden coach David Feaster said.

"I'm telling you, there is no disgrace in these guys." On Friday, Minden will try to win FACES OTTO VVLLLY, FOOTBALL The Wildcats had a thrill for their season opener, beating Davidson 38-0. Defensive lineman Patrick Gladney, member of The Times 2003 All-Area Team, was "the big man" on defense for the Wildcats according to coach Lonnie O'Neal. Though he plays both ways, O'Neal said he played about 90 percent of the game defensively on Friday. Mb I I PATRICK (ILMW Many's Brandon Sweet delivered an NOTEBOOK Greg PearonThe Times Tigers last season. its first game since defeating North-wood in 2002.

The Tide is at home to play Springhill. St Mary If first-year coach Eric Held had any worries about his players taking a top-10 ranking too seriously, he found out last week that's a waste of time. "We were ranked ninth in the state last week and 1 thought for sure when I got to school everybody would be commenting about it, but nobody said a word," he said. "1 didn't say a word to the kids about it until we were up 26-0 at halftimc. A lot of them didn't know about it until the day of the game." And he isn't worried about this week's mind-set.

"I told them about how last year against North DeSoto they really should have lost," he said. "I don think we'll have any problem getting up this week." juii in mill ill MIllLU'WCm Jeremy Harvlll completed four of seven passes for the Lumberjacks In their 18-7 home loss to Haynesville on Friday. He teamed up with Evan Tidwell for Sprlnghill's only touchdown of the game. Facing fourth-and-goal from the 6 yard line with 5:12 to play In the third quarter, Harvllle threw to Tidwell Just outside the end zone, and Tidwell fought his way Into the end zone for the touchdown. 08K but quick thinking by Dedarian Robinson, who caught the ball and rail 19 yards, saved a potential touchdown.

"We had a breakdown in the interior of our line. We lust didn't hold them off, and they did a good job," Franklin said. "We had a decent athlete punting, and that helped." Homer Farmerville was a team with high expectations, while the young Pelicans were hoping for a good season but perhaps not as good as the last two. That was before Homer took a 48-6 lead into the fourth quarter before mass substitions allowed the Farmers to make it a 48-30 final. Coach Glen Kyle says this could be another playoff team.

"1 think we could be, although we have an awfully tough schedule and our district is awfully tough," he says. Things get tougher for the Pelicans CAMPUS 1 1 It II I i MIMIEW FOOTBALL Crimson Tide quarterback Derek Cupples ran for a 3-yard touchdown In Minden's 38-15 loss at Haughton on Friday. The run closed out the game's first-half scoring. Cupples also passed for 76 yards. nrnrr ill III I UMLL) I) I I I III Berryman rushed 12 times for 114 yards in the Chiefs' 40-28 loss to Leesville on Friday.

Berryman and the Chiefs will be at home on Friday to face former district rival Byrd. v)i mx i.