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mf0fjmi High School Athletics 2C TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2005 THE TIMES shreveporttimes.com Who has been the most dominant prep player from area teams in the first half of the season? 1. Justin Aldredge, Cedar Creek; 2. Termaine Benjamin, Homer; 3. Al Lewis, Red River; 4. Michael Jones, Mansfield; 5.

DeAngelo Hunter, Ruston. ireyeparuimos.com OYERING AREA HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Prep Polls 2005 football standings Cedar Creek, Haynesville i3 A A A 1 West Monroe ,9) ling at the midpoint i- 9. St Amant i ill nil ii. mniiui. ii uiiiiii .1 iw iimm 11 ill, linnwmiiiii I'm nil" 11 111 I 10.

RllttOfl 1 1.Bastrap(11) -I 2-Norths si 3 Ouachita (1) 1 4. Alexandra Pf.an I 6 St Thomas Mote District 1-5A Overall District W-L W-L West Monroe 2-0 4-1 Ruston 1-0 3-2 Byrd 1-0 3-2 "Airline 1-1 2-2 Natch. Central 1-1 2-3 Southwood 0-2 1-4 Huntington 0-2 0-5 Friday's results West Monroe 45, Natchitoches Central 6 Byrd 35, Southwood 12 Bastrop 45. Ruston 23 Airline 31, Huntington 6 District 1-4A Parkway 5-0 2-0 Captain Shreve 4-1 2-0 Woodlawn 3-2 1-0 Minden 3-2 1-1 Bossier 3-2 0-1 Haughton 2-3 0-2 Northwood 1-4 0-2 Friday's results Parkway 28, Minden 21 (OT) Bossier 44, Winnfield 19 Captain Shreve 35, Northwood 7 Woodlawn 23, Haughton 16 District 1-3A BTW 4-1 0-0 Benton 3-2 0-0 Mansfield 3-2 0-0 North DeSoto 3-2 0-0 Fair Park 1-4 0-0 Green Oaks 0-5 0-0 Friday's results Benton 45, North Caddo 3 LSWA Polls The statewide high school football rankings comoiled by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. Firsl-place voles aie in parenthesis, followed by record points and the previous week ranking.

uass 3ft 4-1 131 127 112 107 101 63 80 73 44 16 5-0 4-0 4-0 4-0 2- 1 3- 0 3-0 3-1 3-2 Others receiving votes: Airline 15 Byrd 15 Slidell 14. Ellender 7. Centra! 6. South Terrebonne 3. West Jefferson 3.

Carencro 2, Fontamebleau 2. St. Paul 2, Central Lafourche 1 Class 4A 4-0 4- 1 5- 0 3- 1 4- 1 3-2 3-1 3-1 142 120 1'6 69 63 68 66 50 56 54 4- 0 5- 0 Others receiving votes: Zachary 44 St. Martimme 17, Captain Shreve 16. Beau Chene 2 Carroll 1.

Isirouma 1 Washington-Marion 1. Class 3A 3-0 143 122 118 104 102 72 63 57 51 4 3- 0 4- 0 30 3-1 3- 0 2- 1 4- 0 3- 1 4- 1 Others receiving votes: inaepenoence 25 Booker T. Washington 15. Catnolic-Nsw Iberia 14. Northwest 4.

Teurlings 2. Marks 1. Benton 1 E.D. White 1. uass if.

1. Pickering (51 2 Sterlington (21 3. St. Charles (1) 4 St James 4 5 Oonaidsonville 6 Ouacnita Christian 7. JonesDoro-Hoc'ge 8.

Femday 9. Jewel Sumner 3- 0 4- 1 4-0 3- 1 4- 0 4-1 4-1 4-0 1-1 0-1 130 117 112 105 86 64 63 47 37 26 10. John Curtis Others receiving votes: Clinton 23. Riverside 23. Lakeside 23 Oakaale 18 Spnngf.eld 17.

Kinder 17. Homer 12, Lake Arthur 12, Red River 2 Sacred Heart-Ville Plane 2. Class 1 A 1. Haynesville (10) 5-0 141 1 2 Central Catholic-Morgan City 4-0 119 2 3. Evangel (2) 2-3 110 4.

Oak Grove 4-1 99 5. Westminster Christian 4-1 95 6. Cedar Creek 5-0 87 7. St John-Piaquemme 3-1 66 8 2-1 56 9 Hanson 3-0 45 10. Logansport 4-1 42 1 MR 9 7 2 9 10 2 3 5 1 6 4 7 10 9 NR I'lf ''jMJ jJ'S 'LNaSSr Mansfield 40, Port Barre 15 BTW 30, Loyola 7 North DeSoto 28, Many 24 Farmerville 20, Fair Park 12 District 1-2A Lakeside 4-0 0-0 Homer 4-1 0-0 North Caddo 1-4 0-0 Springhill 1-4 0-0 Loyola 0-4 0-0 Friday's results Lakeside 34, LaSalle 14 Homer 26, Red River 8 Jonesboro-Hodge 37, Springhill 6 District 3-2A Red River 3-2 0-0 Many 1-3 0-0 Menard 1-4 0-0 Lakeview 0-5 0-0 Friday's results Homer 26, Red River 8 North DeSoto 28, Many 24 Church Point 53, Lakeview 6 Buckeye 21, Menard 7 f-J" 8g- -ti r-1 -'lSmmmmmmm- Others receiving votes: SI.

Mary 40. St. Frederick 24 Opelousas Catholic 6. East Iberville 2. Southern Lab t.

Grambling 1. Texas Polls HeieisTne Associated Press' ivgh scnooi pel tor Oct 3 piace votes in parenneses. season reco'a. points casea on 1 0-3-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 and the team's ranking las: eek. Robert RuirTne TmiKb A group of Southwood defenders trap Natchitoches Central's Patrick Berryman during a game in the first half of the season.

The Chiefs have a 2-3 record at the halfway point of the season, an improvement for a program that has slipped from a once-lofty perch in area 5A football. Cougars, Tors have eyes on playoff berths Analysis start. Lakeview wasn't a favorite to win anything, but a winless season would be worse than expected. Players of the first half Termaine Benjamin is terrorizing Homer opponents, scoring six touchdowns in the last two weeks and 11 on the year. His teammate, Ricky District 1-1A Haynesville 5-0 2-0 Calvary 3-2 2-0 Evangel 2-3 2-0 Logansport 4-1 1-1 Arcadia 1-3 1-1 Cotton Valley 1-4 0-2 Plain Dealing 0-5 0-2 Sarepta 0-5 -02 Friday's results Key games for the second half Friday Minden at Captain Shreve Lakeside at Homer Cedar Creek at Oak Grove Oct.

21 Mansfield at Booker T. Washington Ringgold at St. Mary Evangel at Haynesville Nov. 4 Haynesville at Logansport Cedar Creek at Grambling Class 5A fiec I 1 Scumake Canon ,20) 2 Spring WesfteirJ 3. Longve 4 i.An 5.

EiiessTraiify 6 Katy 7 Arwene 5-0 164 '55 140 H5 103 6-0 4- 0 5- 0 4- 3 5- 0 54 8. Copperas Cove 5-0 53 9 Caaer 5-0 32 10 Sonera Cfews 6-0 Others receiving votes: Smrsr Vawy 13 Ga e-a Pa Sc Snore 10. Leanae1 9. living MacArmur 3 Ausw West je Class 4A School 1. La Marque rl7i 2.

3 Stephenviiie i 4. S'enham 5 Penship 6 Marshall TJenamana B.Enms 9. Austin Lake Travis 10 Knoore Rec Pts 195 4-0 '53 135 4-1 4-1 4- 1 5- 0 4-1 86 66 36 24 Others receiving votes: Rosenberg Terry '9 Ccrpjs 0 si: Caa'ien 15. tm 8'antes Canyon 12 Is- Mn 7. Piamvie 6.

Kiein Cafc 2. Plqarv, Cinnaiiy i. Paso Riverside i. Class 3A School 1. Cuero(13l 2.

WestC-ange-Stark 3 S.veetwater i2i 4 Sryder 5. Cameron Yoe 6 Tatum 0) 7 Wimoetley 8 Sinton 9. Gainesville 10. AisleneWvlie Rec 4- 0 5-3 5- 0 64 6- 0 5-0 5-0 4-0 4-1 PS 195 ra 1:3 135 103 63 66 50 38 24 Others receiving votes: Car jerfieia 5. Gtttngs 5.

BeilsileS. Marlm 4 van 2. Mcnanans2. Srownsporo 1. Oaiias Vadson 1 F.S 1 P.s 1 2 3 4 1 By Brian McCallum bmccallumgannett.com Whatever happened at halftime of the season opener between Haynesville and Springhill may have played a huge role in sculpting the 2005 football season for at least two area teams and mavbe more.

The Tors trailed.20-12. before blowing past the Lumberjacks to start what is a perfect season at the halfway point of the year. For Springhill, the slide hasn't slowed much. like last season, the Lumberjacks started 0-3 and are fighting for the playoffs. They can pin their hopes on the showing the 2004 team made, when it failed to win 1-2A but won a playoff game on the road.

Surprise teams After an opening-game loss, Minden appeared to be in trouble, but a 42-0 win over Jonesboro-Hodge got the Tide back in good standing. Ringgold may have benefitted from redisricting as much as any team in Louisiana, but the Redskins are also winning nondistrict games. Natchitoches Central isn't in line to threaten the best in Class 5A but first-year coach Benjy Pierce and his Chiefs have two wins and the potential for a few more. That's a good direction for what has been a struggling program. Homer has known winning in the last three or four years, but last season's disappointment makes the 4-1 Pelicans a surprise team.

Early struggles Springhill is mirroring that 2004 MARK IIVLES LlhESIBE. FOOTBALL Mark Myles returned a kick 97 yards for the Warriors on Friday in their last nondistrict game. He had also previously scored on an 11-yard play. G'oesbecicl. Columbia 1.

Class 2A School Rec Pts P.s 1. Newton 113) 3-0 192 1 2. Ceiina(6i 5-0 166 2 3.0maha Peivin il) 6-0 16! 3 4. Canadian 5-0 135 4 5 C'awtoro 5-0 97 7 6 Brooksnfe-Rcyai 3-' 67 6 7 Wall 5-0 62 9 8 Mart 41 56 8 9. Aito 4-1 35 5 lO.Salado 4-1 28 Others receiving votes: Crane 19.

Bangs 15. Sonora 9. Olney 6. Post 4. Kerens 3.

Hughes Springs 2. Caorado City 1. Class A School Rec Pts Pis 1 Chiiiton .15) 6-0 192 1 2. Big Sanoy 5-0 186 2 3. 5-0 163 3 4.

Goidtnwa1eOI 5-0 131 4 5. Normangee 5-0 117 5 6. New Deal 4-t 90 6 7 5-0 68 7 8 S'ratforrj 5-0 52 9 9 Roscoe 5-0 45 -0 10 B'enond 4-1 28 8 Others receiving votes: Airtel! 1 1 Joaquin 7. Nazareth 3. McCamey 3, Harper 3.

Gruver 2, Wellington 2. Overton 2, Harleton 1. win in the first district outing put the Tide in good shape. That means Red River, the Lakeside-Homer winner and the St. Mary-Ringgold winner have the best area hopes to win a district.

If Cedar Creek and Haynesville can pull off major upsets, against Oak Grove and Evangel, respectively, they should win their districts. Most likely state champions Haynesville may have Evangel to deal with, not to mention Oak Grove, but the tradition is there to give the Tors the confidence to win playoff games. Homer doesn't have the recent tradition and depth is not a strength, but the Pelicans could win some playoff games. Red River, with an explosive passing game, may be a better candidate to advance, depending on its draw. In the MPSA Claiborne might be out of position to defend its MPSA Class A title with some early slips.

The offense is not what it was in 2004, but there are five more games to improve on that. Area Texas schools Marshall is still good and should have success in the Class 4A playoffs. That may not mean a state championship, but the Mavs have established themselves as a dangerous team. If Waskom can win some district games, the Wildcats might be the turnaround team of the year. LOIiAXSPOKT.

FOOTBALL Codero McDaniel caught two passes for 80 yards as the Tigers played a District 1-1A game at home on Friday. 10DEK0.UIEL Sanders, is averaging more than 10 tackles a game. Justin Aldredge produced at quarterback last season, but losses in the running game have required more of him this year. He is Lewis delivering, rushing for 527 yards and 10 touchdowns in the first five games. Red River's Al Lewis has passed for 1,191 yards and 15 touchdowns, most of that going to Robert McDonald and Clifford Jones.

Lance LaCoste has come up big at quarterback for St. Mary after Bryan Stamey was lost to injury. Across Natchitoches, Patrick Berryman is again leading the Chiefs' rushing attack. Haynesville is playing its usual game by spreading things around, but Cornell Evans has been producing rushing yards and touchdowns every week. In the MPSA.

Jared Mourad of Glenbrook and Josh Legendre of Claiborne Academy have been leading their teams statistically. Teams in line for a home playoff game Homer, Mansfield, Red River and Logansport are all in good position to get first-round home games be- CAMPUS lorni mum (UIBOKVE. IO0TBALL Dederick Ridley scored from eight yards out in a shutout win for the Rebels. Claiborne won its second District 8-A game on Friday. Ml i Arcadia 38, Cotton Valley 16 Calvary 38, Sarepta 6 Evangel 49, Logansport 14 Haynesville 30, Plain Dealing 12 More LHSAA teams Cedar Creek, 2-1A 5-0 St.

Mary, 3-1A 4-1 Grambling, 2-1A 3-2 Ringgold, 3-1A 3-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Friday's results Cedar Creek 58, Lake Providence 0 Madison 32, Grambling 8 Oakdale 49, Ringgold 14 Saturday's result St. Mary 41, Oberlin 0 MPSA Glenbrook 4-2 Claiborne 4-2 Riverdale 2-4 Univ. Christian 2-5 2-0 2-0 0-2 0-2 Friday's results Glenbrook 40, Riverdale 14 Claiborne 21, University Christian 0 Texas schools Marshall, 17-4A 4-1 Carthage, 16-3A 4-1 Elysian Fields. 19-2A 1-4 Waskom, 18-2 A 4-1 Center, 16-3A 1-3 Friday's results Atlanta 36, Carthage 12 Harmony 33, Elysian Fields 20 Marshall 7, Kilgore 3 1-0 0- 0 1- 1 0-1 0-0 CLEIBBOOK, UMITBAIL Chase Wentz caught five passes for 183 yards and scored three times for the Apaches on Friday in a MPSA District 8-A game. (lUSEWEWZ cause of their remaining schedule.

Lakeside could also play at home. Haynesville, with five wins and plenty of chances to build on that, is a near lock and should be one of the top seeds in Class 1A The winner of the St. Mary-Ringgold game, and perhaps the loser, should be at home, barring a collapse in other games. If Cedar Creek and Grambling can do in District 2-LA. games what they've done early, they have a shot.

Other teams with their sights on playoff bids Logansport, Ruston, Springhill and even North DeSoto are playing for postseason invitations. The Lumberjacks need a win over Homer or Lakeside to be sure. Most likely district champions With a win at Bossier to open District 1-4A play, Minden may have had the best district start for any area team. Bossier is a tough team to beat on any field, but a road FACES tiniiiuiiiiTiun Kurt Davis scored the game's first touchdown from a yard out in the Tide's District 1-4A home opener. He finished with two catches for 46 yards.

kl RT DAVIS UK fiu LAMAR HADUOX KISTOVFOOTBUL Lamar Haddox scored a touchdown on a 24-yard pass from Graham Fuller on Friday in a nondistrict road game..