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2 The News-Star Friday, August 29, 2003 2003 PREP FOOTBALL A W7uwuH The polls are voted on by members of The News-Star sports department. Points are based on an 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 point format (first-place votes in parentheses): You can smell it in the air. You can feel it in your bones. You can almost taste it. Football season! This time of year means another look at what's in store for the areas teams, players and coaches.

Enjoy our preview section and the season! BIG SCHOOLS (5A-4A-3A) Rank, school Pts '02rec '02 Playoffs 1. West Monroe (7) 63 11-4 Lost in 5A final 2. Neville 50 11-2 Lostin4ASFs 3. Ruston (1) 47 4-7 Lost 1st round 4. Bastrop 45 12-1 Lost in 4A QFs 5.

Ouachita 29 6-5 Lost 1st round 6. Richwood 19 6-5 Lost 1st round 7. Carroll 18 7-5 Lost 2nd round 8. Winnsboro 11 6-5 Lost 1st round Others receiving votes: West Ouachita 5, Wossman 1. SMALL SCHOOLS (2A-1A-MPSA) Rank, school Pts '02rec '02 Playoffs 1.

Sterlington (7) 63 14-1 Lost in 1 A final 2. Oak Grove 50 11-3 Lost in 1 A QFs 3. Vidalia (1) 41 11-1 Lost 2nd round 4.0CS 38 4-6 Didn't qualify 5. Farmerville 24 5-6 Lost 1st round 6. Ferriday 20 9-4 Lost in 2A QFs 7.

Mangham 14 8-4 Lost 2nd round 8. Rayville 13 7-4 Lost 2nd round Others receiving votes: SL Frederick 9, Grambling 4, Jonesboro-Hodge 4, Block 3, Cedar Creek 3. McCall 2. 25 Ferriday 28 Grambling 32 Jonesboro-Hodge 27 Lake Providence 28 LaSalle 33 Mangham 32 McCall 29 MPSA schools 38 Neville 11 Newellton 35 Oak Grove 30 Ouachita 8 Ouachita Christian 22 Rayville 26 Richwood ...17 River Oaks 37 Ruston 9 St. Frederick 23 Sterlington 24 Tallulah 35 Vldalla 29 West Monroe 6 West 12 Wlnnsboro 18 Wossman 13 2002 area results 21 2003 area schedules 20 Arcadia 33 Bastrop 14 Bernice 32 Block 34 Building the perfect coach 3 Caldwell 19 Carroll 16 Cedar Creek 31 Crowville ..28 Davidson 34 Delhi 35 Delta 32 District 1-5A glance 10 District 2-5A glance 10 District 1-4A glance 15 District 2-4A glance 15 District 2-3A glance 19 District 2-2A glance 27 District 3-2A glance 27 District 4-2A glance 28 District MA glance 33 District 2-1A glance 31 District 3-1 A glance 33 District 4-1A glance .....34 GET THE SCORES On Thursday and Friday starting at 10 p.m., you can call The News-Star Scores Line.

Call 362-0389, ext. 941. Scores will be updated every half-hour. DESIGN: 2003 Prep Football Extra was designed by Krlstlan Has-se, and edited by Nick Deriso, Scott Beder and Brenda Young. COVER: The Image was created by Ferris Williams and Deriso.

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