Louisiana High School Week Three Recap
By Charlie Beuttel
Twitter: @charlie_cds3
C.E. Byrd 49, Calvary Baptist 21
Calvary Baptist got off to a great start as Andraez Williams, a LSU commit, returned the opening kickoff 90-yards for a touchdown. The Cavaliers played well with the Byrd Yellow Jackets through the first half as the teams went to the locker room tied at 14.
In the second half Byrd’s rushing attack exploded past Calvary’s defense for 35 points. It was the second consecutive game that Byrd did not complete a pass and all their offense came on the ground. The Yellow Jackets finished with 449 yards of offense. Running back Tray Allen led Byrd with 185 rushing yards on 24 carries and one touchdown. Quarterback Deuce Caston had 87 rushing yards on 11 carries and three touchdowns.
Calvary Baptist quarterback Jake Bartley played well as he completed 9-of-19 for 123 yards and two touchdowns.
North DeSoto 42, Many 40
In a highly anticipated matchup, 4A North DeSoto Griffins hosted the 2014 2A state champions, the Many Tigers. Many people were expecting a defensive battle but it was the offenses which shined.
Both teams went back and forth all evening with North DeSoto building up a 42-26 lead late in the third quarter.
Many’s quarterback Tabarious Garner led the Tigers on two touchdown drives to close the gap to two points. Garner connected with James Carhee on a 37-yarder with just under five minutes left in the game to make it 42-40.
In the win, Griffin’s quarterback Kyler Bradford threw for three touchdowns and ran for two touchdowns. North DeSoto’s running Delmonte Hall finished with 227 total yards which were evenly split between rushing and receiving. Hall also had one rushing touchdown.
Airline 42, Ruston 27
Friday night the Airline High School Football team traveled east on Interstate 20 to take on the Ruston Bearcats. Airline used their air attack to get 14-0 lead after just over 2 minutes into the game behind two touchdown passes by quarterback Thomas McKain.
McKain connected with D’Juan Byrd on a 41-yard touchdown pass and then threw a 62-yard bomb to Harvey Calhoun to give the Vikings the early lead.
After the two early scores, the game belonged to Airline running back Shun’cee Thomas. Thomas ran for an incredible 225 yards on 36 carries and three touchdowns.
Ruston was led by running back Qay’shon Thurman, who ran for 112 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback Cade Gibson who completed 16-of-29 passes for 226 yards and one touchdown.
Other Louisiana High School Football Scores
Benton 35, Southwood 0
Bossier 35, Logansport 34 OT
Carroll 32, Booker T. Washington 20
Haughton 43, Woodlawn 30
Haynesville 33, Junction City (AR) 20
Minden 27, North Webster 20
Parkway 47, Huntington 30
Nathcitoches Central 30, Captain Shreve 7
Zachary 38, East Ascension 25
West Monroe 23, Madison Central (MS) 22
Carencro 24, Acadiana 21
University Lab 42, Mandeville 27
Photo credit: The Shreveport Times; North DeSoto Quarterback Kyler Bradford throws a pass against Many