Friday’s games
Parkway vs. Minden
WHERE/WHEN: W.W. Williams Stadium, 7 p.m.
LAST YEAR: Parkway won 37-20
PARKWAY NOTES: Panthers defeated Benton 16-0 in last week’s jamboree … Sophomore RB Antonio Gladney had some big gains … Senior Aeron Burrell, an LSU commit, one of nation’s top kickers … Sophomore starting QB Kaleb Williams is the brother of former Parkway basketball star Mikaylah Williams … Panthers return all four starters in the secondary … Parkway went 7-4 last season.
MINDEN NOTES: Tide tied Homer 7-7 and lost to Haynesville 9-7 in last week’s jamboree … Sophomore QB Hudson Brown threw TD passes to Jakobe Jackson and Maurice Rabb … Jackson is one of area’s top athletes … Last year’s game was suspended by lightning on Thursday and completed Saturday … Tide coming off 4-6 season.
Haynesville vs. North Webster
WHERE/WHEN: Baucom-Farrar Stadium, 7 p.m.
LAST YEAR: Haynesville won 29-28
HAYNESVILLE NOTES: The Tors defeated Lakeside 24-0 and Minden 9-7 in last week’s jamboree … Haynesville returns eight starters and n both offense and defense, according to GeauxPreps.com … Tors reached non-select Division IV semifinals last season … Senior WB/LB Alonzo Jackson one of top players in Class 1A.
NORTH WEBSTER NOTES: Knights defeated Lakeside 28-0 and tied Homer 7-7 in last week’s jamboree … Speedster Jkobe Lawson returned a kickoff for a TD … North Webster expected to operate out of ground-oriented wing-T … Knights looking to bounce back from 2-8 season.
Arcadia vs. Lakeside
WHERE/WHEN: Lakeside Stadium, 7
LAST YEAR: Arcadia won 26-12
ARCADIA NOTES: Hornets coming off 9-3 season … Arcadia reached non-select Division IV quarterfinals last year … L Dimitri Carr was a first-team All-District 1-1A selection on both sides of the ball last year … Junior Rodtravious Jackson passed for 517 yards and eight TDs in 11 games … Hornets lost 1,000-yard rusher Markecion Carr to graduation … Junior RB Ian Fitzgerald rushed for 591 yards and six TDs last season.
LAKESIDE NOTES: Warriors lost to Haynesville 24-0 and North Webster 28-0 in last week’s jamboree … Warriors coming off 5-6 season that included playoff berth … Lakeside has four returning starters on each side of the ball … Junior Taron Riley takes over at QB … Senior RB Jordan Case was the team’s leading rusher last season … Lakeside is a young team with mostly underclassmen in the starting lineup.
Glenbrook vs. Cedar Creek
WHERE/WHEN: Cedar Creek, 7
LAST YEAR: Glenbrook won 12-6
GLENBROOK NOTES: Apaches defeated Lincoln Prep 21-0 and tied Montgomery 0-0 in last week’s jamboree … Glenbrook coming off undefeated regular season … Apaches fell to eventual state champion Ouachita Christian 28-27 in the quarterfinals of the select Division IV playoffs … Reagan Smith has replaced David Feaster as head coach … Junior Easton Sanders threw two TD passes in the jamboree.
CEDAR CREEK NOTES: Cougars lost to Mangham, a non-select Division IV semifinalist last season, 33-0 in last week’s jamboree … Cedar Creek coming off 7-5 season … Cougars played Glenbrook its closest game in the 2022 regular season … William Parkerson, a former assistant, has replaced Matt Middleton as head coach.