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ArkLaTex high school football scores: Evangel claims 1-5A, North DeSoto finishes 10-0

Final high school football scores from Nov. 5 and 6 across the ArkLaTex. Evangel beat Haughton for the District 1-5A title, North DeSoto finished 10-0, Ruston beat West Monroe and Longview closed the regular season at Forney.

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Quick take

  • Evangel beat Haughton 42 to 35 to clinch the outright District 1-5A title.
  • North DeSoto finished 10-0 with a 55 to 14 win at Bossier.
  • Ruston beat West Monroe 41 to 14 in the regular-season finale.
  • Longview rallied past Forney 42 to 20 and hosts Rowlett in the playoffs.
  • Added Saturday: Liberty-Eylau beat Tatum 12 to 7, and Sheridan beat El Dorado 46 to 27.

Update, Sat., Nov. 7, afternoon: We added two finals that were pending this morning. Liberty-Eylau beat Tatum 12 to 7, as KLTV and CBS19 reported. Sheridan beat El Dorado 46 to 27, per the KTLO scoreboard.

Final scores from Thursday, Nov. 5, and Friday, Nov. 6. We list only scores we could confirm with the outlets linked below. Is your school’s game missing? Email us the final and a link to where it was reported. A few scores come from just one outlet, linked below, and may be updated if schools or other outlets report a different final.

Evangel rallied past Haughton for the District 1-5A title, North DeSoto finished 10-0, Ruston beat West Monroe, Longview closed the regular season at Forney and Magnolia lost a late lead at home. Here’s how the week went across the ArkLaTex.

Shreveport, Bossier and northwest Louisiana

Thursday

Friday

Evangel takes District 1-5A. Peyton Houston threw six touchdown passes, four in the second half, as Evangel came back to beat Haughton 42 to 35 and clinch the outright district title. Houston completed 30 of 39 passes for 365 yards. Evangel is 6-4 and 5-1; Haughton finished 8-2 and 4-2, the Shreveport-Bossier Advocate reported.

Gabe Lockett runs wild. Captain Shreve’s Gabe Lockett tied a school record with five rushing touchdowns and 336 yards in a 48 to 21 win over Byrd at Lee Hedges Stadium. Byrd’s Christian Maxie became the school’s all-time scoring leader with 308 points, the Advocate reported.

North DeSoto finishes 10-0. North DeSoto wrapped up a second straight perfect regular season and an undefeated District 1-4A title with a 55 to 14 win at Bossier on Thursday. Freshman quarterback Mason Smith threw five first-half touchdown passes, per the Advocate.

Airline held off Parkway 38 to 35 after leading 35 to 7 at halftime. Calvary clinched another District 1-2A title Thursday as Z’Ryan Miles scored five touchdowns in a 56 to 20 win over Green Oaks, the Advocate and Shreveport-Bossier Journal reported. Calvary’s district win streak is now 74. Huntington won its third straight, 42 to 28 over Natchitoches Central. Northwood finished runner-up in District 1-4A with five straight wins. Winnfield edged Mansfield 36 to 34 in triple overtime to finish tied for first in District 4-2A, the Advocate and KNOE reported.

Monroe, West Monroe and Ruston

Thursday

Friday

Ruston beats West Monroe. Ruston won its fifth straight against West Monroe, 41 to 14, in KNOE’s game of the week. Dalen Powell scored on a 46-yard run on the opening drive, and Sam Hartwell added rushing and passing touchdowns. Ruston rushed for 324 yards, KNOE reported.

Oak Grove held on Thursday for a 28 to 26 win at Union Parish after stopping a late two-point try, the News-Star reported. Both teams host first-round playoff games next week. Kentwood beat visiting Haynesville 28 to 3, per Associated Press scores via WBRZ and WAFB.

Longview, Marshall and East Texas

Thursday

Friday

Longview rallies at Forney. Longview trailed 13 to 0 before scoring twice in the final seconds of the first half, then pulled away for a 42 to 20 win. The Lobos finished 9-1 and 7-0 in District 10-6A and host Rowlett in a bi-district playoff game next Friday at 7 p.m. Jacaiden Davis rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns, and Jakelvin Muckleroy added 132 yards and a score, the Longview News-Journal reported.

Pleasant Grove beat Pittsburg 49 to 12 to finish 8-2 and 3-2 in District 8-4A Division II. Colt Yancey threw several long touchdown passes, the Texarkana Gazette reported. Both teams are headed to the playoffs. Hallsville edged Mount Pleasant 30 to 27, Gilmer beat Spring Hill 55 to 28 and Carthage blanked Center 42 to 0, per the Tyler Morning Telegraph.

Texarkana, Magnolia, El Dorado and Hope

Thursday

Friday

Liberty-Eylau edges Tatum. Liberty-Eylau beat Tatum 12 to 7 on Friday. KLTV and CBS19 both reported the final. Tatum finished the regular season 7-3, KLTV said.

Sheridan beats El Dorado. Sheridan beat El Dorado 46 to 27 on Friday, per the KTLO Arkansas Sports Media scoreboard. That is the one news outlet we found with the final.

Pine Bluff rallies at Magnolia. Magnolia led Pine Bluff 35 to 23 in the fourth quarter before the Zebras scored the final 14 points and won 37 to 35. Magnolia finished 1-9. Titus Nelson threw for big gains before the late surge, the Magnolia Reporter reported.

Camden Fairview clinched the No. 1 seed from 5A-South with a 49 to 14 win over White Hall. Demarion Robinson ran for four touchdowns, the Pine Bluff Commercial reported. Arkansas High beat De Queen 35 to 8 on Thursday, per the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Fountain Lake beat Ashdown 51 to 22, the Hot Springs Sentinel-Record reported. Hope beat Fouke 42 to 14, per the Fearless Friday scoreboard.

Games to watch next week

Scores and next week’s matchups come from the news outlets listed in the sources below. Playoff brackets were still being set as of Saturday morning; check with schools for kickoff times and opponents where not listed.

Sources

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