Haynesville appeared that it might cruise to a Claiborne Parish Super Bowl win Friday when the Golden Tornado scored the game’s first 20 points. 

 

But the Pelicans, who were staring down the barrel of 0-3 trailing by 20 points, made a game of it. 

Running back Greg Williams scored a pair of touchdown runs to slice Haynesville’s edge to eight points, but the Golden Tornado regained control and pushed to a 27-12 victory. 

 

Haynesville running back Yasin Meadors punched in the game-sealing touchdown in the fourth quarter. 

The Golden Tornado built their early lead with a pair of Isaiah Washington rushing touchdowns and a pick-six from Jayden Ahmad Green. 

 

Haynesville (3-0) will open District 1-1A play with a trip to Plain Dealing (0-3), whose losing streak stands at 27 games. 

 

After the Pelicans (0-3) have been competitive in each of their first three games on the road, Homer finally comes home to host North Webster (1-2). 

 

The Knights also faced Haynesville (lost 35-7) and was shut out by Minden this past week (20-0).  

North Webster’s defense has been fairly stout, which means Homer will need more than just Greg Williams to hang one in the win column. 

 

Claiborne Academy  

 

Claiborne Academy ran away from rival Riverdale Academy in a 50-16 smashing. 

 

Quarterback Kyler Monk threw for three touchdowns and ran for another three as the Rebels (4-1) won their second straight. 

 

The junior totaled 295 yards (180 rushing and 115 passing) on the night. 

 

Monk completed 5-of-11 passes with Reagan Feazell (2-68, 1TD) and Dylan Buckner (2-33, TD) catching multiple passes.  Buckner added 36 rushing yards on just two carries and had 76 yards on punt returns. 

Claiborne Academy will go for its third straight win when they head to Union Christian (2-3). 

 

UCA is coming off a 60-27 win against Northeast Baptist, but UCA’s three losses have been at least by 34 points each.

 

One of those losses came against a Riverdale squad (beat UCA 54-20) that Claiborne just beat.