Football Preview: Caldwell Parish Spartans vs. Bunkie Panthers
The Caldwell Parish Spartans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Bunkie Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Caldwell Parish has struggled recently with six losses in a row, while Bunkie will arrive with five straight wins.
Caldwell Parish is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a blow against West Ouachita on Friday, falling 55-13. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana football rankings (they are ranked 223rd, while the Chiefs are ranked 71st).
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Bunkie duked it out withWinnfield on Friday. Bunkie claimed a resounding 50-14 victory over Winnfield at home. Fans of the Panthers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Caldwell Parish's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Bunkie, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season.
Caldwell Parish was dealt a bruising 49-14 loss at the hands of Bunkie in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bunkie's Dillon Compton, who rushed for 149 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also threw for 190 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes. Now that Caldwell Parish knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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