Football Recap: Ouachita Parish Comes Up Short + How To Watch

Ouachita Parish dropped to 5-3 on Friday, ending the team's three-game streak of wins at home. They and the Neville Tigers were almost perfectly matched up, but the Lions suffered a 38-37 loss. Despite 234 more yards than the Tigers, the Lions couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.

Montrell Conner

Passer Rating

09/12/25 vs Wossman	144.7
09/18/25 @ Sterlington	141.7
10/24/25 vs Neville	140
09/26/25 vs Port Gibson	118.2
09/05/25 vs Captain Shreve	110.6
+ 3 more games

Several Lions players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Montrell Conner, who threw for 361 yards and five TDs while picking up 13.4 yards per attempt. Conner's passing game has become a key predictor of Ouachita Parish's success: the team is 4-1 when his passer rating is 100 or higher, but only 1-2 otherwise. Cameron Brooks also helped with two touchdowns in total.

Don't try to pin the team's loss on the defense: they kept the trenches locked down and allowed a mere 2.7 yards per carry. The team can thank Dylan Berymon for the heroic effort on defense: he. Sadly, that's becoming something of a trend for Ouachita Parish; they were averaging 6.8yards per carry per game earlier this season, but in their last three contests they've fallen to only 4.7 per game.

As for Neville, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 39.8 points over those games.

A big part of Neville's victory came down to the chemistry between Parker Robinson and his top target Ze'Land Young. Robinson threw for 161 yards and three TDs while Young picked up 72 receiving yards and three scores. Those three receiving touchdowns gave Young a new career-high.

Ouachita Parish wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next game, a 28-21 defeat against Alexandria on the 31st. As for Neville, they have also already played their next contest, a 22-19 win against West Monroe on the 31st.