Slidell at Mandeville highlights Thursday night prep football schedule

It will be a busier-than-normal Thursday night for prep football around Louisiana.

Perhaps the most intriguing game features Slidell at Mandeville in a battle of clear contenders for the District 6-5A championship.

Slidell (3-1, 1-0) has won three straight games after opening the season with a tough 16-13 overtime loss to Jesuit in a game streams live at CrescentCitySports.com.

The Tigers opened district play with an impressive 21-7 win at McGinty Stadium over St. Paul’s last Friday night.

Senior quarterback Luke Guidry and receiver Jahyde Williams have been an outstanding combination while Trevel Watts and Kendall Carter have keyed the run game.

Mandeville (1-3, 1-0) opened district play with its first win of the season, a 41-20 victory at Northshore.

Sophomore Nate Sheppard was tremendous in that win, rushing for 321 yards and three touchdowns. Senior quarterback Cooper DesRoches threw for three touchdowns.

Thursday, Sept. 29 schedule
(Games at 7 p.m. unless noted)

Belaire at Walker
B.T. Washington (NO) vs. Landry at Behrman Stadium
Covington at Fontainebleau
Dunham at Southern Lab
Grand Lake at East Beauregard
Grant at Buckeye
Haynes Academy at Jewel Sumner
Holy Savior Menard at Opelousas Catholic
Jefferson Rise vs. Douglass, 7:30 p.m. at Pan American Stadium
John F. Kennedy at Live Oak
Kentwood at Amite
Mamou at Church Point
McDonogh 35 at Salmen
Northlake Christian vs. Grace King, 6:30 p.m. at Joe Yenni Stadium
Northshore at Ponchatoula
Oberlin at Hamilton Christian
Ouachita Christian at Ouachita Parish
Patrick Taylor at Fisher
Pineville at Jonesboro-Hodge
Riverdale at Albany
Slidell at Mandeville
St. Thomas Aquinas at Archbishop Hannan
Thomas Jefferson at Ben Franklin, 6 p.m.
Varnado vs. Livingston Collegiate at Joe Brown Stadium
Ville Platte at Pine Prairie
West St. Mary at Abbeville