by Malcolm Butler
When Cedar Creek lines up Friday night against Lakeside in a 6:30 p.m. scrimmage, head coach William Parkerson is looking for a specific things.
“Are we going to line up right,” said Parkerson, entering his first year as the head coach at Creek. “Are we going to play with fundamentals? Are we going to play harder and more physical than them. If we can do those things, then I will leave happy. I don’t care about the score.”
According to Parkerson the first part of the evening will consist of a scripted, controlled scrimmage and then the two teams will be one live quarter of football.
The Cougars currently have 27 healthy bodies entering the middle of the week, although starting quarterback Ladd Thompson is a little banged up.
“He has a little twinge in his leg, so we are monitoring that. But other than that we are pretty healthy,” said Parkerson.
Senior offensive lineman Landon Amidon
“We are trying to work together in unison,” said Amidson. “We want to execute, but even at times when we don’t, we still just want to fire off the ball and do what we can effort-wise.”
Creek will face Mangham in the Bayou Jamb on Saturday, August 26 at 3 p.m. at Rebel Stadium in West Monroe before opening the regular season at home against Glenbrook on Sept. 1.
Starting with the regular season opener, the Cougars games can be heard this year on 99.3 FM in Ruston.
