With the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) scheduled to solidify the new districts for the upcoming 2024-25 school year shortly after the turn of the calendar Cedar Creek head football coach William Parkerson said he is excited about what he believes will be the Cougars new district home.
Preliminary indications are Cedar Creek will be a part of an eight-team district that will include Arcadia, Glenbrook, Haynesville, Jonesboro Hodge, Lincoln Prep, Plain Dealing and Ringgold.
Parkerson feels it will be a good mix of natural rivalries as well as plenty of strong competition for the Cougars.
“I like it,” said Parkerson. “I really like (Coach) David Franklin at Haynesville. They will always be a tough litmus test, just like what we had with OCS in the old district. I really think Glenbrook can be a good natural rivalry for us.
“Jonesboro Hodge will be a rivalry. Lincoln Prep will be. You have some teams that are really close together. You have a school in Glenbrook that is just like us, and there is some genuine dislike on both sides. It’s a healthy dislike. They don’t like us, and we don’t like them. That’s always fun and will make for a good rivalry.”
Two of Cedar Creek’s long-time district rivals are gone as Ouachita Christian and St. Frederick won’t be a part of the newest district make-up. However, Parkerson said he will look at scheduling the two schools as non-district foes in the next round of two-year windows.
“Yeah, I have no problem with looking at doing that,” said Parkerson. “I would assume in the follow up in two years, we will definitely play OCS.”
Although home and away determinations have not been made yet, Parkerson said the order of opponents for next season (barring the district make-up not being what it expected) has been set. Delhi Charter, Parker’s Chapel (El Dorado) and Tensas are the Cougars three non-district opponents for the next two years.
2024 Schedule
Delhi Charter
Parkers Chapel
Tensas
Glenbrook
Ringgold
Plain Dealing
Haynesville
Lincoln prep
Arcadia
Jonesboro Hodge
