by Malcolm Butler
Cedar Creek scored a season-high in points but it wasn’t enough as the Cougars fell 38-20 at Delta Charter Thursday night in Ferriday.
It was a game that saw Creek (0-5) have an opportunity in the opening quarter to build a significant lead as the Cougars had three offensive possessions within the 30-yard line of the Storm and ran 24 of the first 25 offensive plays of the night.
The Cougars recovered their own kickoffs on both the opening kickoff and the kickoff following their first score as Creek dominated time of possession in the first quarter.
However, Creek was only able to put a 1-yard Wyatt Gremillion touchdown on the board and led just 6-0 through the opening 12 minutes of the ball game.
“We came out and played really well to start the game,” said Creek head coach William Parkerson. “We had a good drive and got stopped. Then we got an interception and punched it in to take the early lead. We had another opportunity to score again, but a fourth and two on their five-yard line got stopped. It would have been nice to extend the lead and play with a two-score lead.
“But we continued to fight for 48 minutes like we have all year. If we keep that up we are going to break through and get some wins before long.”
Delta Charter (3-1) responded, posting a pair of touchdowns, including a 22-yard TD run and a 36-yard TD pass. The Storm added successful two-point conversions following both scores to take a 16-6 lead into the halftime locker room.
The Storm pushed its advantage to 24-6 with 8:55 to play in the third quarter on a 2-yard TD run and another successful two-point conversion.
Creek answered with a 18-yard TD pass from Cason Floyd to Blake Robinson with 4:30 remaining in the third quarter to trim the deficit to 24-12. Floyd was 2-for-4 passing for 30 yards and the one score and one interception.
An 81-yard TD run and a 74-yard fumble return for a score by Delta Charter increased the Storm’s lead to 38-12 with just over nine minutes to play in the game.
Senior James Myers added the final TD of the night on a 67-yard run with Mason Wooden’s two-point conversion run making the score 38-20. Myers led the Cougars with 98 yards rushing on just seven carries as the Cougars totaled 182 yards on the ground in the game.
“We talked at the half about how they were playing us and what we thought may work for us in the second half,” said Parkerson. “We came out and executed running our belly G play. I wish we had gotten to it earlier, but we didn’t think going into the game based on what we saw that it would be very successful. But the way they were lining up … I wish we had gone to it earlier.”
Trigger Woodard added 52 yards rushing on 14 carries while Gremillion totaled 45 yards on 16 carries.
Blake Robinson led the Cougars with five tackles, including two tackles for loss, while Payton Harris totaled four tackles. Nolan Martin added a fumble recovery and Hayden Durrett an interception for the Creek defense.
Creek will travel to Plain Dealing next Friday.
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