by Malcolm Butler
It’s been a rough week for Cedar Creek.
Already playing without senior Jack Bell due to illness, the Cougars lost its leader Cannon Robbins for the rest of the season when he injured both elbows in Tuesday night’s loss to Ringgold.
However, Cedar Creek (12-5, 2-1) overcame the adversity on Friday night in a 59-17 road win over Plain Dealing (0-17, 0-3) in District 1-1A action.
“We had a good night,” said Creek head coach Lance Waldron. “Everyone got to play and played as a team on both offense and defense.”
Jake Terry scored 25 points and Brett Bell added 14 points to lead the Cougars, who improved to 12-5, 2-1 in district play.
The Cougars raced out to a 23-3 lead after the first quarter as Terry netted 13 points in the opening stanza while Bell added six. Both players scored six points in the second quarter as Creek extended the advantage to 39-9.
Cedar Creek was never threatened in the second half.
Waldron addressed the loss of Robbins and the fact the Cougars will be playing short-handed the rest of the season.
“The loss of Cannon for the remainder of the season is devastating,” said Waldron. “He has already been through quite a bit to get the opportunity to play and then to have a season ending injury during his senior year is tough.
“Cannon and his family have been amazing team players ever since they arrived on campus. They are always supportive with a positive attitude…. a coach’s dream! We will not be able to replace Cannon and what he brought to the team both on and off the court so we have to go with a “next player up” mentality. The last two practices have been very competitive and the rest of the team has stepped up.”
Waldron did say the team hopes Bell will be back in time for the postseason.
“Jack Bell is another starter out right now but we hope to have him back for the playoffs,” said Waldron.
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Cedar Creek Scoring: FG(3)-FT=Total Points
Cameron Temple 2-0=4; Brett Bell 6(1)-1=14; Zach Waldron 2-0=4; Rhett Bridges 1-0=2; Luke Waldron 2-2=6; Luke Alexander 2-0=4; Jake Terry 11(3)-0=25.
Scoring by Quarters
Cedar Creek (12-5, 2-1): 23-16-12-8=59
Plain Dealing (0-17, 0-3): 3-6-3-5=17
