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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011 FOOTBALL 2011 AMERICAN PRESS 35 COACHING CHANGES AT A GLANCE AREA COACHING CHANGES ■ HEAD COACH: Shawn Demeritt (27-6, fourth year at school). ■ DISTRICT: 4-3A. ■ LAST YEAR: 10-1, 5-0 (first in District 4-2A, lost to Winnfield in first round of playoffs). ■ OFFENSE: Multiple-I (Four starters returning) TE BRYCE HEBERT (6-1, 220, Sr.); WR PRYCE FONTENOT (5-11, 175, Jr.); LT T.J. WILCOX (6-0, 225, Sr.); LG Austin LeBleu (5-10, 190, Jr.); C Cody Cormier (5- 10, 250, Jr.); RG Wayne Hennigan (5-10, 195, Sr.); RT ALLEN MAL- LETTE (6-1, 300, Sr.); QB Zach Brady (5-11, 175, Jr.); RB Silas Whalley (6-0, 190, Sr.); FB Dusty Lambert (6-0, 175, Jr.); WR Ty Johnson (5-10, 150, Sr.). ■ DEFENSE: 4-3 (Six starters returning) DE BRYCE HEBERT (6-1, 220, Sr.); DT LOGAN BOWLES (5-10, 250, Jr.); DT CODY CORMIER (5- 10, 250, Jr.); DE Adam Graves (6-0, 190, Sr.); LB Ryan Martarona (6-1, 170, Jr.); LB Melton Fontenot (5-9, 175, Sr.); LB Ryan Simmons (6-0, 175, Sr.); DB HUNTER FONTENOT (5-10, 160, Sr.); DB SILAS WHALLEY (6-0, 190, Sr.); DB KEITON HEBERT (5-10, 170, Sr.); DB Joe Ledet (6-1, 190, So.). ■ SPECIALISTS: P Zach Brady (5-11, 175, Jr.); K Ryan Simmons (6- 0, 175, Sr.). Returning starters in ALL CAPS. SB: Defense is the key from PAGE 34 knows what I like. He gets it north and south, runs with a good pad level and has good vision. When he gets rolling, everyone feels better, and the momentum starts flowing. Joe Ledet is going to play at running back too. Dusty Lambert is a strong kid, a hard-nosed fullback that is going to block and do what we need.” Whalley will head a newlook secondary. “We lost our top three safeties from last year, and we wanted to add some depth there,” said Demeritt of moving Whalley. “We have good athletes, though. Ledet has speed and has a chance to be a good player. Hunter Fontenot is a returning starter at corner. This is the best team speed we have had. Our slowest kid in the secondary is a 4.7.” Also making a move is Adam Graves, who is switching to defensive end after starting at offensive guard last season. “Graves has unbelievable quickness and a good motor, so we thought he could help us on defense opposite Bryce (Hebert),” Demeritt said. “Bryce has started three years on offense and two on defense. He is a physical runblocker and good defensive end. He is dominant on both sides of the ball, and we will rely on him for leadership.” Hebert is expected to be cleared to play in early September after tearing two knee ligaments last year. Demeritt, who coached offense as an assistant, said his defense will be the key to South Beauregard’s success. “I am an offensive guy, but I believe in winning with defense,” he said. “We gave up 9.7 points per game last year, second in Class 2A. (Defensive coordinator) John Storer does a phenomenal job.” Offensively, the Golden Knights will continue to stress balance. “We have thrown it more each year, and this year will be no exception,” Demeritt said. “I like our quarterback, Zach Brady. He has a lively arm. In this district, you can’t just run the ball. You need more balance. He and Pryce (Fontenot) have a good connection.” Demeritt said the offensive line has both size and experience, starting with T.J. Wilcox, a two-year starter who has converted from guard to tackle. “(Wilcox) will be the leader,” Demeritt said. “Allen Mallette is enormous and is starting to get aggressive. We have good size at center in Cody Cormier. At guard, we have good speed with Wayne Hennigan and Austin LeBleu, New Coach Old Coach BARBE Mike Cutrera Jimmy Shaver Longtime Bucs assistant Cutrera takes over for Shaver, who retired after 29 years as head coach. Shaver won 237 games during his tenure. Cutrera, a former Bucs quarterback, served as an assistant at the school for the past 23 years, most recently as defensive coordinator. DEQUINCY Carl Flanagan Brad Kellogg Flanagan, formerly head coach at Elton, Sam Houston and South Beauregard, comes out of retirement to take over the Tigers. Flanagan has 111 career wins as a head coach, including two trips to the semifinals. EAST BEAUREGARD Randy Price Robert Jackson Price has been an assistant at Marksville for the past 11 seasons but has head coaching experience at Bolton, where he went 12-18 from 1987-89. HAMILTON CHRISTIAN Sam Pratt Mike Maggio Maggio retired after leading the Warriors to 39 wins and five playoff berths in the program’s six-year history. Pratt comes over from Texas to lead the program, which is facing a numbers crunch this year with just 27 players on the varsity roster. IOTA Neal Lege Marcis LeJeune Lege returns to his old job at Iota, where he was head coach from 2002-2004, compiling a 22- 15 record. LeJeune is now an assistant at Rayne High School. Lege was an assistant on Iota’s 1999 state championship team and was part of two more state championship teams as an assistant at Acadiana High. LEESVILLE Jimmie Adams David Feaster Adams becomes Leesville’s fourth head coach in the past six years. Feaster left to become head coach at Parkway High School in Bossier City after going 13-10 in two seasons in Leesville. Adams, a former Natchitoches Central assistant, inherits a team that went 9-3 and won District 3-4A last season. MERRYVILLE Gordy Glaser Mark Delaney Glaser, former head baseball coach at East Beauregard, gets his first head coaching job on the gridiron at Merryville. He has two decades of experience as a football assistant. Delaney went back to Washington-Marion for a second stint as an assistant coach there. KAREN WINK / AMERICAN PRESS Longtime assistant Mike Cutrera will be replacing legendary Jimmy Shaver at Barbe High School this season. ROSEPINE Danny Smith Johnny Cryer Smith, who led Leesville to the Class 4A state championship game in 1995, takes over for the retired Cryer, who rebuilt the program into a consistent winner. Smith has been an assistant for the Eagles the past three seasons; Rosepine reached the playoffs each of those years. SAM HOUSTON Vaughn Eggleston Russ Sutherland Eggleston has been an assistant coach in the area for two decades. He gets his first head coaching job with the Broncos after serving as their offensive line coach for the past five years. Sutherland resigned to take the head coaching job at East Chambers High in Winnie, Texas. SOUTH CAMERON Edward Cormier James Marcantel Another long-time assistant gets the head job as Cormier takes over in Creole. He has served two stints as a Tarpons assistant and was on the staff of South Cameron’s last state championship game appearance in 1996. Marcantel remains on the staff as an assistant coach. VINTON Travis Davis Wendell LeJeune Davis will be a head coach for the first time after serving as an assistant at Iowa. The former McNeese star retained LeJeune as an assistant coach.
36 AMERICAN PRESS FOOTBALL 2011 THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011 LEESVILLE New Leesville coach expects big things BY WARREN ARCENEAUX AMERICAN PRESS Yet another new coach is taking over at Leesville. Jimmie Adams is taking the reins as the fourth head coach at the school in the past District 3-4A six years, and he is planning on ending that trend of constant turnover. “I am here for ten years,” said Adams, who comes from a stint as defensive coordinator at Natchitoches Central. “This is a fantastic place to be.” Adams’ first big task is to get all his players in their best positions. He is doing some last-minute shuffling after a disappointing performance in a scrimmage against Captain Shreve. “We did not have a good scrimmage, but we will be fine,” Adams said. “The defense has concerns. We have to play with young kids and have to get them to play faster. We will change how we do stuff and read things so they can get after it better.” Only two starters return on defense. “We lost a lot of good ones defensively, but we will be solid once we get everything down,” Adams said. “It just takes some changes and hard work.” The defensive line will feature Elbert Marbury, Mason DeLapp, Raqkeem Cheeley and Dalton Harville. “They play aggressively and move to the football and try to make plays,” Adams said. “We will put guys out there who sprint to the football.” Jeremiah Cross, who played on the line last year, moves to middle linebacker this season. “He is the leader of the team,” Adams said. “He runs a 4.6 at 215 pounds and will knock the mess out of you. We just need him to read things faster.” Strong safety Marshall Smith is the other returning starter. “He is a college prospect, a top notch kid with good speed,” Adams said. “Marcus Watkins is going to free safety from corner. He is a good over-the-top type player. From top left, Zack Squyres, coach Jimmie Adams, Jeremiah Cross, Marshall Smith and Adam Woods, are ready to build a new tradition at Leesville. Devontez Winters will be at one corner; he is a press coverage type that is also a strong kid and a good guy in support. We are looking at two or three other kids at the other corner.” The offense will have a new look, with the veer replacing the wide-open spread of the past few years. “We will open things up some, but our base will be the veer,” Adams said. “We have got some backs that can hit the hole hard, some quick-hitting types.” Adams said quarterback Zach Squyres, who threw for BEAUREGARD DAILY NEWS/ SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN PRESS AT A GLANCE ■ HEAD COACH: Jimmie Adams (first year) ■ DISTRICT: 3-4A ■ LAST YEAR: 9-3, 4-0 (first in district, lost 55-14 to Franklinton in regional round of playoffs) ■ OFFENSE: Veer (Five starters returning) TE Adam Woods (5-11, 185, Sr.); T Tanner Moore (6-1, 220, So.); G JUWON LEDAY (5-10, 232, Sr.); C JOSH PONTHIEUX (6-0, 280, Sr.); G Trey Bennett (6-1, 194, Jr.); T Jamal Harrel (6-4, 250, Jr.); WR Devonte Rogers (5-11, 174, Sr.); WR CLINTON THURMAN (5-9, 164, Sr.); QB ZACK SQUYRES (5-11, 179, Sr.); FB Kingsley Matthews (6- 3, 190, Sr.); TB DIONTAY THURMAN (5-10, 162, Sr.). ■ DEFENSE: 4-3 (Two starters returning) DE Dalton Harville (6-4, 212, Sr.); DT Cedric Jackson (6-1, 340, Sr.); DT Mason DeLapp (5-11, 190, Jr.); DE Derrick Blackshire (5-9, 192, Sr.); LB JEREMIAH CROSS (5-11, 213, Sr.); LB Justin Swan (6-0, 180, Sr.); LB Kaplan Rolon (5-7, 160, Jr.); CB Dylan Oborn (5-10, 158, Sr.); FS Devial Lewis (5-7, 138, So.); SS MAR- SHALL SMITH (6-0, 151, Sr.). ■ SPECIALISTS: P Jacob Chambers (6-2, 170, Jr.); K COLTON HONEYCUTT (6-0, 164, Sr.) Returning starters in ALL CAPS. 2,733 yards last season, has taken well to the new offense. “He is a good runner and tremendous thrower,” Adams said. “He gives us another dimension.” Who joins him in the backfield has yet to be determined. “Derrick Blackshire will be one ball carrier, but we have had some injuries and are trying to find other guys,” Adams said. Center Josh Ponthieux and guard Juwon Leday return to lead the offensive line. “The line flies off the ball and pass protects well,” Adams said.“They are aggressive, come off the ball hard and give us a chance to hit the hole quick.” Clinton Thurman returns to lead the receiving corps for the Wampus Cats. 2011 LEESVILLE WAMPUS CATS SCHEDULE Sept. 2 Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Sept. 30 DeRidder Sam Houston at Pineville at Sulphur at Washington Marion Oct. 7 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 Oct. 28 Nov. 4 at Bolton* Peabody at Alexandria* Grant* Tioga* 00701258 00701259
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