2011 schedule - MediaSpan
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, <strong>2011</strong><br />
FOOTBALL <strong>2011</strong><br />
AMERICAN PRESS<br />
39<br />
PICKERING<br />
Veteran Pickering looks for improvement<br />
RACHEL WHITTAKER<br />
AMERICAN PRESS<br />
In coach Lane Cook’s first<br />
year at Pickering in 2010, the<br />
Red Devils finished an even 5-<br />
5, not enough to make the<br />
Class 2A playoffs.<br />
This season though, quarterback<br />
Zack Roberts will be<br />
back for his senior year, one<br />
of seven returning starters<br />
District<br />
4-2A<br />
on the Pickering<br />
offense. Also, Cook<br />
said he is very glad<br />
to have leading<br />
rusher Andre Flint back in<br />
hopes of propelling Pickering<br />
into the postseason.<br />
“Having Zack back is one<br />
of our big keys,” Cook said.<br />
“We don’t have as much size<br />
at receiver as we did last year,<br />
but Andre Flint and the guys<br />
we do have are really athletic<br />
and bring a lot of speed.”<br />
Roberts threw for 1,061<br />
yards and 12 touchdowns last<br />
season. The receiving corps<br />
includes senior Kenny Woods<br />
and sophomore Daveon<br />
Banks.<br />
The Red Devils offensive<br />
line will have three veteran<br />
faces in left tackle Jordan<br />
Hindsman, left guard Charles<br />
Sanders and center Joe<br />
Cummings.<br />
Cook said he is grateful for<br />
the leadership coming back<br />
on offense.<br />
“I'm looking for the returning<br />
guys on our offensive line<br />
to step up and create some<br />
continuity there and help<br />
teach and lead the younger<br />
guys,” Cook said.<br />
The Pickering offense averaged<br />
23 points per game in<br />
2010, only ahead of Vinton<br />
and East Beauregard in<br />
District 4-2A.<br />
Cook said more is possible<br />
this season, but the Red<br />
Devils can’t afford to focus on<br />
scoring a certain number of<br />
points in each game.<br />
Pickering’s split-back multiple<br />
offensive set will be up<br />
against three new teams<br />
added to its district — Kinder,<br />
Lake Arthur and Welsh.<br />
“I don't want to say we'll<br />
average X amount of points,”<br />
Cook said. “We just need to<br />
make sure we score more<br />
points than they do, whether<br />
it's 14 points per game and we<br />
still win or 20-something.<br />
We’d like to think the offense<br />
will be our strong suit<br />
because of the number of<br />
returning starters we have.”<br />
Defensively, the Red Devils<br />
are not so lucky. Only two<br />
players in the lineup were<br />
starters last season — linebacker<br />
Zach Wardlow and<br />
Clockwise from top left, Charles Sanders, head coach<br />
Lane Cook, Andrew Marsalise, Andre Flint and Zack<br />
Roberts will look to lead Pickering back to the playoffs.<br />
free safety Andrew Marsalise.<br />
The defensive spots are<br />
open for competition, Cook<br />
said.<br />
“Right now it’s anybody’s<br />
game so to speak,” Cook said.<br />
“For the nine positions, we<br />
have about 15 guys we’re looking<br />
at who have the opportunity<br />
to fill those slots. It will<br />
come down to whoever works<br />
the best and hardest and<br />
shows us they’re going to produce<br />
the most.”<br />
The men in the running to<br />
start on defense include two<br />
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freshmen — defensive end<br />
Brad Conn and cornerback<br />
Chris Mitchell — and three<br />
sophomores — defensive tackle<br />
Greg Green, linebacker<br />
Tyler Winger and cornerback<br />
Detric Bessard.<br />
Cook said the main thing<br />
he can hope for is that the<br />
youngest players will mature<br />
fast.<br />
“When you’re young,<br />
you’re young,” Cook said.<br />
“You live and die by what<br />
you’ve got. Ultimately we<br />
hope the seniors we have on<br />
AT A GLANCE<br />
■ HEAD COACH: Lane<br />
Cook (second year, 5-5, 3-2)<br />
■ DISTRICT: 4-2A<br />
■ LAST YEAR: 5-5, 3-2<br />
(third in District 4-2A, no playoffs)<br />
■ OFFENSE: Split back<br />
multiple (Seven starters<br />
returning) TE Marquez<br />
Williams (6-0, 175, Jr.); WR<br />
KENNY WOODS (5-9, 163, Sr.);<br />
LT JORDAN HINDSMAN (5-11,<br />
200, Jr.); LG CHARLES<br />
SANDERS (6-2, 240, Sr.); C JOE<br />
CUMMINGS (5-11, 270, Jr.); RG<br />
Aaron Giltz (5-9, 240, So.); RT<br />
Nick Jarchow (6-1, 240, So.);<br />
QB ZACK ROBERTS (5-9, 165,<br />
Sr.); TB ANDRE FLINT (5-8,<br />
155, Sr.); FB JOSH LANGSTON<br />
(5-10, 190, Jr.); WR Daveon<br />
Banks (5-8, 149, So.).<br />
■ DEFENSE: DE Marlon<br />
Powe (5-10, 185, Jr.); DL Justin<br />
Heard (5-6, 165, Sr.); DL Greg<br />
Green (So.); DE Brad Conn<br />
(Fr.); LB ZACH WARDLOW (5-<br />
10, 195, Sr.); LB Terrance King<br />
(Jr.); LB Tyler Winger (So.); CB<br />
Chris Mitchell (Fr.); CB Detric<br />
Bessard (So.); FS ANDREW<br />
MARSALISE (6-0, 150, Sr.); SS<br />
Steve Ruffin (Jr.).<br />
Returning starters in ALL<br />
CAPS.<br />
the team will show the young<br />
guys the ... right attitude to<br />
have at practice. I hope these<br />
guys grow up quickly.”<br />
Sept. 2<br />
Sept. 9<br />
Sept. 16<br />
Sept. 23<br />
Sept. 30<br />
Oct. 7<br />
Oct. 14<br />
<strong>2011</strong> SCHEDULE<br />
Jena<br />
at Merryville<br />
Basile<br />
Vinton*<br />
at DeQuincy*<br />
at Kinder*<br />
Rosepine*<br />
Oct. 21<br />
Oct. 28<br />
Nov. 4<br />
at East<br />
Beauregard*<br />
Lake Arthur*<br />
at Welsh*<br />
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