Wildcat's defense prepares for Lake Hamilton.
Usually after a loss, teams will want to get back on the football field to face another opponent as soon as possible. But, El Dorado's open date after a 27-10 loss to Cabot two weeks ago probably came at an opportune time. After the Panthers bludgeoned the Wildcats for 281 rushing yards on 58 attempts, El Dorado travels to Lake Hamilton on Friday to face a similar styled offense.
El Dorado defensive coordinator Justin Wylie believes, despite the loss, the Cabot game will pay dividends.
"I think it will be a tremendous asset. Cabot's a good football team. Those guys up front were big and strong. It pointed out some things where we needed to get better and make some corrections," Wylie said on Tuesday. "It exposed some things. We've watched the film and we've gone back and made correc-
tions and worked on different techniques, playing lower and that type of thing. I think it benefits us going forward."
Cabot ran the Dead-T offensive formation. Lake Hamilton operates out of the Wing-T.
"They're a run-heavy team like Cabot," said Wylie. "Cabot is a little bit more run heavy. Lake Hamilton will throw it. The offense itself, is more predicated on misdirection, although they have downhill run plays in that system. But, there's a lot more guards pulling and counters and wing counters like the halfback counters we saw against Cabot. It's similar. The style of football is going to be real similar as far as it's going to be a lot of run plays."
The Wolves are 3-0 on the season, averaging 43