The Brookhaven Academy Cougars are looking to get that first winof the season Friday night when they travel to Oak Forrest inAmite, La. to meet the Yellow Jackets in non-division matchup. Thegame kicks off at 7 p.m.

In other area private school action, Copiah Academy invadesLeake Academy and Parklane Academy travels to CentrevilleAcademy.

Brookhaven, under first-year head coach Herbert Davis, Jr., losta close 14-7 opener to defending Class AA state champ CentrevilleAcademy last Friday. Oak Forest fell to Parklane 35-32 lastweek.

“Oak Forest is definitely good,” said Davis. “They’ve got goodathletic guys. They throw it around a lot, 39 times last week. Theyfind ways to score in the passing game. We have four sophomoresback there in the secondary.”

In the loss to Centreville, Brookhaven wide receiver Tripp Jollysustained a shoulder injury and did not return. Jolly was scheduledto have surgery this week and will miss the remainder of theseason.

“We played good last week against a very good football teamexplained Davis. “To win a championship, you have to get bettereach week. We have to continue to get better.”

Offensively, Brookhaven sophomore quarterback Chandler Rogerscompleted 3 of 8 passes for 67 yards, including a 32-yard touchdownpass to Kyle Burt.

The Cougar ground game was powered by senior running back KolbyByrd with 20 carries for 63 yards. Burt followed with 8 rushes for48 yards.

The Brookhaven defense was led by Byrd with 10 tackles followedby Burt with 7 stops.

“Oak Forest has several receivers that are good,” stated Davis.”Their quarterback throws the ball around pretty good.”

In last year’s matchup, Oak Forest clipped Brookhaven 18-12.

Copiah dropped its season-opener to the host Bowling GreenBuccaneers at Franklinton, La. The Gallman-based Colonels, underScott Cline, were shut out out 42-0.

Last week, Heritage shut out Leake 6-0.

One of the bright moments for Copiah was Bryce Guess picking offa Bowling Green pass in the third quarter.

Last year, Copiah nipped Leake 7-6.

Parklane is 1-0 under new Pioneer head coach Bo Milton. ConnerMize nailed a 23-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to liftParklane to the win over Oak Forest.

Parklane knocked off Centreville Academy 19-14 in last season’scontest.