Friday’s first-round game
Non-select Division I
No. 21 West Monroe at No. 12 Parkway
WHERE/WHEN: Bobby Marlow Field at Preston Crownover Stadium, 7
RECORDS: West Monroe 5-5, Parkway 8-2
WEST MONROE NOTES: Rebels closed the regular season with a 36-0 loss to Ruston … West Monroe finished fourth in District 2-5A behind select No. 2 seed Alexandria, non-select No. 1 Neville and non-select No. 3 Ruston … West Monroe has won eight state championships with the last coming in 2011 … Defending state champion Ruston held the Rebels to 109 total yards and rushed for 316 … West Monroe lost in the first round last season.
PARKWAY NOTES: Panthers closed regular season with 45-43 loss to Evangel Christian on a field goal on the game’s final play … Parkway finished second behind No. 2 seed Airline in District 1-5A … Senior RB CJ Dudley has rushed for 1,104 yards on 185 carries and scored a school record 25 touchdowns … Senior Carmaro Mayo has 649 yards rushing and 296 receiving; he has scored nine TDs … Junior LB Mark Copenhaver, Junior LB Brady Prine and senior S Trenton Howard lead the team in total tackles … Parkway lost in the first half last year.