By LORI LYONS, Journal Sports

Lakeview High School head football coach Lawrence Seawood was heading into a big box store Saturday morning, looking for supplies for his team’s upcoming homecoming week.

And he was searching for answers after the Gators (0-2) suffered their second lopsided loss, this one to Cedar Creek 64-6.

“It seemed promising going in, but they have a lot of community support, a lot of kids have bought into their program,” Seawood said. “We came up with a game plan. We came out pretty strong, but It’s one of those situations where they just had more numbers and it weighed down on us.”

The Gators did one touchdown when quarterback Gavin Spears connected with Joey Miller on a 23-yard slant.

Seawood said he is seeing improvements in his team.

“I saw a lot of our kids making adjustments without me having to tell them,” he said. “I’m seeing a lot of kids’ character as far as being able to have the right mindframe. They keep playing hard. They’ve got a lot of fight in them.”

St. Mary’s coach Kedrin Seastrunk also is looking for answers after his team fell to Red River 20-14.

“This one hurt a little bit,” said Seastrunk, who has many personal connections to the Red River team. “This one, I don’t even want to talk about.”

The Tigers (0-2) were ahead 14-12 in the fourth quarter before Red River scored on a 50-yard touchdown with 6:32 remaining. The Bulldogs then converted a two-point conversion to make it 20-14. St. Mary’s had one more possession but were forced to punt following an incompletion on third down.

Chalin Gandy rushed for 82 yards on 12 carries and scored on a 16-yard run in the first half and a14-yard run in the second half.

“They just wore us down,” Seastrunk said, adding his roster includes 26 players. “We are playing beat both ways.”

They’ve also played against bigger schools in their first two games.

He’s proud of their effort.

“Looking at those fellows in the eyes, they gave me everything they had,” he said. “There wasn’t nothing I could have asked them for. The coaches had a great strategy. We had a good game plan. Everybody was in position. They just scored off of two missed tackles. We make that tackle, we’re not having this conversation.”