JacketBear wrote:
Eating at Chik-Fil-A yesterday I heard some people saying they were from Lake Charles. Wondered how McNeese fared through the storm.
McNeese State’s football game with Delta State set for Saturday in Cowboy Stadium will be played as scheduled according to athletic director Tommy McClelland.
Kickoff for the McNeese-Delta State game on Saturday remains at 7 p.m. Tickets for the game will be available throughout the week at the McNeese ticket office which will re-open Wednesday morning.
Ticket prices are $18 for reserved seats and $14 for general admission. Season tickets remain on sale at $102 each and a family plan of four tickets goes for $204.
The Cowboy football players are slated to return to campus Wednesday and head coach Matt Viator said that he planned to have a practice that morning.
Damage from Hurricane Gustav was not as extensive in Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish as it was in other parts of the state. A mandatory evacuation order was rescinded Tuesday allowing residents back into the city and parish.
Ryan Ivey, assistant athletic director, said that Saturday’s game title sponsor will be Lake Charles Toyota and that the first 5,000 fans into the game will receive a magnetic Cowboy football schedule card as well as a cheer card from the Lake Charles American Press.
Also, a parachute team will jump into the stadium in pre-game ceremonies and at halftime McNeese most valuable athletes from the 2007-2008 season will be recognized along with the winner of the Desmond Jones athlete of the year award.