Though the result will be meaningless, there is still much to be gained from the scrimmage against Windsor Forest, if you ask Bradwell Institute head coach Deshon Brock.

The Tigers host the Knights for their lone preseason scrimmage at Olvey Field/Hokey Jackson Stadium on Friday night, with the contest starting at 7:30 p.m.

For Brock and his staff, the scrimmage should give them an evaluation of many aspects of the team going into the 2023 season.

“I want to see the execution level at an all-time high,” he said. “I want to see us execute the offense and be clicking on all cylinders. Defensively, I want to get hats to the ball and see guys in positions where they are supposed to be. We want to limit the number of mental busts, and that’s on both sides of the ball. If we do that, that will be a tell-tale sign of where we are going into Wayne County.”

The Tigers will open the season against longtime rival Wayne County in Jesup on August 18. The set-up for Friday’s scrimmage will be the varsity squads going against each other in the first, second and fourth quarters, and the JVs taking the field for the third quarter.

While teams now have the bonus of 7-on-7 passing leagues and even padded camps against other teams during the summer, the preseason scrimmage still bears benefits, Brock said.

“I think the scrimmages are real important,” he said. “It gives us a benchmark of where we are and what we need to fix and if we need to make changes to personnel. This will let us know if that kid is the right kid at that spot or do we have to go in a different direction.”

Brock, now about to enter his third season at the helm of the Tigers, has been buoyed by the team’s effort in practice.

“It’s been good. It’s been real physical,” he said. “The competition level has been high. We have had good, consistent effort. The execution at times has been a little wanting as kids get used to banging against each other and the heat. I think it’s been a very positive experience.”