[Norm Peterson]

I see where your coming from Norm, and for the fans & perhaps the staff you may have a point. It's a big game that we'd love to win. But if we don't we will be satisfied with the teams accomplishments for the season.

As far as players go, it is a big game for the players on both teams. You can't tell me that this game is any different for Casey Whittle than it is for Nick Britt. For the individual players it doesn't really matter how this one game compares to games from other seasons, it is their biggest game this year.........period. So, I disagree about the moment being too big for the Lakers, because if you lined up the seniors from both teams, the game would be just as big for the ones in black/gold as the ones in red/white/blue.

As I've said previously, the Lakers are playing loose and having fun. They've accomplished more than any other team in Laker history already, and this is just bonus time. This doesn't mean they don't want to win, they just don't have to win to deem the season a success.

I never said that the game was any bigger for the Laker players than it is for the Boyle County players...the difference is this is probably about the 10th game of this magnitude that the Rebel seniors have been in...that isn't the case for the Lakers. You may say that the Lakers are playing loose, but they are fully aware that no Russell County team has ever been past this round...they are fully aware that they are playing a program with multiple State Championships...they are aware that this is the best team that they have faced...ever...they are aware that if they lose in the second round that everyone will say that they were a product of a weak schedule...they know all these things...and you can't say that they are truly playing loose until they get into the game and have something go wrong...then we'll see. Will they keep their composure and come right back or will they implode like they did last season? We'll see tomorrow.