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the best team doesn’t win the playoffs. The team that is playing the best will win. That’s an important difference. If we are playing to our potential, we can win. If we don’t we won’t.”
“It’s that simple,” Mr. Leake said. He should know. The former Panther varsity basketball standout has known his share of on-the-court pressure in his day.
“We’re still taking the season one game at a time,” Coach Leake said Tuesday. “We’re thinking about Stonewall tomorrow. Then we’ll worry about the rest of the tournament. We’re going full speed ahead. With each win we will gain confidence.”
The Stonewall Jackson game presents an opportunity for the Panthers, a chance to pull a “hat-trick” on the Generals. They’ve already lost to Rappahannock twice during the regular season, finishing sixth in the district with an 8-8 record. Overall, Stonewall finished even with Rappahannock, both teams boasting an 11-9 record on the year.
At the same time, Coach Leake admitted, “that third win is mighty hard to get.”
On Friday, if the Panthers prevail Wednesday, he predicted they will likely face Page County, a team which has beaten Rappahannock twice in overtime during the season.
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