Kenard Lang's HS Team Makes the Playoffs

Jones Coach Kenard Lang said that it's been business as usual this week for the Tigers (5-4) after just sneaking into the Class 2A playoff field via a tiebreaker over Frostproof and South Sumter on Monday.

“I wouldn’t use the word 'recover' from the emotion of the tiebreaker, but I’d say we’ve kept the same intensity,” Lang said. “I let them know that that’s the kind of intensity we need to maintain for the rest of the season and especially going into the playoffs.”

Lang said the rest of the season because he said he isn’t looking at Friday's visit to Oak Ridge (5-4) as a throwaway game before next week’s playoff matchup at Cocoa (9-0).

The Tigers have won three of the past four meetings with Oak Ridge and Lang said though he said his starters are healthy, he doesn’t plan to rest them unless the game is a blowout.

“The game means a lot to the kids because of bragging rights that come with any rivalry game, but for me it’s just another game we can get under our belt and get better,” Lang said. “I don’t care that it’s Oak Ridge, we’re going out there to win.”



(orlandosentinel.com)