[Lambert #1]

Chase and #1 Kicker,

I don't know, not mad over it but I hate to see a program like Martin County forfeiting. Honestly, your program was one of the ones that we strived to be like last season and this one. One thing that is bad about a forfeit is that you are costing our program about $2,000.00 in gate and concession and that's money we count on. Another reason is that now our kids go two full weeks without a game and the way it's working out it looks like we will most likely play Johnson Central in the 2nd round and that much time off hurts a team. Another is the statement that the Martin Co. kids are alright with it????? That's not something you want kids to be alright with, to me that just sends a bad message to young athletes, if your faced with adversity give up??? Not a message I want my son to receive from any coach no matter what sport he is playing. I'm pretty sure that if you had of asked Coach Howard to play his 7th graders he would have done so. This has cost our program the chance of recognizing our 8th graders and their parents in our yearly 8th grade recognition night and that's something you can't get back. Oh well it's over and done with and everybody will move on and we wish you all the best of luck in the tourny. I do know that Coach Howard and Coach Skyles are friends and he speaks highly of him so if he's alright with it I guess the rest of us have to be alright with it.