The lights weren't too bright for Thursday's underdogs

When Hamlin head coach Russell Lucas got his team onto the AT&T Stadium field two hours before the school’s first state championship game against legendary Mart, he knew exactly how to settle his team down.

“We came out this morning and kind of had our ‘Hoosiers’ moment,” Lucas said. “We measured the field. When we got out there [in the game], I thought they were looking straight ahead. If you don’t look up, it’s just like our field, except for the turf.”