Scott County Central senior Drew Thomas is excited about playing Notre Dame in the championship game of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament tonight at 7:30 p.m.

One reason he is excited is because he thinks the game will be a good gauge of how his Braves team would fare if it was to play Sikeston.

There seems to be some discussion going on between Sikeston and Scott County players about who has the better team.

"I want to play Notre Dame," Thomas said. "First of all, how many points did Sikeston beat them [Notre Dame] by -- fourteen or something like that? If they beat them by 15 I want to beat them [Notre Dame] by like 25 or 30 because me and Mike [Porter] we're good friends and he don't think we can beat them like they beat them."

Sikeston has beaten Notre Dame in both meetings this year between the two schools. Sikeston beat Notre Dame by 14 points in the SEMO Conference tournament and then beat Notre Dame at home by 19 points on Dec. 19.

I don't particularly think that comparing scores is the best way to determine which team is better. The only way to get the true answer would be for Sikeston and Scott County to play each other. But tonight could be telling.

"Everybody in our school wants to play Sikeston," Thomas said. "We've been wanting to play them for years. It would be a good game. We'd win [he said laughing]. It would be a hard fought game but we'd win."