i'm standing next to jim murphy who's a student who's studying russian here you first came here last year and my first question to you just been what you report about traditions are there any traditions that you've been introduced to since you've come to russia well i have been in the banya before and that was a very interesting experience as far as the traditions i'm not really sure what exactly they are but i just know that i felt great after the banya and that i really like to go again i think that the russian hospitality is really great i think i feel more at home sometimes here than i do in my own house just meeting people that i hardly know at all or have just met they are extremely hospitable they treat me just like my best friends would back home and i've only known these people for about a week it's always are you sure you have enough to drink are you sure you have enough food how do you feel about you know russians love of hunting things light up well actually back home i am a hunter so i have no qualms as you put it about hunting as long as it's not just first for that you

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murphy joins us from mclean high school. >> reporter: this is two unbeaten, mclean and south lake, both teams 4-0. the head coach here an mclean, this is jim patrick, a third year coach. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having us. >> reporter: your team off to their best start. talk to us about the importance of that. >> it's been exciting for the whole community. two years ago we were 0-10. so this is exciting. >> reporter: this is a district game and a huge rivalry game and south lake has beat you the last three times by 7 points. how big is this rivalry? it is big. it is a district rivalry. we play every year. last three games we've lost but they've been close and competitive games. >> reporter: 156-15 is what south lake has outscored their opponents what is the key for victory? >> they need to control the ball on offense. >> reporter: good luck tonight. i'd like to introduce the mclean cheerleaders. they're going to get the night started. [ cheering ]. . >> reporter: we'll have our game of the week kicking off at 7:30. highlights at 10. coming up at 5:45 the south lake pipe squad with them. back to you. >>> let's talk about lind