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The Steamboat Springs High School football team tentatively is scheduled to renew its quest for a state championship at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gardner Field in Steamboat.

The squad will play Windsor, which advanced in the postseason with a 33-20 victory against Pueblo County.

Just what the Sailors expect to find when they take the field is what Steamboat coach Aaron Finch said he’s still trying to make clear.

Finch and a cadre of his assistant coaches watched Windsor’s victory Saturday, then they exchanged tapes with the Wizards staff.

After a few viewings — Finch couldn’t help but pop a tape in Saturday night, then he soaked up as much as he could Sunday — he still wasn’t sure what to expect.

“At this point, we’re still trying to understand them, and we don’t want to get too hasty about how you will attack the challenges they present,” Finch said. “There are some things they can do really well, and they have some good athletes. At this point, everyone’s a good football team.”

Finch said that before Steamboat’s opening round victory against Berthoud, he was able to consult with Moffat County coach Kip Hafey about what to expect from the Spartans, a team the Bulldogs beat to open the season.

He has no such window into Windsor, however.

Instead, outside of working on what can be picked up from game tapes, Finch said his team will have to focus on what it does best.

“Ultimately, you have to execute what you do, but what’s unique about our team this year is, with our senior leadership, there’s a lot of things we can do,” he said. “It’s got to be about playing your game, playing well. We can definitely play better than we did Friday night.”