PORTAL — For a coach with a winless team, Cherard Freeman sounds pretty up beat and the crazy part is that, well, it’s not so crazy. The Panthers (0-3) begin sub-region play Friday when they host powerful Johnson County at Panther field. Game time is 7:30 p.m. Looking closer at the 34-15 loss to Claxton last week, Portal’s coach went back to the basics and back to the teaching of coaches he’s been close to over the years, including Georgia Tech head man Paul Johnson.