Smart Album Not Loading Images

I have not seen a discussion (nor Apple support document) that answers my newest Aperture 3 dilemma. First of all, let me say that I am not new to Aperture. I've been using the program since Aperture 2 was introduced. I have successfully used Smart Albums in the past so I'm familiar with the function.
I take photos for my son's sports teams. We give a 16x20 framed action shot to the Seniors as a grad gift. I use the jersey number to keyword every image with a senior player. I then create a Smart Album (under the Project in which the images are located) for each senior and select their Keyword (jersey #) as my sort setting... I also select "All" that "Match".
This usually works like a charm. This sorting is important because I'll have all of "John's" images in one folder and then I export the best ones to a folder on my photo website for the parents/players to view and select their favorite for the enlargement.
The Smart Albums were working fine a few weeks ago but now the images are not getting loaded into them. Some albums are empty... some have only a dozen photos when I know I have 300+. I have double-checked the metadata and the keywords are still there. I have even deleted the Keyword and retyped it and that image still does not show in the Smart Album. I have double-checked my settings in the album's "Smart Settings" window and all appears correct and normal. These Smart Albums are located under my project so the photos are "there" to find.
I started experimenting and adding the kid's initials as another keyword, then adding that as a sort preference... the altered ones seem to be showing up (or, at least I have more images than before). So, somehow my original keyword entries are not being recognized. I am in the process of "Updating Previews" hoping that somehow this will "refresh" or "restore" the recognition of the Keywords. Would repairing Aperture permissions or database help?
I have over 7,000 images in this season's project library (almost 70,000 collective images). I have a tight deadline and cannot afford the time to review every image and either add a new keyword or drag the image to a new album or folder. I really need the Smart Albums to work with the original Keywords.
My Mac Store (for "one to one" assistance) is over an hour away... does anyone have a suggestion that I can try right away?
Many thanks for your time.

Hi Tony,
Thank you for your ideas. The "Source" library is correct but I have also experimented by creating a new Smart Album outside the project using my entire Library as the Source... it didn't make a difference.
I feel confident that I have set up the Smart Folder correctly. I believe this is a glitch in my software because I have many Smart Albums set up in various projects and I just discovered that none of them are working properly. I have a Smart Album that contained over 1000 "Fox" images... it's now empty. I have an "Elk/Deer" Smart Album that now only has 20 images (instead of hundreds). I'm not sure where the corruption happened but I know it was recent. The way the program is picking and choosing the images to include/exclude in a Smart Album has no rhyme or reason.
I don't know if restoring my library from the back-up will make a difference or if my back-up (updated recently) is also corrupted.
I can tell you this for sure: When you have over 70,000 sorted throughout your system... the prospect of starting over is daunting.
If anyone else has experienced this, please share the resolution. In the meantime, I think I'll take the computer to a Mac one to one or the Genius Bar and see if they can think of a fix.
Tony and Kirby, thank you for your time. I appreciate it.

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