 High school football is in crunch time. Teams across the state playing for a trip to stay next couple days for Nivas. They came up short just last season, losing the section finals to Waban, but they get another shot this year. Guess the opponent. They're only lost to 2017 NCEUH at the Fargo Dome in the Tiger strike first. And it's Mr. Doodle Jack DeWolf, the keeper on the outside. He breaks free down the sideline. No one's catching him touchdown. Two point conversion is good. 7-7, nothing Tigers. Let's go to the second half. Titans get within two, but Zach Henry has the answer on the sweep. Sheds the Wimpy. Wimpy tackler and he's gone on the house for six. Lead is up to eight, but NCEUH made things interesting. Tate Messi fakes out the camera and finds Noah Clementson in the end zone. Nice pitch and catch cuts it to two, but an important two point conversion. And the Nivas defense stands tall. Bop, ball knocked down to keep the lead. This defense made a big stop every time they had to, and guess who here? DeWolf goes up to get the interception. That will seal the win. Tigers are your section champs and going to state next weekend. The boards can't even describe right now. This is the best feeling in the world. I've been waiting so long for this and the seniors and I, it's just the best feeling right now. We've been waiting forever for this. I'm just so proud of the guys and just they kept grinding and grinding. And we've been in games like this all year. And being here last year, I think it just really helped us to finish this one. That's what we talked about was finishing it and we did it. And taking that victory formation is nothing sweeter for these kids. We came into play, I'll say, and we wanted to play five games in that fifth game being the state championship. And we knew this was just one step in the journey. We've been talking about the journey since ninth grade. Coming and just taking every game at a time till we're seniors in. We just don't want to stop here. We want to keep the intensity up and keep going. We're not done here. So the Tigers Avenger only lost 20 to 18 over the Titans. Next up, State Next Week at BSU. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.