 The Painsfield Tigers are looking to return to Class A contender status. Tonight we take you to Painsville in the huddle with the Tigers. Painsfield Tigers have come up short two seasons in a row, falling in the state semifinals. This season they want to revenge and the chance to play in the state title game as they prep for the upcoming football season. You know, our goals are the same. We want to try to win a state title and put a good product on the field. Not, you know, who knows what we'll be, what we're about. We'll find that out when the game starts. So we're working hard trying to get to that level. I mean really we just, as a team we're hard work every day just working on speed, technique, nitpick, little things like that. Then individually it's all push each other, push each other, push each other, push each other. Try to go the extra yard, extra two yards. Like we're going through a drill, try to go a little bit more. Try to finish, get to pass that point where we've been in the state semifinals last two years. Just try to get past that. Really improve and finish. We felt like we haven't really got it done and we want to get it done this year and be the first team to win a state title. There is a winning mentality at Painsville. Even after losing a talented senior class, the Tigers know what it takes to get the job done and they're hoping to cross that bridge to continue their journey to the top. To be good you've got to fight those elements and keep pushing and do something that somebody else is not willing to do and they seem to accept that. They get up early and go work out during school and just a good group of kids. They understand what it takes to be successful. We not me working as a unit, having more chemistry we went 14 and won two years in a row and we're really sick of it. We really want to be 15 and 0 or at least win a state title this year. Mostly being a team we encourage each other a lot. We're trying to form that chemistry as a family most of and just like the younger classmen we bring in, like their brothers. A lot of coaches said you can't really replace it but I think we have a lot of junior seniors this year and we have a lot of good leaders and a lot of good athletes and athletes can play anywhere as you know it so I think we'll be good. We've got so many blood and sweat and tears in this I mean we work out early and I mean it's all for a purpose and that's the winning state title. Reporting in Painesville, I'm Makayla Colley for EKB Sports.