 The last of the winter sports is here. So we prepare for the boys basketball state tournament this week and for Cast Lake, Bina is their first appearance since 2010 as they rolled through the regular season. Only suffering one loss. A big reason why their 2000 point scores Noah De La Paz and Arnold Kingbird the seniors led the way in scoring for the Panthers this season and brought consistency and leadership every night and where did that come from? Well past Panthers pushing them to the players they are today. Well, I was like a freshman. I had other older guys that taught me a lot of stuff and I just bring it now to what I have now so. This old guys before taught me a lot, so they went through a lot. You know, Noah, you know, when he's a freshman when he's a sophomore, even back then he was a good player. You know, he was a good shooter. Arnold the same thing. People targeted them this year. Their seniors both the 1000 point scores going into the game. They already knew that. What makes the Panthers so tough? So three guys on the court around them Rahul Washington, Ethan Brown, Jarell Jacobs and all emerges dangerous options for this potent offense, especially the sophomore Jacobs who settled in as the number three threat when teams when teams are close they just tell me to stay calm and just do what I can do and score and rebound. It's just so nice to have not just like one or two or three guys on a team that can score it all, but like like that five and six and it's all amazing to have such a team like that. I mean, like say two or three over starters album and two or three can come in. They can do their job and it's just what we do. Here's a look at the Class A bracket. The only team to beat the Panthers this seeing Mayor Lutheran there, the top C on the bottom half. Northwoods is the two. The Panthers, the three opening up with Rushford Peterson. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.