 The Brainerd Little Falls girls hockey team is an uncharted territory in the state semifinals for the first time in school history. Standing in their way from a trip to the title game is Andover, who beat them in the consolation bracket in last year's state tournament. Brainerd trying to be the first out state school to reach the championship game since Grand Rapids Greenway in 0-8, and the Warriors strike first Lucy Peterson. She snipes one in for the early lead, Olivia King for the Warriors, big in net, 38 saves for the senior netminder. End of the second, Brainerd trying to get another, Abbey Polkamp with a long shot, ends up beating the goalie, it's 2-0. But Andover gets within 1, and then in the third period tied it up, Hanna Stoffenecker sneaks one by the post, so we head to overtime, and just 10 seconds in, out in front of Cheyenne Aver, she scores. Brainerd Little Falls wins it in overtime, the first trip to the state championship game in school history. Anthony Scott has more. Almost exactly one year ago to the day, the Brainerd girls hockey team lost to Andover in the state tournament. Today the Warriors were able to flip the script against the Huskies, winning 3-2 in overtime, and now Brainerd will play for a state championship. I just told the girls, I'm like, listen, if I would have told you back when we started at the end of October that you would have the opportunity to play for a championship final in overtime, what would you say? And all of them would say, heck yeah. I just found the open ice, I guess. I was trying to support Gabby down in the corner, and the puck just squirted out, and I was luckily there. We always know we can kill it, because we seem to get a lot of penalties. And you know, so when those things happen, it's kind of exciting, because I love getting shots, and I love watching these girls succeed, and they always seem to kill it for me. Their opponent in that championship game still to be determined, Edina, currently up 1-0 after two periods. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.