 Staying on the court, Grand Rapids Girls basketball have high expectations once again. The Thunderhawks are ranked in the top 10 in class 3A and bring back the core of last year's state tournament team. For more on the favorites of section 7 3A, here's Lakeland Sports director Colin Talbert. Fresh off another section title and trip to the state tournament, the Thunderhawks are motivated to make it 3 in a row. Last year in my first game in 3A, it really hurt us. So now we just have more of a motivation to get there and win the first game, even win the second win state. They've done their best by scheduling the best with teams such as Robinsdale Cooper, Dela Cell and Hopkins early in the season. We've worked really hard to kind of up our level this year for games that we get to play and we've really chosen some teams down in the metro area that's going to kind of take us to that next level. It also helps bringing back the school's all-time leading score and Stephen F. Austin signing Heaven Hamling, who impacts the game in multiple ways. Just her ability to kind of run the floor in the passes that she makes. There's times where she'll try to thread the needle and I'm like, no, don't do that, but it gets there. So she's really court-sense. She's got great court-sense and able to make those passes and see the floor and really get her teammates involved. Along with Hamling, a huge chunk of the offense returns, including three double digit scores total but it's the balance as a whole that makes this team scary. It opens a lot of people up when say they double-team me or they double-team Hannah. There's always going to be one person open if there's a double team. So just getting that person the ball and knowing they have a great opportunity to make a layup or a shot, it adds so much more value to our team. So motivated to make it three straight, this group is ready to take the next step by sticking to their game and their goals. Definitely be the best in our section. It'll get to state and that's probably the biggest thing. We have a great potential to win the state championship, but we also have potential to be in a slump and lose in our section. So just keeping our heads out. We're good, but we're not that good at the same time. It's really going to push us to the next level. Reporting from Grand Rapids, Colin Talbert, Lakeland Sports. Thanks Colin. The Thunder Hawks are back in action tomorrow night, kicking off the Holiday Hoops Classic in the middle of college. It's a big one against class 4A power Hopkins.