 Well, first practice was this past Monday. First invite just a week later. That's the turnaround in life of a Midget Girls tennis player. But with experience at the top of their lineup, they're ready to ace the season. Experience, the strength of any successful team in downfall of others. For Lumberjacks in 2017, though, they're just glad to have it. We have some really good veteran leadership this year. So as a coach, that kind of makes it easy because they help take that role of getting the new players and getting the younger players kind of in tune to what we do and how we do things. Especially early on in the season, playing four of five days next week with the opener on Monday. We do have a lot of girls that played last year in sections or some that came and watched. So I think that all help. And with the girls that didn't, they will still have all of us to rely on. And their goal, it's crystal clear. Push harder and advance further in sections. Last year, we lost to Brainerd in one of the early rounds. And so this year our goal is to make it farther in section and get to the section finals. It was rough losing last year and it was hard on all of us. So this year we're really determined to get back out there and go farther. One player that will help with that, senior number one singles Abby Kilm, the first girls section title winner in program history and a two-time state consolation champion that has boosted her confidence. Getting the experience to be down there and knowing like what you're gonna expect. And I mean, the players down there are really good players. So being able to play against them, it just helped your game. She's such a great player and it's nice to just play with her. And she's very consistent hitter and so it's great to play against her. When it all comes down to it in the end, tennis, it's a game of making shots and the Jacks, they're ready to serve it up. I think we've been tough but we lost four, three to Brainerd last year in the playoffs. The year before we lost four, three to Thief River and those are matches that a shot here, a shot there can make a big difference and this year we have to come up with those shots and we think we can. So their first invite is already on Monday, 9 a.m., the Pine City Invitational. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.