 Four straight years and four straight heartbreaks. No matter what happened, the Red Light Girls basketball team was just never able to get over the hump and make it to state. That changed just last week when the Warriors won their first ever section title. Now they're off to their first ever state tournament. Nearly a week after capturing their first ever section title, the Red Light Girls basketball team still has trouble putting into words how emotional that moment was for them. I couldn't tell you what kind of emotions came over us as coaches and the girls too. Oh my God, it was an unbelievable moment. It was so crazy and we really deserve that title. It's been a feeling I've been waiting for for years, about four years and it was just pure happiness. You know, we finally made it. But now the Warriors are headed off to their first ever state tournament. But just because they're going in unceded doesn't mean you should count them out. The goal wasn't just to get to state, it was to win state and prove that we deserve it and that we deserve to be there. We're hungry and we're not just satisfied with getting to the state tournament. We actually want to go down there and be competitive and win it. Despite coming in with a 24 and two record head coach, Randy Holtusen says he hasn't seen this team play their best game yet. But we're getting really close and hopefully we got three good games in us to take the title. And the Warriors couldn't think of a better place to play that game than on the state's biggest stage. I think they have the potential to go all the way. We're not going to try to change the way we do things just because we're in a state tournament. We're going to try to do what we do best and that's run and share the basketball and help each other out in defense and have fun while we're doing it. We are all just really focused. We're focused on getting there and playing our game and we know that nobody can play with us if we're playing our game. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.