 Well on the court, one team that is open some eyes in 2017. The Panthers from Park Rapids, they cruise through the regular season and are getting ready to open section play Saturday with one specific goal in mind. The Panthers volleyball team has had one word on their mind since the start of the season. State. Definitely been a good season and that I'm pretty confident that it'd be so like good to go to state and everything and you know we have had it as a goal and you know I really think maybe we can achieve it this year. Coming off a 22 win regular season and have won seven straight matches and feel like they're playing their best ball of the year. That's what the season is for like progressing and getting better and I feel like we have we actually like started in December playing volleyball like JL when everything and throughout we've just been playing like good competition. And it all starts at the top with the leadership of their three seniors Jaden McCollum, Kenny Carlson and Courtney Byer. We have three strong leaders and that's pretty rare but they certainly have kind of made it clear to to everyone that's in this gym that it's their goal and to just be they really want to go to state they have worked at that since you know since I've had them and they just will not take no for an answer. On the court Carlson and McCollum have hit major milestones their senior year. Kennedy with 3,000 career assists and Jaden with 1,000 career kills. Definitely a team effort like I need the dig there or the pass there and the set there to get my kills. It's pretty special I couldn't have achieved it without my coaches and teammates and it's always been the goal of mine so it's pretty rewarding. Now all their attention turns to the postseason or in the top seat in the south section eight to a ready to achieve their goal. Every team is going to be out to get us so we're just going to have to take one game one point at a time and just make sure we come out with that W. Focus on one match at a time and we just focus on each team play and more focus on our side rather than the other team. We've been working since like fifth grade and we know it can happen and if it did happen that would be the best feeling ever and we knew that like all of our hard work has paid off. Panthers play the winner of Detroit Lakes and Fergus Falls Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.