 After a strong season last year the Painesville Tigers fell just short of their goal in the state semi-finals But raised the bar for expectations in hopes of making it just a little bit farther this year as we go in the huddle In the huddle is brought to you by a plus Reynolds and by rental pro Last season the Painesville Tigers were just one game away from advancing to the state football championship This season they are hoping they can do it again, but this time come home with a win I don't know what we'll bring to the table until we get you know to scrimmage and start playing You just don't know what will happen. You know our goal is to win a state title. It always is and We'll just see how we perform Don't know if we're good enough to do that, but we're gonna work hard and see what happens I just motivates us. I mean I think this year we're gonna have a great season and hopefully make it back to where we were and Take it a little farther this time We're gonna bring a really good rushing game with an improved passing game and our defense is just gonna play ball And we're gonna make tackles and just make plays out there and force turnovers I'm gonna bring a lot of intensity. We're gonna come out and Just try to give our best, you know and have a good year After graduating 11 seniors the Tigers lost some key aspects to their offense and defense one former Tiger in particular 2015's Mr. Kentucky football Cache Daniel who will suit up for the Kentucky Wildcats this season But this young team has experience as they prepare to take the field. We lost a bunch of good linemen We lost cash, you know D linemen O linemen. We got a lot of young kids Hopefully they can fill that role and step up and try to make some plays A lot of guys have to step up this year But I think we have the talent on this team to take us back Maybe even go farther it's be great to have a great crowd every night and that's always helps You know try to get a victory in front of your home crowd or even when you're away. We travel pretty well Hopefully we continue to do that Tigers open up their season this Friday at home against Sheldon Clark and then one more home game follows next week with Frankfurt before a four game stretch on the road with the Tigers in the Pikeville Panthers set to match up on September 2nd for a full look at all of our in the huddle previews you can tune into EKB TV comm