 Well, another year, another trip to state for Warlord Girls hockey, but after back-to-back third place finishes the last two season, the Warriors are hoping at third times the charm. It's called Hockey Town USA for a reason. The Warlord Girls are heading back to state for the ninth time since 2006 after cruising through section 8A for the third straight year. I think high expectations are a good thing and and our players have thrived on that and in the higher the expectation it seems the harder they've worked. And one of the driving forces behind the Warriors 22-win season, they know how to score goals. We're going to shoot as hard as we can and bring it to the net and we're going to crash the net and we're going to pound away and it's just fun hockey out there. We want to score, we want to win. Future Minnesota State Maverick Madison Olkers leads the potent attack with 42 goals this season, but it's been sophomore Hannah Cornelius and right behind her with 38 that's taken the offense to another level. I've been using my backhand a lot. I don't have a lot of forehand shots but yeah coming out of the corner and backhanded it in. We knew Olkers would score because she has for five years for us but what we didn't know was Cornelius and would bring that second line and and and put it on her back at times. On the other end of the ice during their 10 game winning streak the Warriors defense has only allowed four goals with six shutouts. We get the puck out quick. We block lots of shots. We're very confident, hardworking and we get down, we're tough. And now all the focus turns to tomorrow night at the X as they start their run to win their first state title since 2011. I think we're playing our best hockey at the right time of year. One game at a time the old boring cliche but just stick with the process and and play for each other and and we'll see what happens. It'd mean more than anything I think my senior year to finish out as a state championship would be awesome. 6 p.m. the quarter finals tomorrow night at the X they will face off with new home. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.