The state girls swim and dive championships will get underway on Friday, with finals to come on Saturday.

Among the participants will be area powerhouses like consistent 4A-placer Jackson, which has finished second, third and fifth as a team in the past three state championships. While “bottlenecks,” as Jackson coach Drew Whorley called them, in the competitive field may prevent the Timberwolves from scoring so highly, there’s reason for the team to be excited. The Timberwolves finished 8-0 in meets during the regular season, and have an area-high 17 entries across all events.

“It’ll be a busy meet with all the girls involved,” Whorley said. “(It’s) always a little bit better for us at least, as opposed to it just being a handful of kids … It gives a lot of our athletes an opportunity to

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