GREENBACK (WVLT) -- 1500 teams began the quest for the Dixie Youth 7-8 year-old baseball tournament.

Now, the Greenback little league team is one of only 15 still in the hunt in this week's state tournament in Chattanooga.

Coach Jeff Cullen's squad qualified for state last year as a 5-and-6 year-old team, but this year they've increased the age level -- and their ambitions.

Confident and excited, they head south on I-75 with state supremacy on their minds.