 When you look up and down the Royalton Girls basketball roster, you might notice a certain number missing under the grade level category. 12. Despite featuring no seniors, the Royals are on fire and off to a hot start to the 2017-18 campaign. It's been a really good start. We can't really ask for a whole lot better. Our one last came against Rush City who has not lost yet in the ranked top five in the state. Despite the youth, coaches and players alike credit the team for the success so far this season. We have strong, everyone's strong on our team. Any girl can be in and we can play just as well as if we had other ones in. The players work off each other and the chemistry of the team, both on and off the court. Working together, we work together really well. We've been playing with each other for a long time, so that helps definitely. We have a lot of chemistry throughout the team and we had a pretty good season last season. There was a couple of games, surprise that we got in there and did what we had to do. Many of the veterans were thrown into leadership roles last season as sophomores and freshmen, so they understand the importance of their role on the team. It's something you just gotta do and a lot of younger kids look up to you and you just do what you have to do. It's just come who I am I guess. It's fun working with them and always helping them when they need help. And those leadership skills have not gone unnoticed. I would say they're wise beyond their years. They're very mature. They know the game really well. They play much older than what they are in their true age. The Royals next phase holding forward on Friday night on the road. Reporting in Royalton, Clayton Castle, Lakeland News. Thanks Clayton. As he said, here's a look at that match of Friday night against 7 and 3 holding forward. That starts around at 7 p.m. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.