 We continue our volleyball previews with the Crosby-Irenton Rangers who are coming off a 16-11 season but an early exit from the playoffs. The Rangers returned six starters from a year ago with the experience on the court. They will be changing some things in their style of play for 2017. We're trying some new things this year. We're running an offense where we have two middle hitters that are also going to be our setters out of the back girls. A brand new setter trying to miss for the first time but trying to put some athletic and enthusiastic girls on the court. We're hoping to improve from last season and try to win somewhere in that 20 game range. The Aiken Gobblers also lost some key players from last season's 20-win team. But with some experience coming back as well, one of the strengths of this group have to look at their height including six-foot senior Maggie Fellerman, a key piece up front for the Aiken. We had a really good team last year and some of the girls are stepping up for varsity for the first time. So I just expect us to have fun and try our best. To strengthen this team we have some height on our team which is really going to help in the blocking situation and hitting situations. And we've got a lot of team unity right now. Lastly, from a lot of experience to very little, in a very youthful team the Pine River back as Tigers will be led in 2017 without a single senior. This group consists of all juniors while being thrown into a leadership role could be daunting. The Tigers junior class is excited to take charge for this upcoming season. It's going to be difficult because last year the seniors were a big part of the team and everyone looked to them. So like when everyone looks at us we have to be like push it way through. It's a really big responsibility but I think we're going to do fine with it. We all have a really close relationship with all the girls and it's going to be fun. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.