As the school year approaches, so does volleyball season. This year Clearwater, Orchard, and Ewing will form the Summerland Bobcats. The co-op causes the team to move from a Class D2 to a C2 team.

This means the competition level may get a lot harder. However, Bobcats Head Coach Suz Funk is already planning for the season.

Funk stated, "Bringing girls up to this level is going to take a lot of hard work on all of our parts. Playing at the C2 level is going to present different challenges. A faster pace game with teams running quicker offense. (We will be) trying to adjust to that tempo to...