With the soccer season rapidly approaching, both Elmore County teams are expected to be without some starters to begin but they are still excited to get back on the pitch and take another step forward as a program.

After going winless in its first two seasons, the girls team took a big leap with seven wins last year and the Panthers are looking to make another jump. Elmore County still fell just short of the postseason, finishing third in Class 4A-5A Section 4, and the Panthers are hungry.

Caleb Turrentine is a sports writer for Tallapoosa Publishers Inc.