Second-year head coach Nicole Morrison, who guided Clay to a Northern Lakes League Cardinal Division title last year, returns four of the team’s five all-conference players from a season in which the Eagles went 18-5.

Kelsey Kaylor, a senior forward who missed all of last season after scoring 40 goals as a sophomore, returns to lead a deep and talented Woodmore squad this fall.

Oak Harbor returns 14 letterwinners and eight starters, including four seniors, from last year’s team that came within one victory of making the regional tournament.

After the potential of not having a season due to limited numbers, Northwood has recruited enough players to field a team, which presents an exciting challenge for 16th-year head coach Monte Bandeen.

One of the area’s top duos — Savannah Little and Brooke Wiley — returns for Lake as the Flyers look to build off a historic undefeated regular season last year

The Genoa girls soccer team features several talented veterans, and 11th-year head coach Josiah Hanson is excited for his team’s potential.

Eastwood’s regular season didn’t live up to the program’s expectations last year, but the team made up for it with a thrilling run to the regional final for the fourth time over the past five seasons.

Duck Hess, who is entering his 11th year as head coach at Clay, said his team’s focus this year is on improving offensively.

Second-year Eastwood head coach Curtis Smallwood looks to help guide a team that featured a lot of inexperience last year, especially in the back third of the field.

After not fielding a team the past two seasons, Woodmore is back with a limited schedule this fall under the direction of first-year head coach Peyton Sorg, who is a former student-athlete with the program.

Fourth-year head coach Grant LaPeer will have to replace the production of several key players, but a balanced and talented Oak Harbor roster provides hope for an exciting season.

Northwood’s first-year head coach John Orozco says he has some talented players, but the key to his team’s success will rely upon the defensive efforts.

Lake is coming off one of the most successful seasons in program history, having went 15-3-2 with a trip to regionals for the second time in program history behind a senior-laden squad featuring the likes of Greyson Reed and Travis Merrill.

For the past three years or so, Genoa has fought a numbers crunch with its soccer team, and 11th-year head coach Tim Memmer hopes that will improve.

Clay returns 11 upperclassmen from last year’s team, which produced a four-match winning streak late in the season and captured victories in five of its final seven outings.

 Some Clay Eagles, as part of Team Ohio, found that out in July when the team competed at the U.S.A. Wrestling National Championships in Fargo, N.D.

One example of the potential future of the sport is the Oregon Lady Eagles, a 10U girls flag football team that competed in the NFL’s Flag Championships in Canton, Ohio from July 17-20.

Several local teams competed in the 795 Cup, a preseason soccer tournament held July 18-20 at Genoa High School. 

Toledo’s East Side and Cardinal Stritch High School had quite a profound impact on Dave Boyce. 

Hunter Allen, a 2021 graduate of Woodmore High School, was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the seventh round of the Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft on July 14.