Crane in the coming years

[TadQueasy]

With their amazing group of seniors graduating what does the future hold for Crane? Do they have another group of girls coming that will keep them competitive or will they have a big drop off?

 

[EdmundBlackadder]

I only saw Crane a few times this year. There is obviously going to be a big dropoff -- as there would almost have to be with the graduation of one of the best classes in Mo. preps history. I don't know what they have in the pipeline at younger grades, but what I saw on the varsity bench this season won't be able to approach the accomplishments of this class. (But who would?) I still remember the first time I saw Crane play in the Stephanie Phillips Classic in Springfield -- this 200-student school in a tournament with a bunch of 1500+ student schools, and I wondered what the heck they were doing there. Then they won the thing. And kept winning it year after year. I'm a Kickapoo fan but I loved this Crane team -- what a great group.