Seabury fall sports preview. From left, junior Jack Edmonds, cross country; senior Abigail Padgett, cross country; junior Chris Cho, soccer; senior Ellen Almanza, volleyball.

All of Bishop Seabury Academy’s fall sports teams will be underway within the next week.

A couple of the teams are building from last season, and the other is starting from scratch.

Here is a look at what all of Seabury’s programs expect out of the upcoming season:

Boys soccer

For the first time in eight years, Seabury’s boys soccer program is back — and it’s replacing football this year.

The Seahawks are starting from scratch but have a familiar coach, Ivo Ivanov, a seven-year girls soccer coach at Seabury.

“There are no superstars on the team, but there is no selfishness, either,” Ivanov said. “The players trust each other, and based on the hard work they are investing in practice we will see them succeed very soon.”

One of the biggest keys to the season will be getting comfortable playing alongside each other.

The Seahawks will be led by Chris Cho, Thomas DiZerega, Austin Dominguez, Austin Gaumer and Alfonso Martello.

“Every player on this team is capable of contributing,” Ivanov said. “We have good balance in every field position, deep bench and two outstanding goalkeepers. The most exciting part is the chance to be a part of history as we are starting a program.”

Seabury starts the year against Pembroke Hill JV at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Seabury.

Volleyball

After one of the best seasons in school history, Seabury returns five players from last year’s team, giving eighth-year coach Chrissy Leuty plenty of reasons to be excited for the upcoming season.

Returning for the Sea­hawks are senior outside hitter Ellen Almanza, senior middle hitter Taylor Hodge, senior setter Regan Zaremba, junior middle hitter Vivan Aubel and junior right-side hitter Celia Taylor-Puckett. They also have high expectations for freshman outside hitter Lindsey Hornberger.

“We lost one starter off of last year’s team and have gained a pretty impressive freshman in Lindsey Hornberger,” Leuty said. “This year’s senior class is the winningest class in school history and also has the distinction of holding nine out of 15 individual records, six career records, and have been a part of teams that hold 14 out of 15 team records.”

With so much experience, the Seahawks look to go past their 19-16 record from last season, especially behind the leadership of captains Almanza and Hodge.

“They have been four-year starters in our program and have been the backbone of this team for many years,” Leuty said of the two captains. “They realize that this is their last season together and are really pushing the team to accomplish a lot of goals.”

The Seahawks will open the season in a dual at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Atchison (ranked No. 6 in Class 4A-II).

Cross country

Seabury didn’t qualify any runners for the Class 2A state meet last season, but the Seahawks and second-year coach Kara Schrader are optimistic they can change that in a few months.

The boys’ team is led by junior Jack Edmonds, who was the team MVP last year and medaled in three of the six meets. They also hope to see big seasons from Alex Baldwin, Jackson Sabol, Andrew Bireta, Gabe Owings and Jeffrey Zhang.

Seabury’s girls return most of the varsity lineup from last year: senior Abigail Padgett, junior Gretchen Ohlmacher, sophomore Peggie Zeng and senior Christina Im. Ohlmacher led the team at regionals last year and the Seahawks hope to get a solid season from freshman Cavan McCabe.

“We had a young team last year,” Schrader said. “We have several returning runners who are already showing improvement in their times.”

The Seahawks will run in the Hayden Invitational at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 5.