There was no shortage of championship teams in the Western Maine Conference last year in girls’ soccer.

Greely won the Western A championship while Yarmouth and North Yarmouth Academy each won state titles in B and C respectively. Even Waynflete, a team with mostly WMC teams on its schedule, won a regional title in Class D.

Typically one of the strongest conferences in the state, the WMC should be producing plenty of championship caliber teams again this fall.

St. Dom’s hopes it can be one of the contenders in Western C. The Saints went 8-8 overall last year and lost in the Western C quarterfinal. Though they lost six starters, there’s plenty of talent back to make St. Dom’s a threat. Cathleen Eulitt and Laura Robitzek anchor the defense while veterans like Allison Turcotte, Alexandra Turgeon and Rachel Nadeau make for a sound midfield.

“With 12 returning varsity players and eight newcomers, we look to be very competitive this season and contend in the postseason,” said St. Dom’s coach Kathy Little.

NYA lost just three seniors and return a team that could challenge for a title. Senior midfielder Caty vonBrecht leads the returning crew for the Panthers.

Traip lost a number of veterans who experienced great success that last few seasons. Still, the Rangers have seven seniors back, including Casey Connor, Tonya Veilleux and Kelly Finneran up front.

In Class A, Cape Elizabeth has a new coach, Dean Brookes, after Charlie Carroll took over the boys’ program for the retired Andy Strout. All-State back Katie Barton leads what should be a solid Cape team. Greely lost in the state final but returns almost all of its club including All-State forward Mary Skahan to a solid program that should contend in Western A. Scarborough won 12 games last year in the regular season before losing to Greely in the semifinals. Despite losing All-State defenders Kate Schwarz and Zaria Udeh, the Red Storm returns forward Bri Jordan as part of a team that should challenge.

In Class B, All-State back Chrissy Attura leads Yarmouth while York, built around a talented group of juniors, shoots for its third straight trip to the regional final. Falmouth and Gorham each had winning records last year and were in the top five in Western B. Gorham returns two All-State players in Caitlyn Butterfield and Ashley Wingert.

Lake Region, Wells, Gray-New Gloucester, Fryeburg and Poland are all part of the next wave of teams. Fryeburg hopes to better its three wins last year with most of its club back. The Patriots (5-9) have a sizable group of upperclassmen while Poland (3-10-1) tries to overcome heavy graduation losses. Krista Flint, Abby Perkins and Danielle Harmon return to give the Knights a solid defense while Breanna Pratte and Allison Tilley are experienced players up front.

“We are young, but we will work hard to prove ourselves worthy of the playoffs,” said Poland coach Joe Cormier.