Tauranga Boys' College are shooting for a hat-trick of boys' division one titles at the New Zealand Secondary School volleyball championships in Palmerston North this week.
But they do not have to look far to see their main threats.
Rotorua's Western Heights High School won the Bay of Plenty championships 3-0 over Tauranga recently, while Otumoetai College and Mount Maunganui College are also strong units.
In the girls' division one competition, Otumoetai College coach Stewart Henderson is taking nothing for granted as the top seeds from Tauranga chase a second title in three years, seeking revenge for their loss in last year's final to Waimea College Gold (Tasman).
Otumoetai beat Mount Maunganui College in the Bay of Plenty final recently, with Tauranga Girls' College third, and while they will all be potent forces Henderson says Auckland sides Orewa College and Westlake Girls' High could be tough to beat.