EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Coach Megan Rawie can enjoy a few luxuries as she begins her second season as Excelsior Springs varsity softball coach. One luxury is six returning starters from a team that went 15-7 overall and 6-4 in the Missouri River Valley Conference West Division – good enough for second place. Those starters include pitcher senior Mayce Barber, a four-year starter. “My expectations are pretty high, and we have a great group of girls,” Barber said. Other returning starters are senior Emilie Barrera, who will look to fulfill multiple roles; juniors Avery Moore at third base, and Jordyn Pekarek and Mallory Millsap, both in the outfield; and sophomore Karli Shipman at shortstop. Rawie and her coaching staff of Jessica Arnold and Jessica Rawie will look for players to fill voids left by graduation and the movement of players at catcher, first base, second base and right field. “I wouldn’t say we are having battles at these positions, but it is more like we are trying to…