It’s hard to believe that it’s the end of April already, but it is.
This is the first full week the local schools are back from a beautiful week of vacation, and all spring teams are back in action. We can only hope and pray for better weather. Some of the teams had games during vacation, and some student/athletes were out of town, either on school or family trips, which in some cases left their team short on numbers and talent.
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