The Skyview softball team won its season opener for the first time in school history — in the final year in school history.

Having gone 0-1 to start a season every year in its existence, Skyview topped Eagle River 15-11 in six innings Friday evening at Bartlett High School.

The game had to go to an extra inning after five innings weren’t enough to decide a winner and the time limit was hit. In the “overtime” inning, each team started with a runner on second base, and played from there until three outs were called.

A ragtag group of competitors toed the starting line Saturday morning at the Tsalteshi Trails Wolverine trailhead for the Choose Your Weapon 10-kilometer race, uncertain of what lay ahead.

One thing that was certain was that it was going to be unusual, since it was being organized by Mike Crawford.

The Choose Your Weapon made use of the trails at quite possibly the worst time of the year, when lingering snow combined with the dirt path to create a quagmire of a course. Racers had the option of using any mode of transportation — as long as it was human-powered.

It’s plain to see that the new turf and track at Kenai Central High School is popular.

On a rainy Tuesday afternoon, athletes from the Kenai, Skyview and Soldotna high school track and field teams were racing around the new rubber, while an informal soccer scrimmage between Kenai and Nikiski was being held.

Last week, Kenai track coach Joe Trujillo noted that the Kenai track and soccer teams from the high school and middle school were all practicing on and between the new 400-meter track, which amounted to nearly 100 students competing for space.

Football season is just around the corner for those that are aching to see some action on the turf.

Of course, since it is the spring season, the type of football anyone will be seeing is the kind that involves the feet, not the hands.

High school football squads — or should we say, futbol? — are chomping at the bit to get the season underway, which should be much sooner than last year’s cold and wet season, one in which many games had to be rescheduled or canceled due to weather.