Here in New Hampshire we begin the first 2 sometimes 3 weeks in the gym At the moment (at least in the southern part of the state) it looks good to be outside (knock on wood) for the first weekend of April.
Ken - high school softball in Hawaii is definitely a fun time of year. We're already just about through pre-season - regular season games start next week. We have a bye the first week. Somehow that always happens! Other teams have two regular season games under their belt and our team is just entering their first! Oh well, that's okay - more time to prep and work on weaknesses had a chance to see during pre-season.