Montana weather continues to trouble spring sports

GREAT FALLS — Spring sports activities in Montana take some further preparations as a consequence of uncontrollable circumstances, essentially the most problematic being the climate. With snow showers nonetheless coming in and inflicting unsafe area circumstances, outside groups are being compelled indoors. Nice Falls Excessive softball coach Don Meierhoff says this 12 months has been worse than most.

“We have been exterior as soon as but it surely was so chilly that we didn’t get a lot executed so went again inside the subsequent day,” mentioned Meierhoff.

The Bison have been training contained in the fitness center the place they don’t have a lot house and can’t create actual sport eventualities. From a training standpoint, Meierhoff says it’s a lot tougher to guage expertise and make choices since you are unable to see the children carry out at their strongest. Most years the workforce is ready to spend time open air earlier than the season begins however this 12 months has been utterly totally different.

“You simply acquired to cope with it. It’s softball in Montana so it’s not the primary time we’ve executed it however it’s tough,” mentioned Meierhoff. Often we’re exterior at the least 5 days earlier than we begin taking part in. This 12 months it simply hasn’t occurred but it surely hasn’t occurred for anyone so all people is in the identical state this 12 months.”

The Bison opened up their season on Friday night in opposition to Butte however they weren’t even certain if that was going to occur. The workforce discovered the morning of Friday that they might truly get to play moderately than having to cancel the primary sport of the season. Regardless of all of the hardships that spring groups should undergo to be able to put together and play, they keep it up just because they love the sport.

“It’s the love of the sport. As onerous as it’s going indoors on a regular basis, it’s nonetheless enjoyable,” mentioned Meierhoff. “It doesn’t dampen it in any respect, it simply throws a wrinkle on it.”