The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

High school athletics kick off this week in earnest after a year in cold storage and we should all be happy, even those of us who’ve never warmed a seat at a sports event.

We’ve reported a few sports stories during that period, but most haven’t been about actual contests, other than the few occasions last fall when softball and baseball players got a chance to play other teams for a few brief weeks and the golf team played an intrasquad round, which normally wouldn’t have gotten anyone’s attention – except that it was an actual sports event.

The track team was all set to host...