Spring sports are just around the corner, and local athletes in Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek high schools are starting their new routines in great weather.

Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball head coach Chad Rauk was named the 2024 Section 3A South Boys’ Basketball Coach of the Year.

The Big South Conference released its 2023-24 All-Conference boys’ hockey team and girls’ basketball selections.

LHS boys’ hockey

The Blue Mound Figure Skaters will present their 33rd Annual Ice Show “Family Game Night” this weekend at the Blue Mound Arena in Luverne.

They perform at 7 p.m. Friday, March 22, and at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 23.

I recently did a podcast with Ron Shara Productions host Travis Frank about volunteering. If you would like to listen to it, search “The Flush Podcast.”

This year’s unseasonable warmth began over the weekend and continued into Monday as temperatures rose into the mid-70s. “It’s just a nice day to be out,” said Schomacker, who enjoyed the outdoors after work.