A whirlwind spring

pect it to be each year, rattling off five impressive winds to head into the last few weeks of the season looking like a true threat.

I don’t know why it continues to sneak up on me, but every year— around the beginning of May—I start to wonder where the time went.

The fact that there are just over two weeks left for most sports in the Spring 2023 regular season, means one thing; the school year is almost at an end. As usual, I’m wondering how the passage of time snuck up on me.

And the strange thing is, looking at the way things have unfolded this spring, it seems as though some teams have seen multiple seasons—and incredible runs—all rolled into a few short weeks.

Take the Mamaroneck boys lacrosse squad, which—as of April 8—looked like a team struggling to find its identity, having lost four straight games. Since that point?

The Tigers look like the Section 1 championship contender most ex -

And what about the New Rochelle baseball team, which had just two wins as of last week, rattling off four wins in a six-day stretch—all those victories coming against teams .500 or better at game time—to climb back into contention in the Class AA landscape.

It just shows you that as short as the season might be, there’s plenty of time for new storylines and wrinkles to emerge.

Of course, some teams have been—predictably—dominant from the outset. Harrison and Rye Neck softball, both undefeated at press time, fit in these categories as the two squads have mowed down the competition since the outset of the season. For squads on those kinds of runs, the end of the season can’t come soon enough—they’re playing well and want to translate their success thus far into winning meaningful

May games.

So what’s next for this last stretch of the year? It’s tough to say. Winning streaks can start or end, injuries and other factors can dramatically alter the postseason landscape, and if the first few weeks of the season have proved anything, it’s that high school sports are in a constant state of flux.

So don’t blink, or you just might miss it. And if you do, it’s going to be a long few months before we’re back in the thick of it.