Now that basketball is done ...

The spring is upon us, and that means a lot of baseball, softball, soccer and track coverage the next few weeks. Here are the big events coming up the next few months:


March 20-21 (Fri. and Sat.) - TSU Relays at Texas Southern
March 21 (Saturday) - Space City Classic, 2 p.m. at Berry Center
April 3-4 - Region III soccer tournament at Turner Stadium (yes, not Deer Park as the UIL site says). The Region II tournament will be at the Georgetown Athletic Complex.
April 10-11 - State soccer tournament, also at Georgetown. Construction forced a move from Round Rock, which has hosted the tournament since 2005.
Week of April 13-17 - District track championships. 15-5A is at Cypress Falls, 17-5A at Morton Ranch, 18-5A at Crump Stadium, 19-5A at Plummer Stadium, Houston ISD is at Barnett Stadium and 23-5A is at Hall Stadium.
April 20-23 - Girls (20-21) and boys (22-23) golf regional tournaments. Both Region III events are at Eagle Pointe in Mont Belvieu. Region II girls is at Cottonwood Creek in Waco; Region II boys are at Twin Rivers in Waco.
May 1 - Softball playoffs begin. There will be games Friday and Saturday of that week because of TAKS testing.
May 1-2 - Regional track. Region III is at Turner Stadium; Region II is at Baylor.
May 7 - Baseball playoffs begin.
May 11-12 - State tennis in Austin.
May 14-15 - State golf at Jimmy Clay Golf Course in Austin.
May 16 - 5A state track at UT.
May 16 - 7-on-7 state qualifying tournaments begin. A full schedule is available at 7on7.rivals.com.
June 5-6 - State softball tournament in Austin.
June 12-13 - State baseball tournament in Round Rock.
June 13 - The Bayou Bowl, 8 p.m. at Stallworth Stadium in Baytown.
July 10-11 - 7-on-7 state tournament at Texas A&M.
July 20-21 - The Texas High School Coaches Association school in Austin. The boys basketball all-star game is the 20th; the football game is the next night.

I'm searching now for spring football game dates and 2009 football schedules. If anyone can help, shoot me an e-mail at dpurpura@athletesconnection.com or ac_editor@comcast.net.