 Mother Nature has not been kind to the local high school sports scene as the late winner has crushed the beginning of the spring season. But the sun is finally out and Bemidji Softball was able to begin their season today with a double header against Salk Rapids Rice. The diamonds are still not up for the task, so you will be seeing a lot of Chet Anderson Stadium. The storm jumped out to a three to nothing lead, but the Lumberjacks crawled back into some small ball. Kenzie Christensen with a squeeze to tie it up at three. Later on in the inning, Samantha Edlin sends one to the outfield. Christensen scores from third to make it five to three. But in the seventh with one on and two out, Samantha Patton over the fence saves the day for the storm, so we will play on. Bottom eight now, bases loaded. Event Morgan gets it through the infield, Kina Kondo scores easily from third and the Lumberjacks take it six to five in game one. Game two the double header, not as dramatic with Bemidji taking it six to nothing and starting their season off 2-0.