The green grass that appeared across the area last week brought a brief respite to the near-constant rain of the last month.

But it also brought snow, and local high school coaches and administrators have found themselves in the middle of one of the worst spring seasons in years.

You’re more likely to get a weather update than a score by checking out the Warrenton and Wright City Athletic Department Twitter feeds of late.

“I don’t think you can have worse weather than we’ve had so far this season,” Warrenton golf Head Coach Aaron Jinkerson said this week.

The Warriors’ scheduled match against St. Charles Tuesday was pushed to next Monday, and the team has played just one match this season.

“I think we have lost five or six practice days outside due to the weather,” Jinkerson added. 

Baseball, and its reliance on a dry dirt infield, hasn’t fared any better.

Warrenton and Wright City have combined for six games in the last month.

Last week, the Warrenton Baseball Twitter account couldn’t help but laugh at the situation.

“Another great day for baseball. . .cloudy, rainy, 45 degrees. . .what more could you ask for?!”

Two days later, the Warriors’ doubleheader against Hillsboro and the St. Louis Patriots was canceled.

“This has definitely been one of the worst springs to start,” Warrenton baseball Head Coach Eric Burle said. 

“A few seasons ago we had a wet spring, but it was toward the end of the season and the fields were able to bounce back a little quicker because of the higher temps. You also felt a little more comfortable with where you were because you had a number of practices and games at that point.  Right now we have only had maybe five or six practices on our actual field.”

In March the St. Louis area received 7.1 inches of rain, over twice the monthly average.

“And looking at the forecast, it’s not getting easier,” Wright City Athletic Director David Evans said. “The best word to describe it from my perspective is ‘stressful.’ I spent an hour and a half looking at the baseball schedule trying to schedule two games.”

Because Wright City plays a 10-game conference schedule, managing the nonconference slate while understanding conference games have a higher priority hasn’t been easy for Evans.

“We’re at the point with baseball that with this pitch count, we’re going to have to start dropping nonconference games to make sure we get all of our conference games played,” he said. “We’ll have to drop tournaments too, possibly. It’s tough having to play 10 conference games because you don’t want to let certain schools down, but you have to get some of these games in. It’s not like you can play four days in a row, so it’s been stressful.”

When Sunday night’s snow melted Monday morning, the Wright City field looked closer to hosting a fishing tournament than a baseball game, and Tuesday’s game against New Haven was postponed.

The Wildcats’ track meet at Bowling Green Tuesday also was postponed.

“I guess you can blame it on the groundhog and having six more weeks of winter,” Wright City track Coach Fred Ross said. “We’ve been pleased with how hard our kids are working, but with it being so cold and wet, we’ve been worried about them getting hurt so we haven’t spread them out as much in as many events. Hopefully we can get some warmer weather so we can put them in more events.”

Warrenton soccer is scheduled to face Winfield Thursday; The Warrenton and Wright City track teams are preparing for the annual St. Dominic track meet Friday; and Warrenton is scheduled to host Wright City Saturday afternoon.

The weekend forecast, according to weatherunderground.com?

Another half-inch of rain and up to three inches of snow.

“We have been focusing a lot on the mental side of the game,” Jinkerson said jokingly. “So the rules of golf shouldn’t be a problem for us this year.”