Softball season is here and the Pine Knot will be covering your local high school fast-pitch teams this spring. Here is a preview to the small-school softball teams in our area.

CARLTON: Carlton coach Melissa Clark is in only her third season, but the Bulldogs head coach has led her team to the state tournament in her first two seasons at the helm and it certainly looks like she has the inside track on a third straight trip to Mankato. The Bulldogs lost only two players from a team that finished last season as Class A Consolation Champions.

"We lost two starters...