It’s almost the end of April and more than a month of the spring sports schedule has been played (or rescheduled three times and then played).

In that time, there have been many eye-opening accomplishments, not limited to Knoch pitcher Gavin Miller taking the mound in 20-degree-wind-chill weather in short sleeves.

Here are some of the few that have stuck out in my mind so far:

All things Butler baseball. The Golden Tornado struggled on the diamond last season. Not much went right.

This season, just about everything is going to plan, the pitching staff in particular.

Butler gave up — gasp — two runs in its latest section win against New Castle Wednesday. In six section games (all wins), the Tornado have coughed up a mere 13 runs and nine of them came against Seneca Valley last week.

The throwing stylings of Emily Campbell. The Slippery Rock senior shot put and discus thrower is in a universe all her own, one where it seems the laws of physics do not apply.

Campbell is breaking her own discus record on a weekly basis, her latest heave coming in at 146 feet, 5 inches.

To put that into perspective, she would be second in the county in the event on the boys honor roll.

As it is now, she is first in the girls honor roll by a wide margin — and the discus isn’t even her best event. That is the shot put, where she is also first in the county at 41-7.

Travis Lauster should just start his at-bat at first base. The Slippery Rock leadoff hitter is ending up there anyway.

The center fielder has had an amazing season so far when it comes to frustrating a pitcher and reaching base.

Nearly four out of every five of his plate appearances finish with him reaching safely in one form or another.

Don’t call the Mars boys and girls lacrosse teams a bunch of newbies. Call them winners.

Last year, the Mars boys made the playoffs in their first year as a varsity program.

This season, the Mars girls are on the verge of accomplishing the same feat in their maiden voyage.

Don’t sleep on the Warriors. Quietly and most decidedly under the radar, the Moniteau baseball team is putting together quite a season.

The Warriors are 6-0 in the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference heading into a showdown with Karns City at The KAP (my name for Kelly Automotive Park, or the park previously known as Pullman) tonight.

Moniteau showed signs of this at the end of last season.

Best of the rest. Seneca Valley’s Angela Mignanelli breaking the school record in the 3,200 twice in the same week, the Knoch girls track and field team winning their first section title since 2010, Knoch’s Jordan Geist dominating the shot and discus, Moniteau softball still perfect, and anyone who managed to play/run in sub-freezing temps this spring.

Mike Kilroy is a staff writer for the Butler Eagle.