Kaneland softball coach Brian Willis finds himself scouring the internet lately, desperate for ideas to enliven the Knights’ preseason practices.

As is the case for virtually every spring sports team in the area, cabin fever has becoming a daily epidemic for the Knights, who have grown tired of four weeks of exclusively indoor practices because of the cold, damp March throughout northern Illinois.

The Knights were so tired of the same, cramped scenery that they rented space in St. Charles earlier this week to break out of their stale rouine.