By the time Wednesday rolls around, all reminders of the most recent winter blast to hit Colorado will have been erased. With sunshine and predicted temperatures in the high 60s to low 70s, it’ll be time to shed the sweaters, windbreakers and find the sunscreen.

But by that time, most girls’ tennis players in the Pikes Peak region will have gone one week since playing competitive tennis.

That’s not the time to be sitting, especially heading into Class 4A and 5A regionals, where state berths are clinched by claiming titles or falling short in championship matches. Playback matches could be available to third-place finishers.

“This week should prove to be very interesting,” Lewis-Palmer coach Paul Kardel said. “It’s been very idle for the last week for sure. We’ve been trying to keep active with our footwork. Hitting balls on a gym floor never works out well.”

Seven of the eight regional tournaments involving area teams take place Wednesday and Thursday, while a trio of schools get a few extra days of preparation for a Pueblo-based event that starts Friday.

Cheyenne Mountain, which has won the past seven 4A team titles, again plays host to the Region 6 event. The Indians’ final regular-season event, a tournament at Cherry Creek, was canceled due to inclement weather.

“I would have preferred that we had played in that tournament Friday and Saturday,” Cheyenne Mountain coach Dave Adams said. “We did play in an extra tournament this season, so some of the girls are a little tired. I guess with the extra time off, it makes you a little more eager. I think we’ll be fine and I’m not concerned about the layoff.”

Discovery Canyon tried to make positives out of the lack of actual playing time, getting in time to work on conditioning and the mental game.

“We spent time with our strength and conditioning coach, and we also watched a lot of video,” Thunder coach Brian Thirkell said. “We can go look at our footwork and placement of shots in a match, and see how we can play high-percentage tennis.”

The Thunder should get in Monday’s rescheduled match at Pueblo South, a chance to work out some kinks before the most two important days of the season later this week.

“We’ve played high-level tennis at the beginning and middle of the season,” said Thirkell, whose team lost only to Cheyenne Mountain in eight matches. “We want to finish strong. There’s a big difference between practicing against your own teammate and having it count. You can’t replicate the pressure of a match.”