Jr. girls volleyball team enters the playoffs after another win

North Star’s Kierstyn Baillargeon (3, white jersey) and Quinn Beaudoin (1, white jersey) go up for a block Feb. 3 against Assumption. North Star won in three straight sets.

The North Star Wolves junior girls volleyball team ended the regular season on a roll.

The Wolves hosted the Assumption Purple Raiders last Tuesday evening (Feb. 3) and came away with a three-set sweep of their opposition. 

The Wolves were in a tightly contested battle in the first set but pulled it out 27-25. The next two sets saw the Amherstburg school pull away and win more convincingly, with the scores being 25-15 and 25-11.

They finished the WECSSAA Tier 2 regular season with a 7-2 record.

North Star head coach Morgan Hadfield said the beginning of the match wasn’t the way they wanted to play, but they found their groove and played better as it progressed.

“We started a little rocky,” said Hadfield. “The energy was low. We pulled it together and came out of it with a win.”

It was the Wolves’ first match back after the exam break and they had only had one practice heading into the match. Hadfield believed that contributed to the Wolves’ energy level being low early in the match.

Of the practices that followed, she believed they have to work on serve receive, tip receive and serving.

The Wolves have gotten better as the regular season progressed, Hadfield added, with her being happy with how the players have come along.

“They’ve improved significantly,” she said. 

The Wolves were in WECSSAA “AA” quarterfinal action last night (Feb. 10) at home against the Belle River Nobles. Action from that match will be reported in next week’s issue of the River Town Times.

Jr. girls volleyball team enters the playoffs after another win

By Ron Giofu