Jr. Wolves capture SWOSSAA “AA” volleyball championship
- Ron Giofu
- 2 days ago
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The North Star Wolves junior boys volleyball team have added another championship to their list of accomplishments.
The Wolves travelled to Chatham-Kent Nov. 17 and came home with the SWOSSAA “AA” championship. They downed Chatham John McGregor 25-21, 25-22 and 25-19 to win the championship.
They had advanced to the SWOSSAA championship match by winning the WECSSAA “AA” title Nov. 6 against Erie Migration in Kingsville.
“They’re champions,” said North Star head coach Jeff Miller.
Miller described the SWOSSAA “AA” championship match as “an up and down game” where the Wolves had streaks of domination and other points where they didn’t play as well.
“The opponent was decent but I’d say not as good as Kingsville or Essex,” said Miller, in reference to their WECSSAA final and semi-final opponents.
Miller said the Wolves have talented players but he and assistant coach Mary Ewer had to get players used to playing consistently in new roles and positions that they didn’t play in the year before.
“We started rolling about halfway through the year,” said Miller.
The junior Wolves volleyball team won the University of Windsor and Essex tournaments during the season.
North Star took a hit when one of their key players, Jackson Mastronardi, suffered a hand injury late in the season but the rest of the team bounced back and fought through it.
“We almost had to start over again,” he said. “It wasn’t easy the whole time. They always found a way to get it done when they needed to. They seemed to find ways to rise to the moment when they needed to.”
Miller said seven players from the junior team are eligible to move up to the senior team next season while five players are eligible to return to the junior team.
Miller added the senior Wolves volleyball team will have a decent core in the next school year.
Jr. Wolves capture SWOSSAA “AA” volleyball championship
By Ron Giofu
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