Jr Wolves close out regular season 7-2

North Star’s Hayden Medd (25, white jersey) drives to the basket in the second half of the Feb. 5 junior boys basketball game against the Leamington Lions. The Wolves won the game by a final score of 49-22.

The North Star Wolves junior boys basketball got ready for the playoffs with their seventh win of the regular season last week.   

  The Wolves finished the 2025-26 WECSSAA Tier 2 regular season with a 7-2 record thanks to a 49-22 victory over the Leamington Lions last Thursday evening (Feb. 5) in Amherstburg. 

  Porter Triolet scored 20 points for the Wolves while Braedan Gauvin had ten points.

  North Star led the basketball game throughout, building an 11-4 lead after one quarter and a 24-8 halftime advantage. 

  The Wolves had a 39-15 lead after three quarters.

  “We played good,” said North Star head coach Jamie Abram. “I think we had really good rebounding and good hustle.”

Abram said all season, the coaches have preached hustling and having confidence.

The Wolves have had good defense all season, he added, and that continued Feb. 5 versus Leamington.

“We were on fire from three as well,” he said, of their three-point shots. “That also helped.”

While they have been working hard all   season, the Wolves have to continue that in the playoffs, Abram indicated.

  “We’re not done yet,” he said.

This year’s junior boys Wolves team is a split between Grade 9’s and Grade 10’s and have been battling injuries this season as well. 

The Grade 10 players have led well, and the Grade 9 players have stepped up when they needed to, Abram added after last week’s game.

  There was no official word as to when the playoffs start as of press time.

Jr Wolves close out regular season 7-2

By Ron Giofu