Local high school baseball games busy on the diamond last week

Two local high school baseball teams were busy on the diamond last week.

The St. Thomas of Villanova Wildcats capped the regular season and entered the playoffs on a roll.

The Wildcats had a 7-1 record in the WECSSAA Cullen/Soulliere Division, tied with the St. Anne Saints for first place. 

The lone regular season loss was to the Riverside Stingers in their second game but they closed the regular season with six consecutive games.

The WECSSAA playoffs opened last Tuesday in cold and wet conditions at Mic Mac Park in Windsor. St. Thomas of Villanova had three games and won them all.

Villanova went up against the Massey Mustangs in the first game of the day. 

The Wildcats were the top seed and the Mustangs were the eighth seed and it was the top seed that came out on top, by a final score of 13-3.

The second game of the day was versus the Cardinal Carter Cougars. That was a closer game but the Wildcats pulled out their second win of the day, this one by an 8-7 final score.

Round 3 was against the Saints. The regular season records may have been identical but the final score of this game was not as the Wildcats won the baseball game 10-4.

St. Thomas of Villanova was back on the diamond Friday, again at Mic Mac Park. Their first game of the day was against the Riverside Stingers while they also played St. Anne in the second. 

The season didn’t end the way Villanova wanted it to by the time the tournament ended late Friday afternoon.

In the WECSSAA Bertoia Division, the North Star Wolves had three games scheduled last week but they only ended up playing one. 

The first game ended with a 10-1 decision. The loss dropped the Wolves record to 2-3.

“We could have gotten more hits,” said North Star’s Graham Evans. 

Evans said they have to clean up their errors.

“Our head was not in the game. We’ve got to work on it and work harder in practice,” he said. 

The Wolves were supposed to be in action last Wednesday afternoon on the road against L’Essor and again Thursday afternoon in Essex, but both games were cancelled. There was no word as of press time as to whether either game will be rescheduled.

Local high school baseball games busy on the diamond last week

By Ron Giofu