North Star girls slo-pitch team enters WECSSAA “AA” playoffs

North Star’s Ireland Carter connects with a pitch during a game versus Sandwich last Tuesday.

The North Star Wolves started the playoffs Monday afternoon against a powerful St. Joseph Lasers team. The Wolves came in the game with a regular season record of 3-5 in the WECSSAA County Division while St. Joseph was 8-1 during the regular season.

The Wolves won Monday’s game 18-1 to advance to the next round of playoffs.

North Star finished the regular season with two games last Tuesday at Co-An Park in McGregor, both against different opponents.

The first game of the day was against the Cardinal Carter Cougars. North Star kept the game close, but the Cougars came out on top 15-11. Cardinal Carter finished with a 3-5 record. 

The Wolves came back shortly after that game and went up against the Sandwich Sabres. Sandwich ended up winning the game 26-14. The Sabres concluded the regular season 6-2.

“We played twice today. We fought hard both games,” said North Star’s Carsyn Atkinson after last Tuesday afternoon’s game versus Sandwich. “They were both close games. We want to get to the playoffs and do well there.”

Atkinson believed the Wolves have good skilled players but they had to be more confident hitting the ball and do so with more consistency and power. She said they hit the ball well in practice but had to bring that into games.

“We had a pretty solid season,” Atkinson stated.

The North Star team is relatively young, with four senior players. There is one Grade 11 players with the remainder being in either Grade 10 or Grade 9. Atkinson said the team has improved throughout the season.

“It’s good to see this team is in good hands for the next four years,” said Atkinson.

North Star girls slo-pitch team enters WECSSAA “AA” playoffs

By Ron Giofu