Wolves improve to 5-0 with fifth straight shutout victory

Noah Abreu (1) looks for running room in the second half of last Friday evening’s game against Kennedy. North Star won 36-0 with Abreu scoring three touchdowns.

Five games, five wins, no points against.

That’s the start the North Star Wolves senior football team has had, with the latest shutout win coming last Friday night. North Star started slower than usual but pulled away in the second half to record a 36-0 win over the Kennedy Clippers at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg.

A 74-yard Ashton Fevreau touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage was nullified by a penalty with the Wolves having to settle for a single point off of a punt through the end zone on their opening drive. 

Fevreau would find the endzone later in the first quarter thanks to a pass from quarterback Ryan Reid, that play going 67 yards. 

Noah Abreu’s first of three touchdowns on the night came in the second quarter when he bounced off of a Kennedy defender and ran 68 yards for the score. North Star had 15-0 lead at the half.

Abreu scored in the third quarter on a two-yard run, with the Wolves taking advantage of a drive starting deep in Kennedy territory. He would get into the end zone again in the fourth quarter on a six-yard run.

Fevreau scored his second touchdown of the game with under three minutes left in the fourth quarter thanks to a three-yard run.

Abreu said they got off to a slow start but they “got the ball rolling” in the second quarter. He said Kennedy is a good team but the Wolves found a way to pull away. He said they have a lot of players on the defensive side of the ball that also play in the Essex Ravens travel program, and they continue to play well.

“We did what we had to do and we got the job done,” he said.

North Star head coach Joel Charron said the team is playing well and he is liking what he is seeing thus far.

“We’re on this crazy roll right now and I’m enjoying it,” said Charron.

Charron said Kennedy showed the Wolves some things they weren’t used to, but the Wolves found a way to counter it and get the victory. He said Abreu’s second quarter touchdown helped turn the tide.

The Wolves expected a tougher test and got it but a high side kickoff play in the second half helped keep the momentum on their side.

Charron said he has never had a team that is able to execute on both sides of the football like this one. He said no one took it easy on the Wolves when they were smaller and inexperienced.

Abreu and Steven Craner are more physical runners with Fevreau being more of a finesse running back, he said.

“We used our weapons today,” he said.

This week’s game is against the Cardinal Carter Cougars, but the day, time and location have been changed. Originally scheduled for Friday at the Libro Centre, it has been switched to Thursday night (Oct. 30) at 7:30 p.m. at Tecumseh Vista Academy.

Wolves improve to 5-0 with fifth straight shutout victory

By Ron Giofu