North Star’s Aria Pare (8, grey jersey) battles for the puck with a Cardinal Carter defenseman. The season is over for the North Star Wolves girls hockey team, but their loss wasn’t because of a lack of effort. The Wolves hosted the Cardinal Carter Cougars last Thursday afternoon at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg but lost 3-0 in the WECSSAA “A/AA” quarterfinal game. Despite numerous scoring chances, they were unable to find the back of the Cardinal Carter net. “I thought we

Amherstburg’s Liam Thiessen (24) just misses a scoring chance during Sunday evening’s playoff game at the Libro Centre. The Admirals beat Mooretown 4-3 thanks to an overtime goal by Cory Leach and now lead the best-of-seven PJHL Stobbs Division quarterfinal series two games to none. The fourth time is the charm for the Amherstburg Admirals. After losing three times in overtime to the Mooretown Flags during the regular season, the Admirals are now in command of the Provincial

Admirals’ graduating players Luka Milosevic, left; Allan Djordjevic and Drew Booker were honoured before Sunday’s game. It was the final home game of the regular season, won by Amherstburg 6-0 over the Walpole Island Wild. It will be the Amherstburg Admirals and the Mooretown Flags facing off in the first round of the Provincial Junior Hockey League (Junior C) West Stobbs Division playoffs. During a very important past weekend, the Admirals travelled to Mooretown where they c

North Star’s Joshua Grove (32, white jersey) drives to the basket against Catholic Central’s Hudson Hamilton last Tuesday evening. The North Star Wolves junior boys basketball team saw their season come to an end Feb. 10. The Wolves hosted the Catholic Central Comets and took an early lead but the second and third quarters were their undoing en route to a 59-57 loss in the WECSSAA “AA” junior boys preliminary round game. North Star built a 12-4 lead after one quarter and 14-4

Cassidy Carmack sets the ball during the WECSSAA “AA” quarterfinals. North Star won this match but lost in the semi-finals. The season is over for both the senior and junior girls volleyball teams at North Star High School. The seasons for the two teams ended within two days of each other last week. The teams can each take consolation in the fact that they both lost to the top seeds in their respective leagues. Following a stirring preliminary round win in the WECSSAA “AA” se

The North Star Wolves girls hockey team finished their regular season Feb. 9 with a good old-fashioned shootout in a game against Belle River.   The Wolves won the game 8-6 at the Libro Centre. The Wolves opened the scoring at 6:28 on a goal by Cierrah Carter assisted by Daphne MacInnes and Tyler Casey.  A minute-and-a-half later, Kierstyn Baillargeon scored an unassisted goal.  The Wolves went up 3-1 on a goal by Tyler Casey assisted by Aria Pare Belle River narrowed the gap

Boxers with the Fighting Island Boxing Club won three gold, two silver and one bronze medal at the Feb. 5-8 Brampton Cup. Ethan Jimmerfield, Adrian Strong, Harrison Braga, Nick Grimaldi, Kayze Vasic, Dawson Woltz-Raby and Curtis Realba represented the club. The Fighting Island Boxing Club (FIBC) brought seven fighters to the recent Brampton Cup and finished with six medals.  The competition was Feb. 5-8 and saw FIBC fighters earn three gold medals, two silver medals and a bro