Like last year, the North Star Wolves senior boys basketball team has started the WECSSAA Tier 2 season 0-4.
The Wolves suffered two more losses last week, with the most recent being a 62-54 loss to the Cardinal Carter Cougars last Thursday night in Leamington. Ashton Fevreau scored a game high 22 points but it was not enough as Cardinal Carter would earn their first win of the 2024-25 season.
North Star’s other game of the week was last Tuesday (Dec. 10), and that was in Amherstburg against the visiting Maranatha Panthers. The Wolves stayed competitive early against a strong Maranatha team but Maranatha pulled away and got the 59-34 win.
North Star trailed by six after one quarter against the Panthers but Maranatha had a 39-20 halftime lead and a 57-24 lead after three quarters.
“We just played a really good opponent tonight,” North Star head coach Griffin Muzzin said after the Maranatha game. “They came ready to play. That’s a great basketball team with great players over there.”
Muzzin knew going into Thursday’s game they would need a win to bolster their potential playoff opportunities.
“It’s pretty much do or die for us,” he said after Tuesday’s home game.
Unfortunately for the Wolves, that didn’t come and now they have to dig themselves out of a hole to salvage a playoff berth.
The final regular season game for the Wolves before the Christmas holidays was last night, after this issue of the RTT went to press. North Star travelled to Windsor for a 5:30 p.m. game against the Massey Mustangs.
Their remaining schedule in early 2025 sees the final three out of four games at home, starting Jan. 9 with a 5:30 p.m. game versus the Brennan Cardinals. They travel to Kingsville to play the Erie Migration Coyotes Jan. 14 at 5:30 p.m. then host Essex Jan. 16 at 5:30 p.m. and Windsor Islamic Feb. 4 at 4 p.m.
Sr. Wolves fall to 0-4 after two losses last week
By Ron Giofu
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