Wolves boys soccer team defeats Assumption for their first win of the season

By Ron Giofu

The North Star Wolves boys soccer team picked up its first win of the 2023 season last week.

The Wolves improved to 1-0-1 thanks to a 1-0 victory over the visiting Assumption Purple Raiders last Wednesday afternoon at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg.

Kohen Sieben picked up the lone goal of the match with Ryan Reid recording the shutout for North Star.

“We’ve got a good group of seniors,” said North Star head coach Gavin Blunt. “The boys are working hard and playing very good soccer right now.”

Blunt said he and the other coaches expect this year’s Wolves team to do well this season and compete with any team in the league.

North Star is grouped with the WECSSAA city group division this season along with Kennedy, Assumption, Lajeunesse, Catholic Central and Windsor Islamic.

As the season progresses, Blunt said the expectation is for the team to continue to improve.

Blunt was encouraged that they tied a good Kennedy team and defeated Assumption, a team he believes is just as good as Kennedy.

“We had our chances,” he said of the game against Assumption.

There is a good leadership group with this year’s North Star team, with Blunt adding they are strong defensively.

The Wolves returned to the pitch Monday afternoon with a home game against Windsor Islamic. The Wolves improved to 2-0-1 with a 6-2 win. Colin Hebert scored twice for North Star with Noah Mathieson, Elyaas Ayaad, Sieben, and Declan Veldhuis also scoring.

There are three more regular season games left on the Wolves’ schedule, with the next one being next Monday at the Libro Centre against the

They follow that with their only road game of the season this Wednesday as they play Catholic Central in a game that will be held at Holy Names. The regular season wraps up May 1 with a home game versus Lajeunesse at the Libro Centre.

All games are at 4 p.m.