Season ends for North Star Wolves girls soccer team

By Ron Giofu

The season is over for the North Star Wolves girls soccer team, though the young team did qualify for the playoffs.

The Wolves travelled to Essex last Thursday afternoon and lost the WECSSAA “AA” playoff game by a 4-0 final score.

North Star had concluded the 2023 regular season last Monday (May 8) with a 2-0 loss on their home field at the Libro Centre to the Tecumseh Vista Academy Vortex, making their first regular season under the North Star banner as 1-4-1.

“We played a very good team,” said North Star head coach Joe Ciliberto.

Ciliberto believed the Wolves played well enough to win, particularly in the first half of the game against Tecumseh Vista Academy.

“I think our girls played tough,” said Ciliberto. “We had a great attitude and we didn’t give up on the ball ever.”

As for the season overall, Ciliberto said the Wolves played tough all year and developed well.

“We didn’t make it easy for teams to get a win against us,” said Ciliberto.

This season’s North Star Wolves girls team was made up with a lot of Grade 9 and 10 players and Ciliberto said having a year under the belts will bode well for the future of the girls soccer program. Only about half-a-dozen seniors will graduate off of this year’s team.

“The foundation of the team next year is going to be solid,” Ciliberto believed. “The returning players are going to be super solid and very competitive.”

The Wolves hoped to cause damage in the playoffs but the results proved otherwise, but North Star maintained a positive attitude throughout the first season at their new school.

North Star High School has two girls hockey all-stars

By RTT Staff

A pair of girls hockey players from North Star High School have been recognized as Windsor-Essex County Secondary School Athletic Association (WECSSAA) all-stars.

Maddy Szewczuk and Mikalah Wilcox were named to the WECSSAA all-star team. Head coach Dan Pettypiece shared the announcement late last week.

“Maddy Szewczuk was our defensive stalwart this season and she also scored the first penalty shot in North Star/

Amherst history. Her dedication and leadership was a great asset to our very young team,” said Pettypiece.

Pettypiece added that Wilcox also played a key role for the Wolves this past season.

“Mikalah Wilcox was asked to play defence early in the season after playing forward her whole career. She helped settle this young group down with her leadership on and off the ice and even lead the team in scoring,” said Pettypiece.

The 2022-23 WECSSAA girls hockey season was the last for Szewczuk and

Wilcox as both will graduate from high school this June.

“Both players will be missed and we wish them the best as they enter the next exciting phases of their lives,” said Pettypiece. “Congratulations Maddy and Mikalah.”

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