With the calendar flipping to May, baseball players from around the area return to the diamond, with the North Central Softball League kicking off at the beginning of the month.
Bantam/Midget
It was an excellent start to the season for Watrous as they kicked off their year with wins in each of their first three contests.
Watrous began their season with a nail biting 9-8 win over Humboldt 1, a 22-7 win over Wadena, and an 11-6 win over Humboldt 2.
Wynyard meanwhile, enjoyed a solid start to the season of their own as they opened up the season with a 2-1 record thanks to an edge-of-your-seat 15-14 win over Wadena, a 24-9 win over Kelvington, and a 15-10 loss to Humboldt 1.
Wadena meanwhile, did not enjoy a great start to the season as they added a 14-5 loss to Humboldt 1 to their losses against Watrous and Wynyard.
Peewee
The biggest of the four leagues is the peewee league, which features 11 teams from eight different communities including Tisdale, Watrous, Humboldt, Wadena, Melfort, Lanigan, Carrot River, and Wynyard.
The Tisdale Riverdogs enjoyed the best start to the season as they piled up wins in each of their first three contests, knocking off Wadena 16-5, Melfort 1 16-8 and the Tisdale Rangers 18-16.
Watrous 1 also started their season in excellent fashion as they picked up wins in each of their first two matchups, upending Lanigan 14-4 and Wynyard 28-8.
Humboldt also started their season with a pair of wins as they beat Melfort 2 11-10 and Lanigan 20-5.
Watrous 2 meanwhile, enjoyed a middling start to their season as they split a pair of contests, knocking off Wynyard 28-14, before losing to Wadena 22-17.
The Tisdale Rangers won the only other game of the week, as they side knocked off Carrot River 28-3.
Squirt
Foam Lake and Wynyard each enjoyed the best starts to the squirt season, as each won their first two contests, with Foam Lake beating Lanigan 1 24-21 and Watrous 18-9, while Wynyard upended Lanigan 2 27-20 and Naicam 12-8.
Wadena and Lanigan 2 rounded out the winning teams from last week as Wadena knocked off Humboldt 16-8 and Lanigan 2 upended Humboldt 22-16.
Mite
The lone division in the league to not contain an undefeated team is the mite division.
While not undefeated, Muenster has enjoyed an excellent start to the season as the squad posted a 3-1 record to start the season thanks to an 11-2 win over Humboldt 2, a 14-4 win over Humboldt 1, a 5-1 win over Humboldt 2, and a 9-2 loss against Wadena.
Lanigan 1 meanwhile, split the first two games of their season, as they suffered a 4-3 setback against Humboldt 1, before beating Wynyard 6-3.
Wynyard meanwhile, picked up the only other win of the week as they upended Wadena 7-5.
