The Estevan Tower Wolves kicked off the Saskota Baseball League regular season last week with a bang.
The senior team won their first two games. On May 20, they rallied to defeat the Lampman Pirates 4-1 in Lampman. On Thursday, in their home opener, they thumped the Redvers A's 16-2.
Tower Wolves manager Jordan Fieber said he felt the A's being rusty was a factor in Thursday's game.
"That was their first game of the year. They were rained out Tuesday, and it takes a little bit to get your bats going and everybody playing their position."
Calder Neufeld led the Wolves at the plate, hitting 5-for-5 with a triple and a double.
"Our batting was very good. The whole team was hitting, so that helps a lot," Fieber said.
Dylan Lafrentz started the game on the mound for the Wolves, pitching four innings and allowing one run.
"(When you have) a guy throwing about 80 miles an hour, that's kind of tough to touch," Fieber said.
New addition Andrew Batt came on in relief and allowed one run.
Fieber said it was a boost to the team to cruise to victory in their home opener.
"I think it's a good indicator of how the Wolves' season is going to turn out this year."
In Lampman, meanwhile, the Wolves trailed 1-0 for most of the game before rallying to score four runs in the top of the seventh inning.
"It was a pretty slow start," Fieber said.
Rookie pitcher Austin Halladay was on the mound for Estevan.
After struggling to a last-place 2-14 record last year, Fieber expects the Wolves to bounce back with a strong season.
"We have pretty good expectations. We should be one of the top teams in the league," he said.
"Everybody's played ball before. We've got a lot of guys who have come up through the midget AAA ranks and a couple of guys who came back from college to play with us."
Jolan Lingelbach, Lucas Lafrentz, Tanner Odgers and Halladay are among the former Southeast Twins players to join the team, while Dylan Lafrentz and Kris Keating have returned to the club from the college ranks.
The Wolves were scheduled to host the Carnduff Astros last night. They will visit the Wawota Pats on Thursday and host the Carlyle Cardinals next Tuesday. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at Lynn Prime Park.
