It appears senior baseball will be played in Estevan this year after all.
The existence of the Estevan Tower Wolves was in serious jeopardy earlier this spring when no one could be found to manage the Saskota Baseball League team. They also didn't have enough players.
It seems both issues have been resolved.
Layne Wolos will be running the Wolves this year. He said he didn't want to see the team miss a year or more in the Saskota league.
"I just feel the guys have given up their time in the past to look after it, and it's one of those things where you don't want to let it get to the point where it falls by the wayside. I talked to some of the guys and we thought we had enough players to put together a team," said Wolos.
"We've got some younger players coming up from midget next year, six or seven of them, so we felt that if we could keep the team going that there would be more the next year."
The Wolves play their first regular season game on May 23 against the Arcola Threshers.
The team has 14 players right now, though they are looking for more. Anyone interested in suiting up is asked to contact Wolos at 306-421-4247. The Wolves will be holding open practices in the near future.
Wolos said another factor in keeping the team going was that the players didn't want to let the diamonds at Lynn Prime Park go underused.
"With the new ball diamond being (put) in place a few years ago, a lot of guys felt, being a community thing, that we wanted to keep it going. We've had a competitive team in the past, and it's always good to keep things going so (playing on a senior team) is an option for future players," he said.
