Fast forward just under a year, and little has changed when it comes to just getting out and playing the game for the love of the sport.
The 2021 Senior Ladies campaign kicked off on Monday night and saw the Colts take a 14-3 win over the Hustlers, opening what will be a 12-game campaign for the league’s five teams.
“We pushed it back a couple of weeks just based on the work on the diamond, and making sure everything was okay with the Sask Health Authority and all that kind of stuff,” said Caralie Wait, one of the league’s organizers. “With the new update, we’re actually almost back to normal, so we’re really looking forward to another great season.”
Unfortunately, as Wait touched on, things won’t be completely normal at the Caribou Heights park for a little while yet -- a winter water main break led to the city having to move the first-base stands and dig up the affected area. The diamond itself is unharmed, though, meaning there will just be limited seating for the time being.
There are no changes to the league line-up from last season, as the Colts and Hustlers will be joined by the Heat as well as the Moose Jaw Ice Under-19 team and the Assiniboia Aces. The league will play through until the first week of August, when the campaign will come to an end -- like last year, there will be no playoffs as organizers put caution first.
Other than that, it’ll be business as usual the rest of the season.
“It was great,” Wait said of opening night and beyond. “I think everyone is pumped to be back and moving again and see people. It’s been such a crazy last year and a half everyone just wants a chance to get out and do adult things and have some fun.”
League action continues Tuesday night as the Heat take on the Aces (6:30 p.m.), with the remainder of the week’s games seeing the Hustlers battling the Ice on Wednesday (6:30 p.m.), followed by the Colts facing Assiniboia on Thursday (6:30 p.m.).
