David Colburn
ELY – The Timberwolves softball team took the field here last Thursday for the first time in two years and opened a new season with a new coach, Cory Lassi, who is replacing longtime softball coach Tom McDonald. Lassi had stepped away as Ely football coach last fall, but he’s eager to be mentoring the young group of girls representing Ely this year.
Nine of the 20 players on the roster are in seventh or eighth grade, with a relative handful of upper classmen filling out the ranks. Sydni Richards, a longtime starter for Ely, is the lone senior on the team. Four juniors, Katrina Seliskar, Charly Flom, Willow Ohlhauser and Raven Sainio, are joined by sophomores Madeline Kallberg, Kate and Rachel Coughlin, and freshmen Lily Dirks, Brielle Lindland and Sylvia Shock. Middle school teammates include Janae Murphy, Rylee Larsen, Madelyn Moen, Maija Mattson, Bella Davis, Clare Thomas, Ella Perish, Makenzi Huntington and Sadie Rechichi.