After a few years’ absence, girls softball returned to Ladysmith this past spring with three teams — Squirt, Peewee and Midget. Pictured here is the Ladysmith Angels U12 (Squirt) girls’ team, which participated in the Vancouver Island Regional U12C year-end tournament in Langford June 21-22. “The team consisted of mostly first time players, and the girls showed huge improvement over the year, culminating in a respectable eighth place finish out of the 13 teams that entered the Langford tournament,” said coach Kent Krauza. “There is a great amount of enthusiasm over having girl’s softball back in Ladysmith, and our association anticipates having a large growth in enrolment for next spring. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing what our girls will do next year.”