INUVIK - Brian Edwards is hoping his team wins the championship but that's not the only reason he'll be playing ball this summer.

"You just want to get out and have fun and get some exercise. I want to meet some more people and maybe have a couple of beers," Edwards said with a laugh.

Brian Edwards swings for the fences at his team practice on the ball diamond Monday. His team will be competing in the town's co-ed slo-pitch league scheduled to start June 2. - Andrew Rankin/NNSL photos

His squad is among six teams currently expected to register for the Inuvik coed slo-pitch league scheduled to start June 2. The league is re-emerging after a two-year hiatus.

Edwards said it's been a few years since he's played organized ball but when the invitation came from his girlfriend, he figured, why not?

"I got a phone call today saying we have a practice today. I thought 'all right,'" he said. "It's going to be a lot of fun."

His teammate Matthew Armstrong sits on the league's six-person executive board. Armstrong said he's been pleased by the interest shown for the league thus far. He's expecting at least six teams to register but is hoping for eight.

"We decided we wanted to start the league up again," said Armstrong. "We want it to be competitive but we also want it to be fun, getting people out to enjoy the summer."

Teams must pay a $500 registration fee at the ball field on May 31 at 7 p.m. Team members are asked to show up to help out with cleaning up the ball field.

League games will fall on Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays with playoffs expected to start in August. The rules state every team must have three female starters for each game.

Armstrong said a couple of summertime tournaments are being planned.

An on and off resident for nine years, Armstrong said he played in the former town league from 2001 to 2006. This year he decided to pitch in on an executive level as a way to give back to the league.

"I have the time," he said. "It takes some effort to run the league and I've always appreciated people doing it in the past."