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Alan Wall of host East Elgin Secondary School’s Senior boys basketball team drove past Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute defenders during a game on Thursday, Dec. 7. EESS won 51-31. (AE/Rob Perry)

East Elgin Secondary School’s Senior girls basketball squad celebrated after winning the WOSSAA AA championship tournament at London South Collegiate Institute on Wednesday night, Nov. 15. The final was a rematch from the Thames Valley Southeast final, with EESS taking on Woodstock College Avenue Secondary School in a hard-fought and physically-rough game. East Elgin won…

Ellery Beilhartz of East Elgin Secondary School drove toward the St. Joseph’s Catholic Secondary School hoop during a Thames Valley Southeast semifinal on Tuesday, Nov. 7, in EESS’s newly-refurbished main gym. East Elgin won the game 51-34 and will host the Southeast final against Woodstock’s College Avenue Secondary School on Thursday, Nov. 9, starting at…

Zack Hassan of host East Elgin Minor Hockey’s “Attack” Under 15 team rushed the puck toward the South Huron goal during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Sunday, Oct. 15. East Elgin won the game handily, 6-0. Goals included: Owen Spicer assisted by Ethan VanWychen; Jared Shewan from Cooper Walcarius; Spicer from Shewan;…

Mason Craftchick of host Aylmer Minor Hockey’s Under 13 Local League black team hustled up the rink, pursued by a South Huron player, during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday, Oct. 14. The game ended in a 3-3 tie, with each team scoring in the last minute of play. (AE/Rob Perr)

Nathan Fisher of host Aylmer Minor Hockey’s U8/9 team tried to cut through traffic to get a shot at a St. Thomas goalie during games at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 7. Temporary boards divided the rink in two, allowing more players on the ice at one time, and no official score…

Lilly Allen of host East Elgin Secondary School turned to drive back to the Woodstock Collegiate Institute hoop during a Senior girls basketball game in EESS old gym on Thursday, Oct. 5. EESS won handily, 57-26, and has a perfect record of four wins and no losses so far this season. (AE/Hayden King)

Host East Elgin Secondary School’s Senior football quarterback Gavin Russell tossed a pass during a game under the lights against Tillsonburg Glendale in on-and-off drizzle on Thursday night, Sept. 28. EESS led 7-2 at the half, but surged in the last two quarters for a 23-8 victory. (AE/Rob Perry)

Brooke Preszcator of host East Elgin Secondary School kept a grip of the ball despite the efforts of a St. Joseph’s Catholic High School defender during a Senior girls basketball game in EESS’s old gym on Tuesday, Sept. 26. East, which won 42-15, was forced to host the game on a much smaller court because…

Forward Theoron Morrison of the Aylmer Spitfires Junior hockey game stretched for but couldn’t quite reach a puck loose in Dorchester’s end in Aylmer’s season home-opener at East Elgin Community Complex on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 17. Dorchester took the win 4-2. (AE/Rob Perry)