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BAD Bantam B takes down Stratford 3-1
Logan Root of host BAD (Belmont-Aylmer-Dorchester) Girls Blazers Bantam B team hustled the puck down the ice during a game against Stratford Aces at East Elgin Community Complex on Friday night, Feb. 24. Blazers won the game 3-1.
Read MoreNovice Rep team wins game 1 of OMHA semifinal series
Shane Neusteter celebrated after scoring a goal for his Aylmer Minor Hockey Association Novice Rep team during the opening game of a best-of-five Ontario Minor Hockey Association semifinal series against Delhi at East Elgin Community Complex, Friday night, Feb. 24. Aylmer edged Delhi 4-3 for the win. Game 2 is in Delhi on Saturday, Feb.…
Read MoreEESS Senior boys at WOSSAA
Cooper VanVlaanderen of East Elgin Secondary School took a last-second shot at the Beal Secondary School net just before the half of the opening game of a WOSSAA “AAA” Senior boys basketball championship tournament in London, Thursday, Feb. 23. EESS lost that game 60-37, and then, in a narrower defeated, was bested 64-56 by host…
Read MoreComplex hosts Skate Canada WOS competition
Aylmer Skating Club member Isabelle Chipchase-Row competed in a STAR 5 13+ Women flight during the 2017 Skate Canada Western Ontario Section (WOS) STARSkate Championships and Adult Showcase hosted at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday, Feb. 18. Starting on Friday afternoon and wrapping up on Sunday evening, the event was a qualifier for the…
Read MoreJunior Eagles knocked out of playoffs
Ali Van Gorp of East Elgin Secondary School dug a Woodstock College Avenue Secondary School serve during a Thames Valley Regional Southeast Junior girls volleyball semifinal at Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute, Thursday, Feb. 16. CASS won the match in three straight games.
Read MoreEESS curlers easily take Lord Dorchester
Top photo: East Elgin Secondary School boys curler Branden Blakely threw a rock during a practice at the Aylmer Curling Club on Wednesday, Feb. 8. On an adjacent sheet, another EESS rink defeated Lord Dorchester Secondary School 10-0 to improve their record to six wins and two losses, good for third place in the South East varsity…
Read MoreSpitfires sweep Sailors in quarterfinal series
Aylmer Spitfires Junior C hockey team made short work of Port Stanley Sailors in their best-of-seven quarterfinal playoff series over the last week. Aylmer won 5-2 in the opening game Wednesday, Feb. 8, 5-2 again on Friday, Feb. 10, 9-4 in game 3 Saturday, Feb. 11, and 4-1 in game 4 Sunday, Feb. 12. Spitfires…
Read MoreEESS boys takes first win in three-game series
Trenton Masschaele of host East Elgin Secondary School rounded up the puck during the opener of a Thames Valley Regional Southeast boys hockey three-game quarterfinal series against West Elgin Secondary School at East Elgin Community Complex, Thursday, Feb. 9. West Elgin seemed in charge in the first half of the game, but EESS came back…
Read MoreHPSS ousts EESS Junior boys 45-40
Darren Catt of host East Elgin Secondary School fired a three-pointer during a Thames Valley Regional Southeast Junior boys basketball quarterfinal against Woodstock’s Huron Park Secondary School on Thursday, Feb. 9. Huron Park won 45-40 to advance, while EESS is out of Southeast playoffs.
Read MoreEESS Junior girls advance to semifinals
Lauren Cattrysse of host East Elgin Secondary School set the ball during a Thames Valley Regional Southeast Junior girls volleyball quarterfinal against Woodstock Collegiate Institute, Thursday, Feb. 9. EESS swept the match in three straight games to advance to semifinals to be played Thursday, Feb. 16, at a yet to be determined site.
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