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After teammate Kendra Cornelissen of host East Elgin Secondary School won the tip-off at the start of a Thames Valley Southeast Senior girls basketball semifinal Tuesday, Nov. 10, Amanda Milmine, pictured, grabbed the ball and scored her team’s first two points. EESS would go on to win 38-18, and will play in a final at…

Linda Nagelhout of host East Elgin Secondary School scored a two-pointer late in a Thames Valley Southeast Junior girls basketball semifinal game against Woodstock Huron Park, Thursday night, Nov. 10. Huron Park put up a scrappy fight but EESS won 40-25 to advance to a final in Aylmer against Woodstock Collegiate Institute, Tuesday, Nov. 15,…

East Elgin Secondary School’s Junior and Senior girls basketball teams will play in Thames Valley Southeast semifinals at home on Thursday, after a pair of victories in quarterfinals at EESS Tuesday. Here, Maya Allen of East Elgin’s Senior squad charged past an Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute defender on the way to her team’s 30-9 victory.…

Goalie Andrew Harriman-Duke of Aylmer Spitfires Junior C hockey team gloved a Thamesford shot, then dumped it out again, during a game against Thamesford at East Elgin Community Complex, Saturday night, Nov. 5. Aylmer won 5-2 and now has a record of 11 wins, four losses and one tie, putting it in second place in…

East Elgin Secondary School’s Junior and Senior girls basketball teams and Junior football team all completed their regular seasons this year without a single defeat, and are now going into playoffs. EESS is expected to host Southeast basketball championships all the way through finals, if they keep winning. The Senior team, which was also undefeated…

Travis Zacharias of the host Davenport Public School Junior volleyball squad had to drop to his knees in an attempt to dig the ball up to a teammate during a game versus Springfield Public School on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 3. Springfield PS won the first game 25-20 while Davenport PS rebounded to take the second game…

David Friesen of host East Elgin Secondary School brought down the London Saunders kicker after he fumbled the snap for a punt during a Junior boys football game on Thursday, Oct. 27. EESS won 19-0, giving it a perfect record of four wins and no losses this season, with one game left before playoffs.

Linda Nagelhout of East Elgin Secondary School passed to a teammate during a game against host Parkside Collegiate Institute on Thursday, Oct. 27. EESS won 40-27 to extend its perfect season to eight victories so far, putting it in top spot in Thames Valley Region Southeast. One game remains in the regular season before the…

Brandy Aspden of East Elgin Secondary School drove on the host Parkside Collegiate Institute hoop during a Senior girls basketball game on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 27. EESS won 57-29 to extend its perfect season to eight wins so far. With one game left before playoffs, East Elgin has already clinched the top spot in Thames…