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Spitfires edged by Navy Vets
Tanner Rickwood of the Aylmer Jr. C Spitfires hockey club, left, tried to keep Oliver Wieringa of the Woodstock Navy Vets from taking the puck to the front of the Aylmer net during the first exhibition game of the season at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday evening, Aug. 20. The Spitfires lost 2-1. Shane…
Read MoreCam’s Heating and Air take U13 soccer tourney
Kassi DeVos of Cam’s Heating and Air, left, battled for the ball with ETBO Tool and Die’s Ethan Bagel while Ms. DeVos’s teammate Percy Thompson looked on during the championship final game of the U13 Division East Elgin Youth Soccer Cup season-ending tournament at Columbus Park south of Aylmer on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 20. Cam’s…
Read MoreBelmont U18 girls are West London champs
Kendra Horlick of the Belmont Westminster Insurance Under 18 girls soccer team raced to recover the ball after threatening the East London Future Stars net during the championship game for the West London Soccer league on Sunday afternoon, August 21. Belmont scored early in the game and nursed a 1-0 lead until late in the second…
Read MoreA little “dab” will do you
The Cam’s Heating and Air Conditioning team celebrated winning the Under 13 regular season championship for East Elgin Youth Soccer with a “dab” at Columbus Park on Thursday, Aug. 18. The dab is a hip-hop dance move, described as looking like someone is sneezing into his or her elbow, that’s seemingly been adopted by sports…
Read MoreSeason’s last meet at Aylmer Pool
Tyler Smith of host Aylmer Pool backstroked through the water during boys 8 and Under race on Wednesday night, Aug. 17. Aylmer took on Strathroy, but no winner emerged because a thunderstorm brought the meet, the last here of the season, to a premature end.
Read MoreKeeping cool in Springfield
Helper Emmalee McClintock-Clutz, left, poured chocolate syrup on Abigail Friesen’s sundae during a Springfield library Summer Reading Club session on Thursday morning, Aug. 11. The frozen treats offered relief from hot, humid weather that day.
Read MoreAylmer Alligators win another meet
Aylmer Alligators swim team member Lilah Goodwin jumped into the water to start her girls six and under butterfly stroke heat during a swim meet at the Aylmer outdoor pool on Wednesday evening, Aug. 10. The Alligators, with 439 accumulated points, won the competition against a team from Woodstock that had 138 total points. The…
Read MoreBanger Race entry getting prettied up
Shalem Hernandez, left, Austin Cook, Jordan Steele, Gregory Killough, Joshua Hernandez, Mackenzie Steele, Ilse Kloosterman, Mark Kloosterman and Justin Kloosterman of Springfield library’s Summer Reading Club started painting an old Buick donated by Elgin Auto of Aylmer on Monday, August 8. They’re helping prepare it for a “Garage Challenge Banger Race” at Aylmer Fair Friday…
Read MoreBelmont Van Bommel falls to Curney Mechanical
Chantal Devries of host Belmont Van Bommel Farms Under 16 girls team used her knee to control the ball during a West London Soccer League game against East London’s Curney Mechanical on Thursday, Aug. 4. Curney took the win 2-1.
Read MoreBanging out a hit at MCP
Katie Behman of host Springfield Brewers Under 10 Girls team connected for a hit during a game against Kitchener Klassics at Malahide Community Place on Tuesday night, Aug. 2. Kitchener wound up on top of the scoreboard.
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