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Audrey Froese of Straffordville Public School stretched for a rebound during a Thames Valley Regional “AA” final against host Mitchell Hepburn Public School in St. Thomas on Thursday, Feb. 25. Straffordville won the game 29-23 in overtime to take the championship.

Darren Catt of East Elgin Secondary School passed the ball despite the efforts of a host Beal Secondary School defender during the opening game of a WOSSAA “AAA” championship tournament in London on Thursday, Feb. 25. EESS lost that game by a wide margin, but seemed to be having better luck in the bronze-medal match…

Tori Vanderspank of East Elgin Secondary School slapped the ball back over the net during a game against Saunders Secondary in a WOSSAA AAA Senior girls volleyball championship tournament at Catholic Central High School in London, Thursday, Feb. 25. EESS lost to Saunders but defeated host CCH to win the bronze medal.

Five East Elgin Secondary School teams will be competing at WOSSAA AAA tournaments, four in London and one in Aylmer, over the next week. EESS’s Senior girls volleyball team will play an opening game at a tournament hosted by London’s Catholic Central High on Thursday, Feb. 25, at 1 p.m. Depending on how the team…

Kendra Horlick of East Elgin Secondary School came perilously close to tumbling backward onto her coaches as she sought to save a shot during a Thames Valley Southeast Senior girls volleyball semifinal against Woodstock College Avenue Secondary School at Parkside Collegiate Institute, Tuesday, Feb. 23. EESS lost the match in three straight games.

Cooper VanVlaanderen of East Elgin Secondary School made a desperate last-second toss for the Parkside Collegiate Institute basket during the Thames Valley Southeast Senior boys basketball championship at Huron Park Secondary School in Woodstock, Monday night, Feb. 22. The struggle between the two evenly-matched teams was titanic, but Parkside came out on top in the…

Mitch Bakker of host East Elgin Secondary School flipped the puck past the Woodstock Huron Park goalie to tally his team’s first goal during a Thames Valley Southeast semifinal at East Elgin Community Complex on Thursday, Feb. 18. Matt Nezezon and Zach Sporbeck also scored for EESS, but it wasn’t quite enough, as Woodstock took…

Shelden Guenther of host East Elgin Secondary School shot for the Arthur Voaden Secondary School basket during a Thames Valley Southeast Senior boys basketball quarterfinal on Tuesday, Feb. 16. EESS won 64-38 to advance to a semifinal against Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute on Thursday, Feb. 18, , which the Eagles won 51-41. The undefeated East Elgin…

Erik Scherer of host East Elgin Secondary School rushed the puck down the ice during the first game of a best-of-three Thames Valley Southeast boys hockey quarterfinal series against Glencoe District High School at East Elgin Community Complex, Tuesday, Feb. 9. EESS blanked Glencoe 8-0, with goalie Sebestian Graham earning the shutout. Mitch Bakker scored…