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EESS football Jrs. overwhelm London Saunders 33-7

Quarterback Leo Centeno of East Elgin Secondary School, unable to find anyone else to give the ball to, ran it in himself during the second quarter of a Thames Valley Regional Central Junior football semifinal against London Saunders at City Wide Sports Park in London, Thursday, Nov. 19. EESS won the game 33-7.

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East Elgin Seniors win Southeast Senior basketball

Abbey Taylor of East Elgin Secondary School sneaked a pass around a host Lord Dorchester Secondary School defender during the Thames Valley Southeast Senior girls championship on Tuesday night, Nov. 17. EESS led most of the game, but the battle was a seesaw one, with LDSS constantly threatening. A three-pointer by Kendra Cornelissen with just…

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Bantam Flames doused by Hanover

Aylmer Flames Bantam Rep hockey player Trenton Masschaele, front (with puck), tried to fend off a Hanover attacker during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Friday afternoon, Nov. 13, part of the first day of the annual Aylmer Minor Hockey Association Fall Rep Challenge Tournament. Aylmer lost their first game of the tournament…

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Clearing the zone

Aylmer Flames Peewee Rep hockey player Nolan Wiebe (#16) shot the puck out of the defensive zone and away from his goalie Chris Worrall during a game versus Thamesford at the Aylmer Minor Hockey Association Fall Rep Challenge Tournament at East Elgin Community Complex on Friday, Nov. 13. The game ended in a 1-1 tie.…

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Senior Eagles rack up 67-20 basketball semifinal win

Brianne Brix of East Elgin Secondary School reacted as her shot on the Woodstock Collegiate Institute net was knocked away by defenders in a Thames Valley Southeast Senior girls semifinal in Dorchester on Thursday, Nov. 12. WCI looked at first ready to give EESS a tough game, but then East Elgin shooters began rolling up…

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Junior Eagles fall in hardfought basketball semifinal

Maya Allen of East Elgin Secondary School was clotheslined by a Woodstock Huron Park Secondary School defender during a Thames Valley Regional Southeast Junior girls basketball semifinal in Dorchester on Thursday, Nov. 12. EESS trailed 4-20 at the end of the first quarter, yet somehow managed to fight back to within one point of HPSS late…

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EESS football Seniors blank Medway 18-0

Wylie Dowson of host East Elgin Secondary School threw himself on an erratically bouncing ball from a London Medway Secondary School kickoff during a Thames Valley Regional Central Senior boys football quarterfinal on Thursday, Nov. 12. EESS marched to an 18-0 win. East Elgin will play London Oakridge in a semifinal at City Wide Sports Park…

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Football Juniors steamroll Oakridge 58-0

Darren Catt of host East Elgin Secondary School ran in the first of many touchdowns his team scored during a Thames Valley Regional Central Junior quarterfinal against London Oakridge, Thursday, Nov. 12. EESS won the game 58-0. East Elgin will play London Saunders in a semifinal at City Wide Sports Park in London on Thursday, Nov.…

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Football playoffs start Thursday, Nov. 12

East Elgin Secondary School’s Junior and Senior  football teams will take to their home field on Thursday, Nov. 12, in the first round of Thames Valley Regional playoffs. The Juniors, with a record of four wins and two losses, will take on London Oakridge, which is 1-5 for the regular season, at 12 noon. The…

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Senior Eagles head to basketball semifinal

A grinning Kendra Horlick of host East Elgin Secondary School, on a breakaway, shot at the West Elgin Secondary School hoop during a Thames Valley South quarterfinal on Tuesday, Nov. 10. EESS won by a big margin to advance to a “crossover” Southeast semifinal against Woodstock Collegiate Institute at Dorchester Community Centre on Thursday, Nov. 12,…

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