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Brandy Aspden of East Elgin Secondary School looked for a teammate to pass to under the host Central Elgin Collegiate Institute net during the first Junior girls basketball game of the regular season on Thursdsay, Oct. 1. EESS won the game 52-15.

Host Aylmer Spitfires Junior C hockey team’s Kyle Dicicco rushed the puck up the ice toward the North Middlesex net during the season home-opener for the Spitfires at East Elgin Community Complex, Saturday night, Sept. 26. Aylmer recorded its third straight win of the young season with a 6-0 victory.

Lisa Rioux finished second in Senior Keyhole with a time of 14.876 seconds during the final show of the season for Evergreen Meadows Saddle Club at Aylmer Fairgrounds, Sunday, Sept. 27. Competitors had to ride through a slot of plastic buckets and then make a tight turn before racing back to the finish line. The…

Grade 9 student Spencer Scott, 13, of the “Purple Porcupines” team limboed his way under a hockey stick while balancing water on his head during “Fill the Cup,” one of the games in East Elgin Secondary School’s annual Eagle Olympics in Aylmer’s Optimist Park, Friday, Sept. 25. The event is held each year to welcome…

Tyler Giesbrecht of East Elgin Secondary School set the ball during a game against host Arthur Voaden Secondary School in St. Thomas on Thursday, Sept. 24. EESS won the exhibition match four games to one.

Shelby Kampers of host East Elgin Secondary School looked for a teammate to pass to under the Arthur Voaden Secondary School net during a Senior girls exhibition basketball game on Thursday, Sept. 24. EESS won the game 42-10.

Maya Allen of host East Elgin Secondary School passed to a teammate during a Junior girls exhibition basketball game against Central Elgin Collegiate Institute on Tuesday, Sept. 22. EESS won the game.

Aaliyah McConnell of London rode her horse Quincy’s Glamour Bar in the Open Hunt Seat Equitation class during the Rusty Gaits Saddle Club horse show at Aylmer Fairgrounds on Sunday morning, Sept. 20. The show was the last one of the 2015 season for the club.