SPORTS

Local sports in and around Aylmer and Elgin County

Racing for first at Straffordville PS

May 8, 2015 | 0 Comments

Junior boys raced across a field at Straffordville Public School during the 400-metre race at a track and field meet, Thursday, May 7. Connor Roberts came in first.

Eagle girls edge WESS

May 7, 2015 | 0 Comments

Alyssa Blair of East Elgin Secondary School, right, corralled the ball and then dribbled past a West Elgin Secondary School defender during a girls soccer game in Aylmer on Wednesday, May 6. East Elgin won 3-1 to improve their Southeast Division record to two wins and one loss.

East Elgin boys blank West Elgin

May 7, 2015 | 0 Comments

East Elgin Secondary School boys soccer player Derek Folkard, right, kept the ball away from a West Elgin Secondary School defender during a  game in Aylmer on Wednesday afternoon, May 6. East Elgin won 4-0 to improve their undefeated Southeast Division record to four wins and no losses and their overall record to 12 wins,…

EESS competes at Kettle Creek meet

May 5, 2015 | 0 Comments

Cassidy Clark, right, of East Elgin Secondary School sprinted to an eighth-place finish in the highly-competitive 100-metre Junior girls sprints during the annual Kettle Creek Invitational track and field meet at Parkside Collegiate Institute in St. Thomas, Saturday, May 2.

Win at tourney for Straffordville PS

May 4, 2015 | 0 Comments

Mackenzie Brackenbury of Straffordville Public School lined up a shot on the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Public School net during a championship tournament for local elementary School basketball teams at Parkside Collegiate Institute, Thursday, April 30. Straffordville won this game 17-14.

Elementary girls play hoops at EESS

May 4, 2015 | 0 Comments

Springfield Public School’s Kayla Voros, left, was chased by South Dorchester’s Kaleigh Kummer when their teams met during the final regional Junior elementary school girls basketball tournament of the season at East Elgin Secondary School in Aylmer on Friday afternoon, May 1. East Elgin also hosted the final regional elementary school boys tournament of the…

New Sarum makes tournament final

May 4, 2015 | 0 Comments

Springfield Public School Junior boys basketball player Evan Jones tried to jump past New Sarum Public School’s Evan Jones in an attempt to make a shot during their season-ending regional tournament at East Elgin Secondary School in Aylmer on Friday afternoon, May 1. New Sarum won that game and later qualified for the championship final…

Eighteen wrestling medals for Davenport

May 4, 2015 | 0 Comments

Christian Bailey of Davenport Public School applied a half-nelson to an opponent during Thames Valley District elementary wrestling championships in London, Thursday, April 1. Davenport sent 26 wrestlers to the meet and came home with 18 medals.

EESS boys three for four at Gemini Cup

May 4, 2015 | 0 Comments

Justin Grunsell of East Elgin Secondary School kicked the ball away from a London Laurier player during the annual Gemini Cup soccer tournament in Tillsonburg, Friday, May 1. EESS won three of its four games that day.

Weather ideal for annual fishing derby

May 3, 2015 | 0 Comments

Young anglers with some experienced advice tried their luck during the Mahlon Hale Children’s Fishing Derby at the East Elgin Sportsmen’s Association pond northeast of Aylmer on Saturday morning, May 2. Several children and their parents, grandparents and other family members attended the event. Children under age 16 could fish for free.

First track meet of the season

April 24, 2015 | 0 Comments

Amanda Milmine, left, of East Elgin Secondary School raced a Medway Secondary School runner during Senior girls 100-metre sprints at the first track and field meet of the season at Regina Mundi College in London, Friday, April 24. Weather for the event was both cold and windy.

Trout season starts at Springwater

April 24, 2015 | 0 Comments

Catfish Creek Conservation Authority Conservation Areas Supervisor Ed Pietrzak helped stock Springwater Pond with Rainbow trout on Friday morning, April 24 leading up to the start of fishing season the next day (Saturday, April 25) starting at 6 a.m. The trout were supplied by Rainbow Springs Trout Hatchery of Thamesford through the annual $1,000 donation…