Posts by Rob Perry
Port Stanley greets the Santa season
Mike Maginn of Talbot Trail ATV Club was just one of several specially-decorated entries from club members participating in the annual Dickens Days Parade to welcome Santa Claus to Port Stanley on Friday night, Nov. 30. While many of the roads outside the village were foggy, inside the community the weather was clear for the…
Read MoreSr. Eagles down Glencoe
Reece DeJong of host East Elgin Secondary School fired a shot at the Glencoe hoop during a Senior boys basketball game on Thursday, Nov. 29. EESS won that game handily 47-28, but the previous day had just squeaked by Parkside Collegiate Institute 40-38 in the season-opener for the two schools.
Read MoreParkside edges out EESS
Kyler Parke of host East Elgin Secondary School took at shot at the Parkside Collegiate Institute hoop during a Junior boys basketball game on Wednesday, Nov. 28. EESS led throughout the game until the waning seconds, when PCI scored five points, including three from foul shots, to take the win 53-52.
Read MoreAMHA hosting regional Silver Stick
Phillip Peters of host Aylmer Minor Hockey’s atom team rushed the puck down the ice toward the Lambton Shores goal during a regional Silver Stick tournament game at East Elgin Community Complex on Friday, Nov. 16. A total of 32 teams from as far away as Barrie are participating in four age division. (AE/Rob Perry)
Read MoreWOSSAA bronze for Junior Eagles
Johannah Walker of East Elgin Secondary School kept a stray ball from going out of bounds during the bronze-medal game of the WOSSAA Junior girls “AA” basketball tournament in Stratford on Tuesday, Nov. 13. EESS handily defeated Wingham’s F.E. Madill Secondary School 43-15 for the win. Earlier, East Elgin lost a nail-biter in the opening…
Read MoreJunior Eagles win football consolation final
Matt Peters of East Elgin Secondary School ran back a Clarke Road Secondary School pass he intercepted during the Thames Valley Region Central Junior boys football consolation final in London on Wednesday, Nov. 7. EESS handily won the game, played in cold, wet, windy weather, 41-6.
Read MoreJr. Eagles win Southeast
Abby DeCoutere of host East Elgin Secondary School looked for a teammate to pass to during the Thames Valley Regional Southeast AA championship game against Woodstock College Avenue on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 6. EESS won 39-29 to advance to WOSSAA in Stratford on Tuesday, Nov. 13. Skye Martineau led EESS scoring with 23 points, followed…
Read MoreJr. Eagles in football, basketball finals
East ElginSecondary School’s Junior boys football and girls basketball teams will vie for Thames Valley Regional titles this week. The Junior girls will host the Thames Valley Southeast “AA” final against College Avenue Secondary School on Tuesday, Nov. 6, starting at 3 p.m. The boys football team will meet Clarke Road Secondary School in a…
Read MoreJunior Eagles in basketball final
Abbi DeCoutere of host East Elgin Secondary School fired a shot at the Tillsonburg Glendale hoop during a Thames Valley Southeast Junior girls semifinal on Thursday, Nov. 1. EESS won handily, 40-16, to advance to host the AA final against Woodstock College Avenue on Tuesday, Nov. 6, tentatively at 3 p.m.
Read MoreCE recount–same result as election day
Central Elgin announced late Thursday afternoon, Nov. 1, that a recount ordered for the top two finishers in the race for deputy mayor in the Oct. 22 municipal election had resulted in no change. The recount confirmed that winner Tom Marks had received 1,546 votes and Steve Carr 1,541. Central Elgin councillors had on Monday…
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