Posts by Rob Perry
Polar bear dip for charity
Mike Warnock, district manager for Liquor Control Board of Ontario, sank back into the icy waters of Lake Erie, just off Port Burwell’s East Beach, as he and Grand Bend Manager Dave Holmes fulfilled a promise Friday, Jan. 13, to go for a polar bear dip if employees raised over $500 of their own money…
Read MoreLunging for the save
Morgan Blair of host East Elgin Secondary School tried for a lunging save, which failed, just moments after a similar move that ended successfully, during a Senior girls vollebyall game against Parkside Collegiate Institute, Thursday, Jan. 12. EESS lost the match one game to three.
Read MorePCI sweeps EESS in Junior volleyball
Ali VanGorp of host East Elgin Secondary School was on tiptoes as she dug a Parkside Collegiate Insitute serve during a Junior girls volleyball game on Thursday, Jan. 12. PCI swept the match in three straight games.
Read MoreEESS boys edge Central Elgin 4-3
Dylan Brower of East Elgin Secondary School played with the puck as he helped kill a penalty on teammate Hunter Luscombe, in the box, during a boys hockey game against host Central Elgin Collegiate Institute at the Timken Community Centre in St. Thomas, Wednesday, Jan. 11. EESS won the game by a nose, 4-3.
Read MoreLast-minute goal saves win for EESS girls
Rayah Wilson of host East Elgin Secondary School got tangled up with a Woodstock Collegiate Institute player during a girls hockey game at East Elgin Community Complex, Thursday morning, Jan. 12. EESS led comfortably 3-1 in the third period when Woodstock woke up and launched intense attacks, tying the game with 1:30 left. But East…
Read MoreElgin complains about STEGH changes
Elgin councillors, at a meeting Tuesday, Jan. 10, voted unanimously to send a letter of protest to St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital board over its decisions to remove representatives nominated by county and St. Thomas city councils, replacing them with appointees from the general public. Central Elgin Mayor David Marr said Elgin and St. Thomas…
Read MoreSpitfires down Sailors 4-2
Kyle Hopper, left, of Port Stanley Sailors made a lunging shot that bounced off the right kneepad of Aylmer Spitfires goalie Andrew Harriman-Duke during a hardfought Junior C hockey game at East Elgin Community Complex on Wednesday night, Jan. 4. Hopper had scored Port Stanley’s first goal, giving his team the lead during part of…
Read MoreFamilies welcome 2017 at Complex
Skaters took to one of the ice rinks at East Elgin Community Complex Saturday night, Dec. 31, as it hosted its annual Family New Year’s Eve celebration from 6 to 9 p.m. In addition to inflatable amusements, craft tables and face painting, a cake marking the start of Canada 150 events in 2017 was cut.
Read MoreStrumming a tune at holiday concert
Darren Neusteter, left, Justice Csinos and Owen Gillet of Davenport Public School’s Grade 8 Guitar Ensemble played Humoresque, Triston, Never on Sunday, Elegy and Sticks and Stones during a Christmas concert on Wednesday, Dec. 21. The school’s choir and rock band also performed.
Read MoreGoal scored but game lost
Bre Thompson, left, of host East Elgin Secondary School patted the head of teammate Sarah Huctwith after she tallied EESS’s first goal in a game against Woodstock Huron Park at East Elgin Community Complex, tying the score at 1-1, Thursday, Dec. 22. But HPSS would go on to win 6-2.
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