Posts by Rob Perry
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.…
Read MoreFootball 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…
Read MoreSenior 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,…
Read MoreJunior Eagles advance to basketball semifinal
Ali VanGorp of host East Elgin Secondary School passed to teammate Indigo Donelan from under the Woodstock Collegiate Institute net during a Thames Valley Southeast Junior girls basketball quarterfinal on Tuesday, Nov. 10. EESS cruised to a 34-13 win, and will take on Woodstock Huron Park in a semifinal at Dorchester Community Centre on Thursday,…
Read MoreJunior volleyball pits Springfield against New Sarum
Julie Nagelhout of host Springfield Public School served during a volleyball game against New Sarum Public School on Monday, Nov. 9. The Junior league is for local elementary pupils in Grades 4 through 6 and, while scores are kept, the emphasis is on developing skills and having fun.
Read MoreRemembrance Day services start with Port Stanley’s
Members of the Optimist Club and Lions and Lioness clubs turned out to march in the parade to the Port Stanley Cenotaph for a Remembrance Day service on Sunday morning, Nov. 8. A large crowd turned out for the event, organized by Last Post Branch 410, Royal Canadian Legion. A service was held in Vienna…
Read MoreEESS Juniors best AVSS, on to volleyball playoffs
Tyler Giesbrecht of East Elgin Secondary School set up the ball for a teammate during a Junior boys volleyball game against host Arthur Voaden Secondary School in St. Thomas, Tuesday, Nov. 3. EESS won the match three games to one. Ranked fifth in Thames Valley South, East Elgin was to play fourth-ranked Glencoe District High…
Read MoreNew plan for Vienna Bridge on Edison Drive
Elgin County councillors on Tuesday, Oct. 27, abandoned their plan to abandon the 107-year-old Edison Drive Bridge. Now, instead of installing a new access road to serve properties north of the bridge, previously seen as the cheapest alternative until environmental studies threw in some complications, they want to replace the existing structure with a “modular…
Read MoreEESS Senior boys sweep AVSS, advance to playoffs
Marcus Enns of East Elgin Secondary School’s Senior boys volleyball team bumped the ball during a game against host Arthur Voaden Secondary School in St. Thomas on Tuesday, Nov. 3. EESS won in three straight games and, fourth-ranked at the end of the Thames Valley Regional South regular season, will take on third-place Parkside Collegiate Institute…
Read MoreSr. Eagles victorious at basketball tourney
Chelsea Zavitz of East Elgin Secondary School made a shot on the Stratford St. Michael’s net during the first quarter of the final of a Senior girls basketball tournament at Mother Teresa Secondary School in London on Saturday, Oct. 24. She landed badly and slammed into the wall, seemingly cracking her ankle. She was helped off…
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