Posts by Rob Perry
EESS Seniors win again
East Elgin Secondary School’s Senior girls basketball team, competing at all-Ontario AA championships in Guelph, defeated E.L. Crossley Secondary School of Fonthill 40-26 in their second game of the tournament on Friday morning, Nov. 24. EESS now advances to its next game, against Arnprior District High School of the Ottawa area, at Our Lady of…
Read MoreSr. Eagles win first all-Ontario game 42-23-update
East Elgin Secondary School’s Senior girls basketball team defeated Cardinal James McGuigan Catholic Secondary School 42-23 in the opening game of three days of all-Ontario “AA” championships in Guelph on Thursday, Nov. 23. Leading scorers for EESS were Brooke Preszcator and Lilly Allen with 12 each. EESS now advances to the next round on the…
Read MoreWOSSAA gold for Sr. Eagles!
East Elgin Secondary School’s Senior girls basketball squad celebrated after winning the WOSSAA AA championship tournament at London South Collegiate Institute on Wednesday night, Nov. 15. The final was a rematch from the Thames Valley Southeast final, with EESS taking on Woodstock College Avenue Secondary School in a hard-fought and physically-rough game. East Elgin won…
Read MoreBig crowd out for Remembrance Day
Eyes snapped to the right as a Remembrance Day procession passed in review in front of Aylmer’s Cenotaph on Talbot Street West following a service on Saturday morning, Nov. 11. A large crowd of spectators attended the event. More pictures in the Nov. 15 edition of The Aylmer Express. (AE/Rob Perry)
Read MoreSenior Eagles advance to basketball final Thursday, Nov. 9
Ellery Beilhartz of East Elgin Secondary School drove toward the St. Joseph’s Catholic Secondary School hoop during a Thames Valley Southeast semifinal on Tuesday, Nov. 7, in EESS’s newly-refurbished main gym. East Elgin won the game 51-34 and will host the Southeast final against Woodstock’s College Avenue Secondary School on Thursday, Nov. 9, starting at…
Read MoreLongtime DU volunteers saluted
Herb Kebbel, left, Percy Whitcroft and Duncan Sinclair of Aylmer were saluted at the annual Ducks Unlimited fundraising banquet at Saxonia Hall in Malahide on Wednesday night, Oct. 11. They were recognized for 50 years each of volunteer service to the wetlands preservation and education agency. Fellow Aylmer Committee member Kim Black said the men…
Read MoreMayor opposes county MRI donation
Malahide Mayor Dominique Giguère, at an Elgin council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 10, made clear her strong opposition to the county using money from local taxpayers to donate to a St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital fundraising campaign for a new MRI (magnetic-resonance imaging). While she had no doubt the MRI was needed, she believed that…
Read MoreEast Elgin Attack U15 downs South Huron 6-0
Zack Hassan of host East Elgin Minor Hockey’s “Attack” Under 15 team rushed the puck toward the South Huron goal during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Sunday, Oct. 15. East Elgin won the game handily, 6-0. Goals included: Owen Spicer assisted by Ethan VanWychen; Jared Shewan from Cooper Walcarius; Spicer from Shewan;…
Read MoreU13 Local League teams end up in 3-3 tie
Mason Craftchick of host Aylmer Minor Hockey’s Under 13 Local League black team hustled up the rink, pursued by a South Huron player, during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday, Oct. 14. The game ended in a 3-3 tie, with each team scoring in the last minute of play. (AE/Rob Perr)
Read MoreOpen house at Straffordville fire station
Youths check out fire hats and other giveaways during a fire safety open house at Bayham’s Straffordville station on Tuesday night, Oct. 10. The event included fire safety demonstrations as well as presentations by Elgin Ontario Provincial Police and Elgin County paramedics, and a barbecue. A similar event is being held at Bayham’s Port Burwell…
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