Posts by Rob Perry
Juniors, Seniors in Southeast basketball semis Friday, Nov. 7
Kenzie Geurtjen of host East Elgin Secondary School fired a shot on the Tillsonburg net during a Thames Valley Southeast quarterfinal on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Top-ranked EESS blew by bottom-ranked Tillsonburg to advance to the Southeast semifinal against Central Elgin Collegiate Institute at East Elgin on Friday, Nov. 7, at 3:30 p.m. EESS’s Seniors, also…
Read MoreEESS Jr. volleyball team out of divisional playoffs
Cooper VanVlaanderen of East Elgin Secondary School’s Junior boys volleyball team bumped a host Central Elgin Collegiate Institute serve during a Thames Valley Regional South semifinal on Tuesday, Nov. 4. EESS won the first game 25-21, but then lost the next three to be knocked out of divisional playoffs. The East Elgin team, along with their…
Read MoreEESS Seniors overcome Medway to avoid relegation
Nic Klassen of East Elgin Secondary School emerged from a pack of teammates and Medway Secondary School players during their last game of the regular season in wet and muddy conditions in Arva, Friday, Oct. 31. EESS won the game 10-3 to finish third in Thames Valley Regional’s London Central first division. Had East Elgin lost, it…
Read MoreEESS Juniors squeak by Medway
Bailey Herron of East Elgin Secondary School ran back a punt during the last Junior football game of the regular season, against host Medway Secondary School, in Arva on Friday, Oct. 31. EESS edged by Medway 15-14 to finish the season in third in London Central division with a record of four wins and two losses.…
Read MorePerfect season for EESS Sr. basketball team
Amanda Milmine of host East Elgin Secondary School broke through two Parkside Collegiate Institute defenders as she scrambled away from the net during the final game of the regular season for both teams on Thursday, Oct. 30. EESS held a comfortable lead, but then Parkside came thundering back, narrowing the margin to just two points…
Read MoreJr. Eagles end basketball season with 6-1 record
Elora Neufeld of host East Elgin Secondary School tracked a Woodstock College Avenue Secondary School player with the ball during their final game of the regular season on Thursday, Oct. 30. In a chippy game, EESS came out on top 47-26 to finish the season with a record of six wins and one loss, in…
Read MoreSilly String in Sparta
Sparta Public School pupils pelted teachers with Silly String during an assembly on Thursday, Oct. 30. The teachers had volunteered to do so, as long as pupils met their goal of raising $1,500 for the annual Terry Fox Run, which they did.
Read MorePupils lap track in IWalk celebration
Hundreds of pupils from McGregor and Davenport public schools, Assumption Catholic School and Immanuel Christian School lapped the track at East Elgin Secondary School during “IWalk” on Wednesday, Oct. 29. The event promoted walking and bicycling to school as ways to improve physical fitness through “active living.”
Read MoreEESS Junior girls take first place in South
Indigo Donelan of host East Elgin Secondary School wrested the ball away from a Woodstock Collegiate Institute player during a game on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Control of the game see-sawed between the two teams, but in the end EESS came out on top 40-32 to take undisputed first place in Thames Valley South with a…
Read MoreCurrie leads in race for Aylmer mayor
In what’s shaping up to be a huge upset, with 11 polls reporting out of 13, challenger Greg Currie has a tremendous lead in the race to become Aylmer’s new mayor. He has 832 votes to 327 for incumbent Jack Couckuyt and 167 for former Mayor Bob Habkirk. In the race for deputy mayor, Mary French leads with 604 votes…
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