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Rob Redecop of host East Elgin Secondary School sprinted across the goal line for a touchdown during a Senior football game against London Beal on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 26. EESS won the game, its last of the regular season, 35-0.

A dim gym at East Elgin Secondary School was considerably brighter than expected during a Junior girls basketball game on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 19. Thames Valley District School Board workers, who weren’t expected to replace the many burned-out lights in the gym until next week, arrived early to do the job on Thursday. As shown…

East Elgin Secondary School athletes have been playing in increasingly dim conditions in one half of their main gymnasium since September. At this Senior girls basketball game on Tuesday, Oct. 17, where EESS hosted and defeated Woodstock College Avenue 47-16, 22 out of 54 light fixtures in this half of the gym were burned out.…

Quarterback Aiden Haldenby of East Elgin Secondary School broke free of this London Lucas tackle as he rushed the ball during a Junior boys football game under the lights at EESS, Friday night, Oct. 6. The Junior squad recorded EESS’s first-ever win again a London Lucas football team with a 28-14 victory.

Ethan Wall of host East Elgin Secondary School attempted an onside kick following an EESS touchdown during a Junior boys football game against Parkside Collegiate Institute under the lights, Thursday night, Sept. 28. EESS ended up on top of the hardfought game 20-15. East Elgin Juniors play under the lights again at home this Friday night,…

Leo Centeno of East Elgin Secondary School broke one London Lucas tackle after another as he fought his way out of his team’s end zone during a Red Feather Senior football game for United Way at Western University on Friday, Sept. 22. Under torrid playing conditions, the first half belonged to EESS and the second…

Landon Underhill, left, Naomi Fehr and Promise Doxtator used paddleboards to help them make a crossing of the Aylmer Pool during their final day of swimming lessons for the summer on Friday morning, Aug. 25. The pool will close after a final public swim on Tuesday, Aug. 29.

Catcher Mallory Collins of Springfield Brewers Softball Association’s Under 14 Minors girls team got the throw just a second too late to tag out a Brantford Bobcats runner at home plate during a game at Malahide Community Place, Thursday night, Aug. 3. But Springfield still went on to an 8-4 victory.

Eric Buro of host Aylmer Pool team competed in boys 8 and Under backstroke during a swim meet against Woodstock on Wednesday night, Aug. 2. Aylmer bested Woodstock, and now has a record of winning three meets and losing two against area pools so far this season. Aylmer will host its fourth and final home…

Bryce Weber of host Springfield Brewers Under 14 boys softball team sent the ball flying during a game against Tavistock on Thursday night, July 27. But Tavistock would win the encounter in the end, 3-1.