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Senior Eagles back on the court
Tori Kuhn, left, and Maya Allen played defence around the East Elgin Secondary School hoop as Sarnia St. Pat’s players looked for a way in during the third game of a Senior girls basetball tournament hosted by Western University in London Saturday afternoon, Sept. 17. EESS had won one game and lost the second prior…
Read MorePlowing for the fun of it
Allister Cameron, left, a former champion from 1950, 1951 and 1952, got done his duties as an Elgin Plowmen’s Association steward early at Saturday’s county plowing match on the Mary VanRoestel farm at the north end of Springwater Road Saturday, Sept. 10, and, under the gaze of fellow director Paul Faulds, went out to try his…
Read MoreBelmont U18 girls are West London champs
Kendra Horlick of the Belmont Westminster Insurance Under 18 girls soccer team raced to recover the ball after threatening the East London Future Stars net during the championship game for the West London Soccer league on Sunday afternoon, August 21. Belmont scored early in the game and nursed a 1-0 lead until late in the second…
Read MoreA little “dab” will do you
The Cam’s Heating and Air Conditioning team celebrated winning the Under 13 regular season championship for East Elgin Youth Soccer with a “dab” at Columbus Park on Thursday, Aug. 18. The dab is a hip-hop dance move, described as looking like someone is sneezing into his or her elbow, that’s seemingly been adopted by sports…
Read MoreSeason’s last meet at Aylmer Pool
Tyler Smith of host Aylmer Pool backstroked through the water during boys 8 and Under race on Wednesday night, Aug. 17. Aylmer took on Strathroy, but no winner emerged because a thunderstorm brought the meet, the last here of the season, to a premature end.
Read MoreBanger Race entry getting prettied up
Shalem Hernandez, left, Austin Cook, Jordan Steele, Gregory Killough, Joshua Hernandez, Mackenzie Steele, Ilse Kloosterman, Mark Kloosterman and Justin Kloosterman of Springfield library’s Summer Reading Club started painting an old Buick donated by Elgin Auto of Aylmer on Monday, August 8. They’re helping prepare it for a “Garage Challenge Banger Race” at Aylmer Fair Friday…
Read MoreBanging out a hit at MCP
Katie Behman of host Springfield Brewers Under 10 Girls team connected for a hit during a game against Kitchener Klassics at Malahide Community Place on Tuesday night, Aug. 2. Kitchener wound up on top of the scoreboard.
Read MoreAylmer team wins swim meet
Rebecca Krahn of host Aylmer Pool team swam the girls 8 and Under backstroke during a meet against Woodstock Wednesday night, July 27. Aylmer took the overall victory on points. The town pool hosts two more meets, on Wednesday, Aug. 10, and Wednesday, Aug. 17.
Read MoreAdult soccer action at Columbus Park
Henry Penner, left, and Annemarie Penner of Driver Realty adult soccer team closed in on Katie Parker of Showcase Realty during a game at Columbus Park in Malahide, just south of Aylmer, on Sunday night, July 17. Showcase came out on top of the match. East Elgin Youth Soccer offers a four-team adult division that…
Read MoreTruck and tractor pull at fairgrounds
Diesel smoke streamed out of the transport driven by Greg Streib of Streib Trucking in Talbotville as he competed in a pull at Aylmer Fairgrounds on Friday afternoon, July 1. He placed second in a qualifying round in his class, just behind Matt Tisdale of Lyons. A truck and tractor pull continued at the fairgrounds…
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