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Julie Nagelhout of Summers Corners Public School sent the ball back over the net during the girls AAA Thames Valley District School Board elementary volleyball championship final against Westmount Public School at Lucas Secondary in London, Saturday afternoon, Dec. 10. SCPS lost the match to a strong Westmount team in two straight, but still took…

Andie Wittland of host East Elgin Secondary School kept a Tillsonburg player away from goalie Grace McCallum during a girls hockey game at East Elgin Community Complex, Tuesday morning, Dec. 6. EESS won 4-0, with McCallum and Anna Leroux sharing the shutout.

Mario Verhaeghe of East Elgin Secondary School’s senior football team pounced on a host Parkside Collegiate Institute fumble during a Thames Valley Central quarterfinal on Friday afternoon, Nov. 11. EESS, which had trouble with its game during the regular season, finishing with a record of two wins and four losses, seemed to have gotten its…

East Elgin Secondary School’s Devin Catt faked a punt and then ran with the ball for a first down during a Junior boys Thames Valley semifinal against London Laurier in London Thursday, Nov. 10. EESS, after a perfect undefeated regular season, with a 32-18 victory now advances to the final at City Wide Sports Field…

Johannah Walker of host Aylmer Optimist Arrows swim team raced in Girls 12-13 100-yard backstroke event during a SEAL League meet involving seven clubs at Ontario Police College on Sunday, Oct. 23.

Madi McQuiggan of East Elgin Secondary School fired the ball toward the Strathroy District Collegiate Institute net during a girls field hockey game at City Wide Sports Park in London, Tuesday, Oct. 11. Strathroy edged out EESS 1-0.

Scores of Bantam girls started their race during a district elementary public school cross-country meet at Steen Park in Aylmer, Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 4. The meet is an annual event, with top finishers advancing to Thames Valley District School Board championships.

Quarterback Aiden Haldenby of East Elgin Secondary School scrambled to make an advance during a Junior football exhibition game against London Saunders under a scorching hot sun at Medway Secondary School in Arva, Thursday afternoon, Sept. 22. EESS tallied a “rouge” under Canadian football rules for a rare 1-0 victory.

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…

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…