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Seth Toomer of host Aylmer Minor Hockey’s Under 15 Local League team outdistanced St. Thomas players as he rushed the puck down the ice during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday, Nov. 15. The score seesawed back and forth, finally ending in a 4-4 tie. (AE/Rob Perry)

Two disturbing clowns (portrayed by Quinn Weber, left, and Jara Weber of Richmond) greeted visitors to the opening night of the annual “Screamfield” Halloween haunting at Malahide Community Place in Springfield on Thursday, Oct. 27. The show continues nightly, starting at 7 p.m., through Sunday, Oct. 30, and is targeted to those 14 and older.…

Setter Hunter Norris of host East Elgin Secondary School’s Senior boys volleyball team backwards-dug the ball toward the net during a match against West Elgin on Tuesday, Oct. 25. EESS won the first game 25-21, but then lost the next two 22-25 and 21-25 before coming back to take the two last games and the…

Paityn Keast, left, Lucy Arnold and Sofie Bubb-Clarke of BAD (Belmont-Aylmer-Dorchester) Girls Hockey’s Under 13 C team celebrated Bubb-Clarke’s goal during the second period of a game against Lucan at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday, Oct. 22. BAD Girls edged out their opposition 3-2. (AE/Rob Perry)

Holly Van Gorp of host East Elgin Secondary School’s Senior girls basketball team drove for the Woodstock Huron Park hoop during a game on Thursday, Oct. 20. EESS won handily, 48-22, and remains undefeated five games into the regular season. (AE/Rob Perry)  

Roman Fehr of host East Elgin Secondary School “bumped” the ball during a Junior boys volleyball game against Central Elgin Collegiate Institute on Tuesday, Oct. 11. EESS took the match three games to one. (AE/Rob Perry)  

Reece Tysen of host East Elgin Secondary School’s Junior football team picked off a long Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute pass during a night game in Aylmer on Thursday, Oct. 6. EESS won the game 35-0. Look for more pictures in the print edition of The Aylmer Express. (AE/Rob Perry)

Kenzie McMillan of host East Elgin Secondary School looked for a teammate to pass to while being screened by a Central Elgin Collegiate Institute defender in the EESS Senior girls basketball team’s regular-season home-opener on Thursday, Sept. 29. EESS won handily. (AE/Rob Perry)

Tyson Kana of host East Elgin Secondary School sped across his team’s backfield during a Junior football game against Woodstock College Avenue Secondary School in EESS’s home-opener under the lights on Thursday, Sept. 22. East Elgin romped to a 38-0 win, but CASS’s Senior squad took revenge later that night, besting EESS 14-0. (AE/Rob Perry)

Goalie Natan Farhi of host Aylmer Spitfires, at the team’s regular-season home opener at East Elgin Community Complex Sunday afternoon, Sept. 18, fended off a Dorchester Dolphins shot in the first period. Dolphins scored only 50 seconds into the game, but Spitfires came back to score three of their own before the end of opening…