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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…

Nearly 60 quilts are on display at Aylmer Old Town Hall, including these in the second-storey theatre, as part of a second-annual show at the town library. The show opened on Thursday, Sept. 15, and continues through Friday. (AE/Rob Perry)

Jack Cronk of Aylmer Spitfires went through a Woodstock Navy player, chasing puck after a face-off in a Professional Junior Hockey League exhibition game at East Elgin Community Complex on Sunday, Sept. 11. Woodstock took the win, 5-1. Spitfires, in their season home-opener on Sunday, Sept. 18, at 2:45 p.m. at EECC, will host Dorchester.…

Karen Becher of London on her Case IHI tractor “Deer Hunter” kicked up enough dust to almost hide the weighted sled it was pulling during a “Mini-Rod” tractor pull at Aylmer Fair on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 13. The “Motorized Mayhem” weekend at the fair was to resume later that afternoon with the biggest attraction each…

A player looked for a teammate to pass to during a “3 on 3” basketball tournament on two improvised courts at the Canadian Tire store on John Street North in Aylmer on Saturday, July 16. The event, involving five teams, was a fundraiser for the Malahide Athletic Centre. Albert Loewen on behalf of organizers said…

Coach Tom VanKasteren gave some batting tips to Senior Rookie (9 and Under) player Hannah Krahn during a practice session for teams at Steen Park in Aylmer on Wednesday night, June 29. Players and coaches are focusing on honing ball skills for now, and will play in games later this summer. (AE/Rob Perry)