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Gavin Hibbert, right, of the Aylmer Tyke 2 team tried to take the puck off of a Lambeth player’s stick during a minor hockey game at East Elgin Community Complex on Sunday, Jan. 26. Aylmer lost 5-1.

Aylmer Midget Local League 1 alternate captain Gavin Geurtjens, right, won a faceoff against a Dorchester player in Aylmer’s defensive zone to ensure a push across the blue line and into the offensive zone during a minor hockey game at East Elgin Community Complex on Sunday, Jan. 26. Aylmer lost the game to fall to a record…

Aylmer Bantam Local League 1 forward Cooper Vannoord, left, battled for the puck against Aylmer Bantam LL 2 defenceman Evan Wharton during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Sunday, Jan. 26. Aylmer LL 2 won 5-1 and Vannoord scored his team’s lone goal.

Belmont Novice Local League hockey player Cameron Richardson passed the puck up to teammate William Stallaert during a game versus Dorchester at Belmont Community Centre on Friday, Jan. 24. Stallaert scored on the play and Belmont went on to win 2-1.

Amanda VanRoestel of BAD (Belmont-Aylmer-Dorchester) Girls Peewee House League team turned with the puck during a game against Lambeth at East Elgin Community Complex, Tuesday night, Jan. 21. Abby Horvath scored a hat-trick to give the BAD Girls a 3-0 win, with goalie Anna LeRoux earning the shutout.

Liz Rollo, left, of East Elgin Secondary School almost collided with teammate Allie De Coutere during a game against Parkside Collegiate Institute in Ingersoll, Wednesday, Jan. 16. In a the first of two playoff seeding “minitournaments,” EESS defeated PCI 3-0, but lost 0-3 to Huron Park Secondary School and host Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute. The…

Zack Robertson of East Elgin Secondary School made a tight turn in a game against Parkside Collegiate Institute at Memorial Arena in St. Thomas, Tuesday, Jan. 14. EESS won the game 5-1, with a hat-trick from Derek Folkard and singles from Riley Harbour and Garrett Hickey.  

Mackenzie McQuiggan of host BAD (Belmont-Aylmer-Dorchester) Girls Atom B hockey team brought the puck out of the defensive zone before passing it up to a teammate at East Elgin Community Complex during a game against a Stratford team, Saturday, Jan. 11. She later assisted on a goal scored by Danika Ross. Arisa Hanson also assisted…

Katherine Bak, 16, of Aylmer, foreground, swimming for St. Joseph’s High School outdistanced a competitor in Women’s 200-metre individual medley during the annual Robarts Winter Classic Swim Meet in London, Thursday, Jan. 9. The meet involved 20 high school teams.