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Up to bat for 7 and Under ball
Tucker Thiessen of Kebbels Diamondbacks popped out a single during Aylmer Minor Ball Association play at Steen Park in Aylmer on Saturday morning, July 6. This year, AMBA has 323 registered players. (AE/Rob Perry)
Read MoreSmoking up the sky at Truck and Tractor Pull
Adam Glover of Sparta sent diesel smoke billowing up from his transport tractor’s exhaust as he competed at the seventh annual Aylmer Truck and Tractor Pull on Friday night, June 28. His 1995 Freightliner pulled 305.51 feet, at a maximum speed of 21 miles per hour. Pulling continued into the early-morning hours of Saturday, but…
Read MoreBike versus police officer
Jack Desrosiers, 4, of Aylmer on his bicycle managed to stay ahead, but just, of Aylmer Police Constable Amanda Ross on foot in a race during a bicycle safety rodeo and “touch-a-truck” event at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday, June 22. Previous to this, Jack made repeated runs down a track, clocked by an…
Read MoreJunior Eagles edge out IDCI 50-47
Joey Yaw of host East Elgin Secondary School’s Junior boys basketball team took at shot at the Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute hoop on Thursday, Dec. 7. EESS ended up on the winning end of the hotly-contested 50-47 score. (AE/Rob Perrry)
Read MoreSenior Eagles down IDCI 51-31
Alan Wall of host East Elgin Secondary School’s Senior boys basketball team drove past Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute defenders during a game on Thursday, Dec. 7. EESS won 51-31. (AE/Rob Perry)
Read MoreSeniors knocked out of all-Ontario tourney
East Elgin Secondary School’s Senior girls basketball team, after convincing victories in the first two games of an all-Ontario AA championship tournament in Guelph. was knocked out by a 50-25 loss to Arnprior District High School, from the Ottawa area, late Friday afternoon, Nov. 24. Coach Sean Beilhartz said EESS trailed Arnprior, the top-ranked team…
Read MoreEESS Seniors win again
East Elgin Secondary School’s Senior girls basketball team, competing at all-Ontario AA championships in Guelph, defeated E.L. Crossley Secondary School of Fonthill 40-26 in their second game of the tournament on Friday morning, Nov. 24. EESS now advances to its next game, against Arnprior District High School of the Ottawa area, at Our Lady of…
Read MoreSr. Eagles win first all-Ontario game 42-23-update
East Elgin Secondary School’s Senior girls basketball team defeated Cardinal James McGuigan Catholic Secondary School 42-23 in the opening game of three days of all-Ontario “AA” championships in Guelph on Thursday, Nov. 23. Leading scorers for EESS were Brooke Preszcator and Lilly Allen with 12 each. EESS now advances to the next round on the…
Read MoreWOSSAA gold for Sr. Eagles!
East Elgin Secondary School’s Senior girls basketball squad celebrated after winning the WOSSAA AA championship tournament at London South Collegiate Institute on Wednesday night, Nov. 15. The final was a rematch from the Thames Valley Southeast final, with EESS taking on Woodstock College Avenue Secondary School in a hard-fought and physically-rough game. East Elgin won…
Read MoreSenior Eagles advance to basketball final Thursday, Nov. 9
Ellery Beilhartz of East Elgin Secondary School drove toward the St. Joseph’s Catholic Secondary School hoop during a Thames Valley Southeast semifinal on Tuesday, Nov. 7, in EESS’s newly-refurbished main gym. East Elgin won the game 51-34 and will host the Southeast final against Woodstock’s College Avenue Secondary School on Thursday, Nov. 9, starting at…
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