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Senior girls champs of Southeast
Tori Kuhn of host East Elgin Secondary looked for a shot during a Thames Valley Southeast Senior girls basketball final against Parkside Collegiate Institute on Tuesday, Nov. 15. EESS rolled to a 41-23 victory and the title. East Elgin will play in a WOSSAA AAA tournament at Catholic Central High in London Thursday, Nov. 17.…
Read MoreJunior girls take Southeast title
Alyssa Voros of host East Elgin Secondary School passed the ball to a teammate during the Thames Valley Southeast Junior girls basketball final against Woodstock Collegiate Institute on Tuesday afternoon, November 15. WCI led 11-8 at the half, but East Elgin stormed back in the last two quarters for a 33-24 victory. EESS will play…
Read MoreSenior boys win football quarterfinal
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…
Read MoreJunior boys continue perfection into playoffs
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…
Read MoreEESS Senior girls overwhelm CECI 38-18-updated
After teammate Kendra Cornelissen of host East Elgin Secondary School won the tip-off at the start of a Thames Valley Southeast Senior girls basketball semifinal Tuesday, Nov. 10, Amanda Milmine, pictured, grabbed the ball and scored her team’s first two points. EESS would go on to win 38-18, and will play in a final at…
Read MoreEESS Junior girls down Huron Park 40-25-updated
Linda Nagelhout of host East Elgin Secondary School scored a two-pointer late in a Thames Valley Southeast Junior girls basketball semifinal game against Woodstock Huron Park, Thursday night, Nov. 10. Huron Park put up a scrappy fight but EESS won 40-25 to advance to a final in Aylmer against Woodstock Collegiate Institute, Tuesday, Nov. 15,…
Read MoreJunior, Senior girls advance to semifinals-updated
East Elgin Secondary School’s Junior and Senior girls basketball teams will play in Thames Valley Southeast semifinals at home on Thursday, after a pair of victories in quarterfinals at EESS Tuesday. Here, Maya Allen of East Elgin’s Senior squad charged past an Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute defender on the way to her team’s 30-9 victory.…
Read MoreStopping the puck
Goalie Andrew Harriman-Duke of Aylmer Spitfires Junior C hockey team gloved a Thamesford shot, then dumped it out again, during a game against Thamesford at East Elgin Community Complex, Saturday night, Nov. 5. Aylmer won 5-2 and now has a record of 11 wins, four losses and one tie, putting it in second place in…
Read MoreThree perfect seasons going into playoffs
East Elgin Secondary School’s Junior and Senior girls basketball teams and Junior football team all completed their regular seasons this year without a single defeat, and are now going into playoffs. EESS is expected to host Southeast basketball championships all the way through finals, if they keep winning. The Senior team, which was also undefeated…
Read MoreDigging the ball in the back court
Travis Zacharias of the host Davenport Public School Junior volleyball squad had to drop to his knees in an attempt to dig the ball up to a teammate during a game versus Springfield Public School on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 3. Springfield PS won the first game 25-20 while Davenport PS rebounded to take the second game…
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