Sports News

East Elgin Secondary School’s girls soccer team, at home, bested Central Elgin Secondary School 2-1 in a Thames Valley Southeast quarterfinal Friday, May 13, to advance to a semifinal against host Lord Dorchester Secondary School on Tuesday, May 17, at 3:30 p.m. LDSS finished the regular season in first on the East division this year, while…

Tyler Vis, 7, took a turn throwing at a target on the fence of the baseball diamond at Steen Park in Aylmer during the Major League Baseball Pitch Hit Run Competition skills clinic on Saturday morning, May 14. The competition was open to boys and girls ages seven to 14 in four age divisions. The…

Kendra Cornelissen of East Elgin Secondary School threw a personal best of 9.53 metres during Seniors girls shot put at Tri-County Track and Field Championships at Parkside Collegiate Institute in St. Thomas, Wednesday, May 11. She placed fourth in her event. (An earlier version contained wrong first name. The Express regrets the error.)

Bekah Wieler of host East Elgin Secondary School vied against a Parkside Collegiate Institute player for possession of the ball during a girls soccer game on Monday afternoon, May 9. PCI won the game 5-1.

Four-time Canadian National MX1 champion motocross dirt bike racer Colton Facciotti of Aylmer visited Immanuel Christian School on Monday morning, May 9 to answer questions and give a brief demonstration to Grade 5/6 students there. The demo consisted of a brief ride in the parking lot when he pulled a couple of wheelies and provided…

Autumn White won senior girls triple jump with a hop, skip and leap of 6.72 metres during a track and field meet at New Sarum Public School on Friday, May 6. Grade 4 through 8 pupils participated in the competition.

Jessica Friesen of host East Elgin Secondary School kept the ball away from a London District Christian Secondary School defender during a girls soccer tournament at Columbus Field south of Aylmer on Friday, April 29. EESS won that game 2-1 but lost the next two.

The London Clarke Road Secondary School keeper, left, tried to halt East Elgin Secondary School’s Brody Claessens’ charge at the net during a warm-up tournament for this year’s high school boys soccer season at Columbus Field south of Aylmer, Thursday, April 28. Host EESS bested Ingersoll District Collegiate 2-1 and Clarke Road 4-3 before falling…

Charlotte Rollins of East Elgin Secondary School soared through the air in Senior girls long jump during the first high school track and field meet of the season at Regina Mundi Collegiate in London on Wednesday, April 27. EESS athletes will compete locally in a meet at Parkside Collegiate Institute in St. Thomas on Saturday,…