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Julie Nagelhout of host East Elgin Eagles Major A basketball club waited out a St. Thomas Shock defender during an Ontario Basketball Association game at East Elgin Secondary School, Friday night, Jan. 15. The lead went back and forth, but in the final quarter St. Thomas surged for a 25-19 victory. This was the first game…

Braydon Underhill of host East Elgin Secondary School tumbled along with a Central Elgin Collegiate Institute player as they vied for control of a loose ball during a Junior boys basketball game on Thursday, Jan. 14. EESS took the game 61-20, and remains in second place in Thames Valley South with a record of five wins…

Aylmer Jr. C Spitfires defenceman Luke Vanderspank, left, tried to knock Mount Brydges Bulldogs forward Carson Kennes from blocking the front of the net to give his goalie Andrew Harriman-Duke a better view during a home game at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday night, Jan. 9. The Bulldogs blanked Aylmer 4-0. Despite the loss, Aylmer…

Skip Jeff Vansevenant took his turn throwing a rock in one of the ends of a game versus a rink skipped by Fred Peterson during one of two draws of the Springfield Timber Mart Men’s Bonspiel at Aylmer Curling Club on Saturday morning, Jan. 9. Mr. Vansevenant’s team won that game 5-4. The team skipped…

Linda Nagelhout of East Elgin Secondary School’s Junior girls volleyball team bumped the ball backwards toward the net during a Thames Valley Southeast game against host Parkside Collegiate Institute of St. Thomas on Thursday, January 7. PCI won the match in three straight games.

Kathi Vandermeer showed where she wanted a rock to be thrown while Suzie deRyk looked on during the Thursday afternoon, Jan. 7 session of the Day Ladies League. Mrs. Vandermeer, the Day Ladies League Convenor, said 12 women participated in the sessions so far this season and the hope was that they could grow that…

Carley Wilson of the Aylmer Flames Bantam Local League hockey team passed the puck out of danger to a teammate during a Christmas Cup tournament game versus a squad from Beverly at East Elgin Community Complex on Monday, Dec. 28. That game ended in a 4-4 tie. With a 6-1 win over Delhi in their first game…

Eric Scherer of host East Elgin Secondary School fired a shot at the Parkside Collegiate Institute net during a Thames Valley Regional Southeast boys hockey game at East Elgin Community Complex Tuesday, Dec. 15. EESS won 5-2 to extend its undefeated streak this season to four games.