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Aylmer Flames Bantam Rep hockey player Trenton Masschaele, front (with puck), tried to fend off a Hanover attacker during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Friday afternoon, Nov. 13, part of the first day of the annual Aylmer Minor Hockey Association Fall Rep Challenge Tournament. Aylmer lost their first game of the tournament…

Aylmer Flames Peewee Rep hockey player Nolan Wiebe (#16) shot the puck out of the defensive zone and away from his goalie Chris Worrall during a game versus Thamesford at the Aylmer Minor Hockey Association Fall Rep Challenge Tournament at East Elgin Community Complex on Friday, Nov. 13. The game ended in a 1-1 tie.…

Brianne Brix of East Elgin Secondary School reacted as her shot on the Woodstock Collegiate Institute net was knocked away by defenders in a Thames Valley Southeast Senior girls semifinal in Dorchester on Thursday, Nov. 12. WCI looked at first ready to give EESS a tough game, but then East Elgin shooters began rolling up…

Maya Allen of East Elgin Secondary School was clotheslined by a Woodstock Huron Park Secondary School defender during a Thames Valley Regional Southeast Junior girls basketball semifinal in Dorchester on Thursday, Nov. 12. EESS trailed 4-20 at the end of the first quarter, yet somehow managed to fight back to within one point of HPSS late…

Wylie Dowson of host East Elgin Secondary School threw himself on an erratically bouncing ball from a London Medway Secondary School kickoff during a Thames Valley Regional Central Senior boys football quarterfinal on Thursday, Nov. 12. EESS marched to an 18-0 win. East Elgin will play London Oakridge in a semifinal at City Wide Sports Park…

East Elgin Secondary School’s Junior and Senior  football teams will take to their home field on Thursday, Nov. 12, in the first round of Thames Valley Regional playoffs. The Juniors, with a record of four wins and two losses, will take on London Oakridge, which is 1-5 for the regular season, at 12 noon. The…

A grinning Kendra Horlick of host East Elgin Secondary School, on a breakaway, shot at the West Elgin Secondary School hoop during a Thames Valley South quarterfinal on Tuesday, Nov. 10. EESS won by a big margin to advance to a “crossover” Southeast semifinal against Woodstock Collegiate Institute at Dorchester Community Centre on Thursday, Nov. 12,…

Ali VanGorp of host East Elgin Secondary School passed to teammate Indigo Donelan from under the Woodstock Collegiate Institute net during a Thames Valley Southeast Junior girls basketball quarterfinal on Tuesday, Nov. 10. EESS cruised to a 34-13 win, and will take on Woodstock Huron Park in a semifinal at Dorchester Community Centre on Thursday,…

Julie Nagelhout of host Springfield Public School served during a volleyball game against New Sarum Public School on Monday, Nov. 9. The Junior league is for local elementary pupils in Grades 4 through 6 and, while scores are kept, the emphasis is on developing skills and having fun.