Quarterback Aidan Haldenby of host East Elgin Secondary School threw a pass during a Junior boys football game against London Beal on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 26. EESS, in its last game of the regular season, was hoping to fill out its perfect record so far of five wins and no losses. East Elgin achieved that with…
Rob Redecop of host East Elgin Secondary School sprinted across the goal line for a touchdown during a Senior football game against London Beal on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 26. EESS won the game, its last of the regular season, 35-0.
A dim gym at East Elgin Secondary School was considerably brighter than expected during a Junior girls basketball game on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 19. Thames Valley District School Board workers, who weren’t expected to replace the many burned-out lights in the gym until next week, arrived early to do the job on Thursday. As shown…
Kayla Voros of host East Elgin Secondary School tried to find a way past a Woodstock College Avenue defender during a Junior girls basketball game on Tuesday, Oct. 17. Tied 22-22 midway through the third quarter, EESS built up what seemed a comfortable lead, but WCI came back in the end to win 35-34.
East Elgin Secondary School athletes have been playing in increasingly dim conditions in one half of their main gymnasium since September. At this Senior girls basketball game on Tuesday, Oct. 17, where EESS hosted and defeated Woodstock College Avenue 47-16, 22 out of 54 light fixtures in this half of the gym were burned out.…
Aylmer Optimist Arrows swimmer Sarah Varley competed in a girls age 8-9 25 yard back stroke heat during a SEAL (St. Clair-Erie Aquatic League) meet hosted by her team at the Ontario Police College pool northeast of town on Sunday, Oct. 15. The Arrows competed against swim teams from Blenheim, Sarnia, Chatham, Leamington and two…
Port Stanley Sailors forward Tyler Foslett, left (#9), couldn’t quite get a handle on the puck with a gaping net in front of him during first period action versus the Aylmer Spitfires in their Provincial Junior Hockey League game at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday night, Oct. 14. Watching almost helplessly were Spitfires starting…
Ali Van Gorp of host East Elgin Secondary School collided with a Woodstock Collegiate Institute defender during a Senior girls basketball game on Tuesday, Oct. 10. EESS handily defeated WCI 41-14.
Cody Bergen of host East Elgin Secondary School volleyed the ball during a Junior boys game against Arthur Voaden Secondary School on Thursday, Oct. 5. EESS won the match three games to two.
Quarterback Aiden Haldenby of East Elgin Secondary School broke free of this London Lucas tackle as he rushed the ball during a Junior boys football game under the lights at EESS, Friday night, Oct. 6. The Junior squad recorded EESS’s first-ever win again a London Lucas football team with a 28-14 victory.
Kyle Rousseau, left, kept a London Lucas tackler from downing East Elgin Secondary School teammate Rob Redecop during a Senior boys football game under the lights at EESS, Friday night, Oct. 6. Despite cheering from a hometown crowd, East Elgin ended up on the wrong end of a 42-9 score. (AE/Rob Perry)
Leah Moore of East Elgin Secondary School sent the ball hurling toward the West Elgin Secondary School end during a girls field hockey game in London on Wednesday, Oct. 4. EESS won that game 2-0, but in a later match the same day lost to Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute 0-2.