Greg Minnema, left, and Jesse Silverthorn, right, swept hard under the watchful eye of skip Mike Silverthorn (Jesse’s dad) during a morning first draw game of the 51st annual Mahlon Hale Service Club and Community Volunteer Bonspiel held at the Aylmer Curling Club on Saturday, March 4. The event was a fun day where curlers…
Dawson Winchester of host Aylmer Spitfires Junior C hockey club lunged for the puck during the opening face-off of Game 4 of a best-of-seven Yeck Division semifinal series against Exeter on Wednesday night, March 1, at East Elgin Community Complex. Aylmer, with a three-game lead, won 6-4 to clinch the series and advance to the divisional…
Adam Walker, left, delivered a rock which East Elgin Secondary School teammates Owen Kerr and Brandon Blakely prepared to sweep during Thames Valley Regional South championships at Aylmer Curling Club on Friday, Feb. 24. Both EESS boys and girls rinks defeated teams from Central Elgin Collegiate Institute to take the victory and advance to Southeast…
James Collins, left, of host Aylmer Spitfires Junior C hockey team celebrated after scoring his team’s third goal, assisted by Jake Morin, right, and (not pictured) Cody Underhill during Game 2 of the Yeck Division semifinal series against Exeter at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday night, Feb. 25. Aylmer won Game 1 2-1 in…
Logan Root of host BAD (Belmont-Aylmer-Dorchester) Girls Blazers Bantam B team hustled the puck down the ice during a game against Stratford Aces at East Elgin Community Complex on Friday night, Feb. 24. Blazers won the game 3-1.
Shane Neusteter celebrated after scoring a goal for his Aylmer Minor Hockey Association Novice Rep team during the opening game of a best-of-five Ontario Minor Hockey Association semifinal series against Delhi at East Elgin Community Complex, Friday night, Feb. 24. Aylmer edged Delhi 4-3 for the win. Game 2 is in Delhi on Saturday, Feb.…
Cooper VanVlaanderen of East Elgin Secondary School took a last-second shot at the Beal Secondary School net just before the half of the opening game of a WOSSAA “AAA” Senior boys basketball championship tournament in London, Thursday, Feb. 23. EESS lost that game 60-37, and then, in a narrower defeated, was bested 64-56 by host…
Aylmer Skating Club member Isabelle Chipchase-Row competed in a STAR 5 13+ Women flight during the 2017 Skate Canada Western Ontario Section (WOS) STARSkate Championships and Adult Showcase hosted at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday, Feb. 18. Starting on Friday afternoon and wrapping up on Sunday evening, the event was a qualifier for the…
Ali Van Gorp of East Elgin Secondary School dug a Woodstock College Avenue Secondary School serve during a Thames Valley Regional Southeast Junior girls volleyball semifinal at Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute, Thursday, Feb. 16. CASS won the match in three straight games.
Top photo: East Elgin Secondary School boys curler Branden Blakely threw a rock during a practice at the Aylmer Curling Club on Wednesday, Feb. 8. On an adjacent sheet, another EESS rink defeated Lord Dorchester Secondary School 10-0 to improve their record to six wins and two losses, good for third place in the South East varsity…
Aylmer Spitfires Junior C hockey team made short work of Port Stanley Sailors in their best-of-seven quarterfinal playoff series over the last week. Aylmer won 5-2 in the opening game Wednesday, Feb. 8, 5-2 again on Friday, Feb. 10, 9-4 in game 3 Saturday, Feb. 11, and 4-1 in game 4 Sunday, Feb. 12. Spitfires…
Trenton Masschaele of host East Elgin Secondary School rounded up the puck during the opener of a Thames Valley Regional Southeast boys hockey three-game quarterfinal series against West Elgin Secondary School at East Elgin Community Complex, Thursday, Feb. 9. West Elgin seemed in charge in the first half of the game, but EESS came back…