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…
Darren Catt of host East Elgin Secondary School fired a three-pointer during a Thames Valley Regional Southeast Junior boys basketball quarterfinal against Woodstock’s Huron Park Secondary School on Thursday, Feb. 9. Huron Park won 45-40 to advance, while EESS is out of Southeast playoffs.
Lauren Cattrysse of host East Elgin Secondary School set the ball during a Thames Valley Regional Southeast Junior girls volleyball quarterfinal against Woodstock Collegiate Institute, Thursday, Feb. 9. EESS swept the match in three straight games to advance to semifinals to be played Thursday, Feb. 16, at a yet to be determined site.
Kendra Cornelissen of host East Elgin Secondary School spiked the ball over the net during a Thames Valley Regional Southeast Senior girls volleyball quarterfinal against Woodstock Collegiate Institute, Thursday. Feb. 9. WCI won the match in three straight games to end playoffs for EESS.
Sarah Huctwith of host East Elgin Secondary School brought the puck under control during a Thames Valley Regional Southeast girls hockey quarterfinal against Glendale Secondary School of Tillsonburg, Wednesday, Feb. 8. Glendale skated to a 6-1 win, ending the season for EESS.
Ryan Humphrey of Port Stanley Sailors rushed the puck down the ice at East Elgin Community Complex during the opening game of a Junior C playoff series against Aylmer Spitfires on Wednesday night, Feb. 8. Aylmer won the game 5-2. The two teams will meet again three times this weekend, Friday at 8:30 p.m. in…