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Local sports in and around Aylmer and Elgin County

Novice Flames OMHA finalists

March 21, 2016 | 0 Comments

Players with the Aylmer Flames Novice Rep hockey team saluted their fans after they lost game four of their Ontario Minor Hockey Association West C Division championship final series at East Elgin Community Complex 7-3 to the Lambton Shores Predators on Sunday, March 20. The loss eliminated Aylmer from the OMHA championship series and they were awarded…

Colourful characters at Curl for Kids

March 19, 2016 | 0 Comments

Mark Futcher dressed up as Jack Tripper, a character from the classic television show Three’s Company, to participate in the 28th annual Big Brothers Big Sisters of St. Thomas-Elgin Curl for Kids Sake bonspiel at the Aylmer Curling Club on Saturday morning, March 19. He threw last rocks for the Three’s Company rink that also…

Karate demo thrills at Straffordville Library

March 17, 2016 | 0 Comments

Jenna Wieler showed off her karate skills with a bow under the watchful eye of black belt instructor Ken Andrews during a demonstration of the martial arts discipline at Straffordville Library on Thursday afternoon, March 17. The karate demonstration as one of a series of events for children and sometimes their parents too held during…

Aylmer Novice Rep team ties OMHA series

March 14, 2016 | 3 Comments

Dylan “Tops” Remple of Aylmer Minor Hockey’s Novice Rep team lunged for a puck right after a face-off during the second game of an Ontario Minor Hockey Association championship series against Lambton Shores at East Elgin Community Complex on Sunday, March 13. Lambton Shores won the opening game of the series 3-0 the previous day.…

“Hoop It Up” at EESS

March 9, 2016 | 0 Comments

Ryan Hack shot for the net during “Hoop It Up” at East Elgin Secondary School Wednesday, March 9. The event was a fundraiser for EESS’s Community Living Class and its “Best Buddies” program, which pairs CLC students with other schoolmates to promote friendship and inclusion.

Bronze hockey medals for EESS girls, boys

February 29, 2016 | 0 Comments

East Elgin Secondary School players  Chelsea Zavitz, left, Amanda VanRoestel, Mikaela Moore, Hannah DeCoutere and Brittany Kirk celebrated after tying a WOSSAA “AAA” girls hockey bronze-medal game against London Catholic Central High at 3-3 in the third period at East Elgin Community Complex on Monday, Feb. 29. The goal forced sudden-death overtime, with EESS tallying again…

Regional win for Straffordville girls

February 29, 2016 | 0 Comments

Audrey Froese of Straffordville Public School stretched for a rebound during a Thames Valley Regional “AA” final against host Mitchell Hepburn Public School in St. Thomas on Thursday, Feb. 25. Straffordville won the game 29-23 in overtime to take the championship.

Hard times for EESS Junior boys

February 26, 2016 | 0 Comments

Darren Catt of East Elgin Secondary School passed the ball despite the efforts of a host Beal Secondary School defender during the opening game of a WOSSAA “AAA” championship tournament in London on Thursday, Feb. 25. EESS lost that game by a wide margin, but seemed to be having better luck in the bronze-medal match…

WOSSAA bronze for EESS Senior girls

February 25, 2016 | 0 Comments

Tori Vanderspank of East Elgin Secondary School slapped the ball back over the net during a game against Saunders Secondary in a WOSSAA AAA Senior girls volleyball championship tournament at Catholic Central High School in London, Thursday, Feb. 25. EESS lost to Saunders but defeated host CCH to win the bronze medal.

EESS WOSSAA schedules

February 23, 2016 | 0 Comments

Five East Elgin Secondary School teams will be competing at WOSSAA AAA tournaments, four in London and one in Aylmer, over the next week. EESS’s Senior girls volleyball team will play an opening game at a tournament hosted by London’s Catholic Central High on Thursday, Feb. 25, at 1 p.m. Depending on how the team…

Backing into trouble

February 23, 2016 | 0 Comments

Kendra Horlick of East Elgin Secondary School came perilously close to tumbling backward onto her coaches as she sought to save a shot during a Thames Valley Southeast Senior girls volleyball semifinal against Woodstock College Avenue Secondary School at Parkside Collegiate Institute, Tuesday, Feb. 23. EESS lost the match in three straight games.

Southeast heartbreak for EESS Sr. boys basketball

February 22, 2016 | 0 Comments

Cooper VanVlaanderen of East Elgin Secondary School made a desperate last-second toss for the Parkside Collegiate Institute basket during the Thames Valley Southeast Senior boys basketball championship at Huron Park Secondary School in Woodstock, Monday night, Feb. 22. The struggle between the two evenly-matched teams was titanic, but Parkside came out on top in the…