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…
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.…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
Mitch Bakker of host East Elgin Secondary School flipped the puck past the Woodstock Huron Park goalie to tally his team’s first goal during a Thames Valley Southeast semifinal at East Elgin Community Complex on Thursday, Feb. 18. Matt Nezezon and Zach Sporbeck also scored for EESS, but it wasn’t quite enough, as Woodstock took…
Grace Gall of host Aylmer Optimist Arrows swam in a Girls 12-13 freestyle relay race during a meet at Ontario Police College on Sunday, Feb. 14. Clubs from Sarnia, Chatham and Leamington also competed. Grace was one of the top performers for the Arrows, garnering 29 points in a variety of events.