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.
Shelden Guenther of host East Elgin Secondary School shot for the Arthur Voaden Secondary School basket during a Thames Valley Southeast Senior boys basketball quarterfinal on Tuesday, Feb. 16. EESS won 64-38 to advance to a semifinal against Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute on Thursday, Feb. 18, , which the Eagles won 51-41. The undefeated East Elgin…
Erik Scherer of host East Elgin Secondary School rushed the puck down the ice during the first game of a best-of-three Thames Valley Southeast boys hockey quarterfinal series against Glencoe District High School at East Elgin Community Complex, Tuesday, Feb. 9. EESS blanked Glencoe 8-0, with goalie Sebestian Graham earning the shutout. Mitch Bakker scored…
Kendra Horlick of host East Elgin Secondary School slapped the ball back over the net during a Senior girls volleyball game against Parkside Collegiate Institute on Tuesday, Feb. 9. EESS, after two losses, resurged to win the third game, but PCI took the fourth for the victory, ending the regular season for both teams.
Jeremy Cunningham of East Elgin Secondary School raced through the water in the boys 200-metre individual medley final at the Thames Valley Regional swim meet at the Canada Games Aquatics Centre in London on Tuesday, Feb. 9. Competition continues through Wednesday morning, Feb. 10.
Scott Vyn, left, and Doris Dohner swept a rock during an end of a game played during the Elgin Holstein Club Curling Fun Day held at the Aylmer Curling Club on Tuesday, Feb. 9. Seen in behind the sweepers was Murray Rodenburg. About 25 curlers, a mixture of Holstein Club and curling club members, were…
Rayah Wilson of host East Elgin Secondary School backhanded a shot during a Thames Valley Southeast girls hockey quarterfinal against Woodstock Collegiate Institute at East Elgin Community Complex, Monday, Feb. 8. EESS won the game 4-0, with goalie Leah Moore earning the shutout.
Aylmer Flames Peewee Local League 2 player Bryce Serratore, left, battled for the puck with a Point Edward opponent during game two of their Lambton-Middlesex League first round playoff series at East Elgin Community Complex on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 7. Aylmer lost that game 2-1. The two teams played to a 2-2 tie in game…
Aylmer Jr. C Spitfires forward Luke Bettencourt, middle, celebrates scoring the first goal of game, just 21 seconds after the first puck drop, to take a 1-0 lead versus the visiting Thamesford Trojans at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday night, Feb. 6. Sharing in the moment with Bettencourt were linemates Josh Lockhart on the…