SPORTS

Local sports in and around Aylmer and Elgin County

Spitfires on three-game winning streak

September 30, 2015 | 0 Comments

Host Aylmer Spitfires Junior C hockey team’s Kyle Dicicco rushed the puck up the ice toward the North Middlesex net during the season home-opener for the Spitfires at East Elgin Community Complex, Saturday night, Sept. 26. Aylmer recorded its third straight win of the young season with a 6-0 victory.

Evergreen Meadows ends horse show season

September 27, 2015 | 0 Comments

Lisa Rioux finished second in Senior Keyhole with a time of 14.876 seconds during the final show of the season for Evergreen Meadows Saddle Club at Aylmer Fairgrounds, Sunday, Sept. 27. Competitors had to ride through a slot of plastic buckets and then make a tight turn before racing back to the finish line. The…

EESS welcomes new students with “Eagle Olympics”

September 25, 2015 | 0 Comments

Grade 9 student Spencer Scott, 13, of the “Purple Porcupines” team limboed his way under a hockey stick while balancing water on his head during “Fill the Cup,” one of the games in East Elgin Secondary School’s annual Eagle Olympics in Aylmer’s Optimist Park, Friday, Sept. 25. The event is held each year to welcome…

Junior Eagles best AVSS in volleyball

September 25, 2015 | 0 Comments

Tyler Giesbrecht of East Elgin Secondary School set the ball during a game against host Arthur Voaden Secondary School in St. Thomas on Thursday, Sept. 24. EESS won the exhibition match four games to one.

EESS Senior girls win again

September 24, 2015 | 0 Comments

Shelby Kampers of host East Elgin Secondary School looked for a teammate to pass to under the Arthur Voaden Secondary School net during a Senior girls exhibition basketball game on Thursday, Sept. 24. EESS won the game 42-10.

Junior Eagles win first exhibition game of season

September 22, 2015 | 0 Comments

Maya Allen of host East Elgin Secondary School passed to a teammate during a Junior girls exhibition basketball game against Central Elgin Collegiate Institute on Tuesday, Sept. 22. EESS won the game.

EESS bests CESS 38-21 in exhibition game

September 22, 2015 | 0 Comments

Chelsea Allen, right, of host East Elgin Secondary School knocked the ball away from a Central Elgin Secondary School defender during a Senior girls exhibition basketball game on Tuesday, Sept. 22. EESS won the game 38-21.

Rusty Gaits holds last horse show of season

September 20, 2015 | 0 Comments

Aaliyah McConnell of London rode her horse Quincy’s Glamour Bar in the Open Hunt Seat Equitation class during the Rusty Gaits Saddle Club horse show at Aylmer Fairgrounds on Sunday morning, Sept. 20. The show was the last one of the 2015 season for the club.

Rounding third, going for home!

September 19, 2015 | 0 Comments

Stephanie Desousa rounded third base and went on to score a run for her Springfield Isotopes team during the season-ending co-ed softball tournament at the Malahide Community Place diamonds in Springfield on Saturday, Sept. 19. The players managed to squeeze some games in between rain showers that day that became heavier in the afternoon.

Senior Eagles kick off basketball season at tourney

September 18, 2015 | 0 Comments

Chelsea Zavitz of East Elgin Secondary School’s senior girls basketball squad fired a pass at a teammate during the opening game of the Woodstock Early Bird Tournament at Woodstock Collegiate Institute on Thursday, Sept. 17. EESS defeated London Westminster 39-34.

Exhibition football in the rain at EESS

September 14, 2015 | 0 Comments

Host East Elgin Secondary School quarterback Luke Vanderspank uncorked a pass during a senior boys football exhibition game in the rain against London Banting on Friday night, Sept. 11. EESS won the game 29-0. East Elgin will play in a Red Feather game for United Way against London Central at TD Waterhouse Stadium, Western University,…

Starting the hockey season on the road

September 13, 2015 | 0 Comments

Gavin Russell, left, of the Mini Spitfires and Cole Shoup of the Road Rash vied for possession of the ball along the boards during a street hockey tournament hosted by Aylmer Minor Hockey Association at Saxonia Hall in Malahide on Saturday, Sept. 12. The event, just for fun and expected to become an annual event,…