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Local sports in and around Aylmer and Elgin County

Complex hosts large hockey tournament

April 3, 2015 | 0 Comments

Aylmer Flames Peewee Rep hockey player John Orlebar cleared the puck from his defensive zone during a tournament game versus the Six Nations Blackhawks at East Elgin Community Complex on Friday morning, April 3. Aylmer lost that game 5-1 to Six Nations and tied Waterford 4-4 the night before. Aylmer was blanked 5-0 by Strathroy…

Youth speed skating wraps for another season

April 2, 2015 | 0 Comments

Cecilia Propper, left, Mariska Buro and Madeline Propper (Cecilia’s sister) held hands while doing some warm-up laps before the races began during the last session of the season for the East Elgin Community Complex Youth Speed Skating Club on Wednesday, April 1. A total of 20 skaters participated in this year’s Learn to Speed Skate…

Last gasp of the March Break at the Grind

March 23, 2015 | 2 Comments

Makayla Rice, 10, passed her brother Malikye, 13, while on their scooters on one of the ramps at the Grind skateboard park located between Kinsmen and Optimist Parks in Aylmer at about 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 22. The siblings were enjoying some outside activity time in the dying daylight before heading home for the…

McGregor pupils take over Eastlink Arena

March 13, 2015 | 0 Comments

McGregor Public School physical education teacher Penny Hilliker explained the rules to pupils for a frozen tag game they were about to play during the last skating day of the season at East Elgin Community Complex for the Aylmer school on Thursday, March 12. The first pupils hit the ice at 9:30 a.m. and the…

High school skating meet takes over Complex

March 5, 2015 | 0 Comments

Port Stanley’s Miracle Collins, 17, represented St. Thomas Central Elgin Collegiate Institute in the 10th annual Skate Canada Western Ontario High School Skating Invitational Competition held at East Elgin Community Complex in Aylmer on March 4. Ms. Collins, a Grade 17 student, competed in Gold Solo Dance (seen here during the warm up), Junior Silver…

EESS wins silver at WOSSAA boys hockey

March 3, 2015 | 0 Comments

Gage Zehr of East Elgin Secondary School skated the puck down the ice during the championship game of the WOSSAA “AAAA” boys hockey tournament in London, Monday, Monday, March 2. EESS upset London Lucas 2-1 in their opening game to advance to the final, but fell to Arva’s Medway 5-2.

Juniors drop a pair of WOSSAA volleyball games

March 2, 2015 | 0 Comments

Rebekah Weiler of East Elgin Secondary School bumped the ball during a WOSSAA “AAAA” Junior girls volleyball game against London Mother Teresa at London Saunders Secondary, Friday, Feb. 27. EESS lost that match, and one earlier in the day against London Lucas.

No joy for EESS Seniors at WOSSAA basketball

March 2, 2015 | 0 Comments

Tanner Kyle of East Elgin Secondary School cut around a London Beal Secondary School defender during the first game of a WOSSAA “AAAA” Senior boys basketball tournament at London Banting Secondary School, Friday, Feb. 27. EESS lost the match against the highly-ranked Beal team by a wide margin, then played a closer game against London…

Losses for EESS Seniors at WOSSAA volleyball

March 2, 2015 | 0 Comments

Tori Vanderspank of East Elgin Secondary School bumped the ball during a WOSSAA “AAAA” Senior girls volleyball game against host London Saunders Secondary School, Friday, Feb. 27. EESS lost that match and a subsequent one to London Mother Teresa.

Summer Corners girls edge Southwold

February 26, 2015 | 0 Comments

Summers Corners Public School Intermediate girls basketball player Ali Van Gorp battled for the ball with a Southwold opponent during a Southwest division semi-final game at Summers Corners on Tuesday, Feb. 24. The home squad won 18-15 with Ali leading her team in scoring with six points. The win advanced Summers Corners to the Southwest…

Davenport advances to boys final

February 26, 2015 | 0 Comments

Aylmer Davenport Public School Intermediate boys basketball player Zach Copeland, right, went for a shot at the basket with teammate Brett Van Bommel looking on and waiting for a potential rebound during the Southwest division semi-final playoff game versus Mitchell Hepburn Public School at Summer Corners Public School on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Davenport won 27-14. Davenport trailed in…

A day of defeats for EESS

February 24, 2015 | 0 Comments

Kyle Bennett of host East Elgin Secondary School got called for holding on this Tillsonburg player during the Thames Valley Southeast Senior boys basketball final, Tuesday, Feb. 24. Tillsonburg won the game 47-38, capping a day of losses for East Elgin’s basketball and hockey teams. However, those teams, along with EESS’s volleyball squads, will get…