SPORTS

Local sports in and around Aylmer and Elgin County

Spitfires edged in overtime

February 12, 2015 | 0 Comments

Aylmer Jr. C Spitfires hockey player Luke Bettencourt, middle, checked a Lambeth Lancers player to the ice during game four of their first round playoff series at East Elgin Community Complex on Wednesday night, Feb. 11. Lambeth scored midway through the first overtime period and won the game 5-4 to even the series at two…

EESS Senior boys finish in first

February 11, 2015 | 0 Comments

Kyle Bennett of host East Elgin Secondary School shot for the hoop during a Senior boys basketball game against Arthur Voaden Secondary School Tuesday, Feb. 10. EESS won 44-26 to end the Thames Valley South regular season with a perfect record of eight wins and no losses. Playoffs will start at EESS Tuesday, Feb. 17.

EESS bests PCI 4-2 in girls hockey

February 11, 2015 | 3 Comments

Brittany Kirk of East Elgin Secondary School raced down the ice with the puck during a girls hockey game against host Parkside Collegiate Institute at Memorial Arena in St. Thomas, Tuesday, Feb. 10. She scored one of EESS’s four goals on the way to a 4-2 win, with teammate Carly Van Roestel recording a hat-trick.

Spitfires topple Lancers

February 8, 2015 | 0 Comments

Aylmer Jr. C Spitfires defenseman Kyle DiCicco, left, occupied a Lambeth forward in front of the net to keep him from getting to any loose pucks during game two of their first round playoff series on Saturday night, Feb. 7 at East Elgin Community Complex. Aylmer won 6-4 to even the series at a game…

Aylmer Midget LL1 edge Mount Brydges

February 8, 2015 | 0 Comments

Aylmer Midget Local League 1 forward Colton Dygos powered by a Mount Brydges player during game one of a round-robin playoff series at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 7. Aylmer won 4-3. Scoring for Aylmer were Nick Knechtel from Brody Classens, Mackenzie Potz from Dygos and Evan Heyd and Tyler Sturdy from Alan…

Craig Van Ymeren competes at Tankard

February 7, 2015 | 0 Comments

Local curler Craig Van Ymeren, right, who regularly participates in a men’s league at the Aylmer Curling Club, was third to skip Joe Frans, left, during the Ontario Men’s Curling Championship, also known as the Tankard, at the Flight Exec Centre in Dorchester from Feb. 2-8. Here the pair are seen discussing strategy during their…

Low-flying Belmont Mite

February 2, 2015 | 0 Comments

Grayson Bertelsen of Belmont Minor Hockey’s Mite team flew like Bobby Orr during a game against Port Stanley at Belmont Community Centre, Sunday, Feb. 1. Players that age compete just for fun and to learn skills, so score isn’t kept.

Great sledding after big snowfall

February 2, 2015 | 0 Comments

Josh Lockington,6,slid down the snow covered toboggan hill on the north side of Steen Park in Aylmer on Monday morning, Feb. 2. About 20 centimetres of snow fell overnight and all schools in the Aylmer area were closed the next day.

BAD Girls Novice B best Cambridge 3-1

January 31, 2015 | 0 Comments

Hayden Dunn of BAD (Belmont-Aylmer-Dorchester) Girls Novice B hockey team rushed the puck down the ice during a game against Cambridge in a 42-team tournament hosted by BAD at Belmont Community Centre and, in this case, East Elgin Community Complex. The local team won this game 3-1.

Dodgeball Mania at New Sarum

January 28, 2015 | 0 Comments

Grade 8 pupil Heather Dennis prepared to uncork a throw during “Dodgeball Mania” at New Sarum Public School, Tuesday, Jan. 27. Pupils stayed after school for two hours to play dodgeball and eat pizza, raising money for next year’s Grade 8 graduation.

Major Atoms fall to 86ers

January 26, 2015 | 0 Comments

Alison Parr, left, of the East Elgin Youth Basketball Major Atoms girls team waited for the ball to drop after a teammate made a shot during a game versus the London 86ers at East Elgin Secondary School on Friday night, January 23. East Elgin lost 25-20 to bring their record to one win and one…

Davenport bests Mitch Hepburn in basketball

January 21, 2015 | 0 Comments

Devon Farrow of Davenport Public School drove by defender Sam Gutmanis of host Mitchell Hepburn Public School during a boys “AA” basketball game in St. Thomas, Tuesday, Jan. 20. Davenport won that game, and another against Straffordville Public School.