Kendra Cornelissen of host East Elgin Secondary School tried to push her way past Central Elgin Collegiate defenders during a Thames Valley Southeast semifinal on Friday, Nov. 7. EESS won the game 38-19, and will host the Southeast final Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 6 p.m.
Host East Elgin Secondary School Junior football players lined up to attempt an onside kick early in a Thames Valley Central Tier 1 football quarterfinal against London Central Secondary on Friday, Nov. 7. The two teams traded touchdowns until, with EESS ahead 35-34, Central attempted a two-point conversion rather than settling for a single to tie the game. That was…
Sienna Porter of Davenport Public School volleyed the ball during an Intermediate girls match against host Summers Corners Public School, Thursday, Nov. 6. SCPS won the match.
Aylmer’s annual Relay for Life, which has raised close to a half-million dollars for the Canadian Cancer Society over the last six years, will be consolidated with one in St. Thomas and be held in that city next June. Angie Woodcock, Elgin-Middlesex manager for the Society, said dwindling revenue from and volunteers for local relays were forcing the charity to consolidate…
Kenzie Geurtjen of host East Elgin Secondary School fired a shot on the Tillsonburg net during a Thames Valley Southeast quarterfinal on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Top-ranked EESS blew by bottom-ranked Tillsonburg to advance to the Southeast semifinal against Central Elgin Collegiate Institute at East Elgin on Friday, Nov. 7, at 3:30 p.m. EESS’s Seniors, also top-ranked in Thames Valley South,…
Cooper VanVlaanderen of East Elgin Secondary School’s Junior boys volleyball team bumped a host Central Elgin Collegiate Institute serve during a Thames Valley Regional South semifinal on Tuesday, Nov. 4. EESS won the first game 25-21, but then lost the next three to be knocked out of divisional playoffs. The East Elgin team, along with their Senior counterparts, will still compete in…
Nic Klassen of East Elgin Secondary School emerged from a pack of teammates and Medway Secondary School players during their last game of the regular season in wet and muddy conditions in Arva, Friday, Oct. 31. EESS won the game 10-3 to finish third in Thames Valley Regional’s London Central first division. Had East Elgin lost, it would have been relegated to…
Bailey Herron of East Elgin Secondary School ran back a punt during the last Junior football game of the regular season, against host Medway Secondary School, in Arva on Friday, Oct. 31. EESS edged by Medway 15-14 to finish the season in third in London Central division with a record of four wins and two losses. EESS Juniors will take on…
Amanda Milmine of host East Elgin Secondary School broke through two Parkside Collegiate Institute defenders as she scrambled away from the net during the final game of the regular season for both teams on Thursday, Oct. 30. EESS held a comfortable lead, but then Parkside came thundering back, narrowing the margin to just two points in East Elgin’s favour. But…
Elora Neufeld of host East Elgin Secondary School tracked a Woodstock College Avenue Secondary School player with the ball during their final game of the regular season on Thursday, Oct. 30. In a chippy game, EESS came out on top 47-26 to finish the season with a record of six wins and one loss, in first place in Thames Valley…