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Huge game against Strathroy Rockets this Friday at PRC By Pat Payton For the St. Marys Lincolns, a lot of positives and a couple of lessons learned can be taken from last Friday night’s game at the PRC. The Lincs skated stride-for-stride with the best team in the Western Conference, and were less than a…
Lose 43-42 heartbreaker to Huskies at Northwestern Monday By Pat Payton A huge first-quarter lead and good free-throw shooting proved to be the difference for the DCVI Senior girls basketball team last Wednesday at the collegiate. Salukis held a commanding 18-2 lead after the first eight minutes, and went on to down St. Anne’s Eagles…
Quinton Pepper named Lincs’ Player-of-the-Month for October By Pat Payton Maxim Mulder played his first two games for St. Marys Lincolns this past weekend. Early last week, Lincs acquired the 17-year-old defenceman from Listowel Cyclones of the GOJHL’s Midwestern Conference. In exchange, Cyclones received the rights to 18-year-old goaltender Evan Morrison. Lincolns also traded forward…
By Jim Verwer On August 20, 1916, the St. Marys Maxwell Maple Leaf Band accompanied a cavalcade of soldiers through St. Marys in a funeral procession to honour a WW1 soldier who had not seen action yet who had already paid the ultimate sacrifice before going overseas to fight. Private Otto Chalmers Gregory, son of…
On Saturday at the PRC, the St. Marys U-14 Snipers hosted the Stingers from Mitchell in WRRL action. Mitchell came into the game undefeated and in sole possession of second place. Jim Burlingham’s Snipers entered the game tied for fourth, but it was the Snipers who took the sting out of the Stingers, posting a…
Team relentless in 6-0 win Sunday in Dorchester St. Marys U-14 Snipers split a pair of games this past weekend in their second week of WRRL play. On Saturday, the Snipers travelled to Goderich to take on the Ice Crushers at the Maitland Recreation Centre. After 20 seconds, it looked like Goderich came to crush…
Boyd brothers team up for red-hot Frayne Bantams By Pat Payton It was a great night for St. Marys hockey teams this past Monday, Oct. 29 at the PRC. Rock teams picked up three wins and a tie in four Shamrock League games. One of the hottest teams in the SMMHA is the Frayne Custom…
By Pat Payton AYLMER – Three members of the St. Marys DCVI cross-country running team have qualified for the 2018 OFSAA championships. The All-Ontario meet is this weekend, Nov. 2-3, at Christie Lake Conservation Area near Dundas. Ethan Aarts, Owen Wrigley and Lydia Taylor will represent DCVI after qualifying at WOSSAA here last Thursday at…
Declan McCotter sparks Finnbilt Novices’ comeback win By Pat Payton WALLACEBURG – The ANAF ‘BB’ Bantams moved into sole possession of second place with a 5-0 Shamrock League victory here Saturday night. Brandon Boyd’s squad improved to 6-1 with the win. They have allowed only six goals against in seven league games to date. Their…