What is going on in St. Marys Sports.
St. Marys Curling Club held its annual Fall Tier-55 Senior Men’s Bonspiel on Wednesday, Nov. 14. It was a two-draw, two eight-end games event. Twelve teams from London, Tillsonburg, Woodstock, Ilderton, Ingersoll, St. Marys and Forest curling clubs participated in the bonspiel. A great day of curling, good food and socializing was enjoyed by all.…
In Strathroy and Mitchell, respectively, on the Nov. 9-11 weekend By Pat Payton STRATHROY – The ANAF ‘BB’ Bantams brought home the gold medals from the long-running Strathroy OIympics tournament here on the Nov. 9-11 weekend. The tourney has now been held for over 50 years–dating back to the late 1960s. Brandon Boyd’s squad lost…
Ton, Butchart and Mazur score two apiece in big road win Sunday By Pat Payton CHATHAM Six third-period goals–including three on powerplays–sparked St. Marys Lincolns to a huge 7-3 victory over the home-town Maroons in front of about 725 spectators here Sunday night at Chatham Memorial Arena. The road win halted an 0-4-1 skid for…
A-E team has five players back from last season By Pat Payton Coach Dale Switzer thinks his three balanced lines will drive the Frayne Custom Cabinets A-E Bantams’ attack this 2018-19 season. Switzer’s Bantams are off to a strong start this fall. A hard-fought 1-1 tie with Strathroy Jr. Rockets last week improved the Rock’s…
DCVI student Grace Hutton, 18, competed in the National Rowing Championships (NRC) last week on Burnaby Lake in Burnaby, B.C. She placed first in the ‘D’ final Saturday afternoon in single sculls. There were 58 rowers in her division, ranging in age from 14 to 32. She was sixth overall in Junior women (18 and…
Sr. Salukis’ guard Abbey Thorup (21) drives hard to the net during a recent H-P quarter-final playoff game against St. Anne’s. Salukis lost a 43-42 heartbreaker to the Huskies in the semi-finals last week at Northwestern. The DCVI Senior girls competed at WOSSAA ‘A’ this week. (Payton photo)
By Pat Payton St. Marys Lincolns continue to try and improve on their play in their own end of the ice. Coach Trent McClement admits it’s a work in progress. With 69 seconds left to play in last Friday night’s game against Strathroy, Rockets scored the winning goal after Lincolns got pinned in their own…
The cold wintery weather has started and so has the season for the St. Marys U-8 Snipers White ringette team. In Snipers’ first game, they travelled to play the Tillsonburg Twisters. For this young group of girls, some whom have never played before and some have previously played, everyone showed determination and team building along…
ST. THOMAS – St. Marys U-14 Snipers improved to 4–2 in WRRL action here Saturday as the Snipers travelled to the Elgin Memorial Arena to take on the St. Thomas Thunder. Although the official score will go into the books as 8-1 (to keep within the WRRL policies on reporting goal differential), Jim Burlingham’s Snipers…
Former St. Mikes student also a second-team OUA all-star this season By Pat Payton KINGSTON – Craig Klomp, of Toronto Varsity Blues, and Alison Irvine, from the Victoria Vikes, were recognized last week as the U SPORTS Cross-Country Student-Athlete Community Service Award winners for 2018. The annual awards were handed out at a welcome breakfast…