Henderson to be new leader of Lambton IPM
BRIEFLY: Alvinston, Wyoming name new ball coaches
September 13, 2025
The Independent
Wyoming minor baseball has named its OBA Wranglers head coaches for the 2026 season. They are Jason Helps (under-18), Jace McCahill (under-15), Terry Wilson (under-13), Cam Major (under-11) and Justin Jackson (under-9).
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Malcolm Verstraten has been named the OBA under-16 coach for next season by Alvinston minor baseball. Brock Shea will lead the under-13 select team while Steve Straatman and Kevin Tizzard will be co-head coach for the OBA under-9 team. The association is still looking for potential coaches in the under-11, under-15 and under-18 divisions.
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The high school football season begins next Wednesday (Sept. 17) in Petrolia. The Lancers entertain Wallaceburg at 4 p.m. Great Lakes is the other AA school this season. But the interlocking schedule with larger AAA schools will also include games against St. Patrick’s, Northern, Ursuline and Chatham-Kent for LCCVI.
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Wyoming’s Tyler Kerby had four hits, scored a run and had an RBI in Lambton’s 10-4 win over Durham last Sunday in Oshawa to complete a doubleheader sweep in OCAA men’s college baseball. Lambton won the opener, 7-0.
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Marc Anderson won the men’s overall club championship at the Arkona Fairways last weekend. Bert Duister was the senior men’s champion and the junior champion is Hunter Brent. Rob Clare and Frits Geris won low net honours.
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Warwick’s Keegan Turner and June Cooper of Alvinston were overall flight winners this season on the Lambton Junior golf tour that wrapped up last weekend at the Sarnia Golf and Curling Club. The other overall winners were Andrew and Ryan Sudicky, Hunter Talbot and Sofia Rocca.
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Bkejawong’s Waukiigan Shognosh was taken in the first round of the National Lacrosse League draft on the weekend. He was selected 14th overall by Buffalo. The 18-year-old product of the Wallaceburg junior B franchise played junior A lacrosse in Peterborough this past summer.
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Carter Fogarty will continue his hockey journey in the OJHL. He’s been released to the Pickering Panthers by the Sarnia Legionnaires. The 17-year-old is a product of the Lambton Jr. Sting AAA program.
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Henderson to be new leader of Lambton IPM
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The Independent The Lambton County International Plowing Match has a new leader. Dave Henderson will lead the group bringing the massive farm show to Lambton County in 2027. The 2027 IPM was originally planned at the Brigden Fairgrounds. Planning was well underway when the local committee quit saying it would not host the event because a deal was not in
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Petrolia can’t afford bigger arena alone: candidates
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Sports Briefs: Tecumseh tops Wyoming in OBA championship game
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Barry Wright/The Independent The Wyoming Cattlebarons will go down as the second-best Senior AA baseball in Ontario for 2026. After a month-long delay due to inclement weather, the Tecumseh Thunder beat the Barons, 10-1 in the OBAchampionship game on Sunday in Kincardine. The Thunder had reached the final with a 2-0 win over New Lowell (Barrie area) in the semifinal
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