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Kole Chapman of LCCVI

LCCVI’s Chapman runaway winner in hurdles event at high school track meet

May 1, 2026

Kole Chapman won the senior boys’ 110-metre hurdles race at a high school track and field event at St. Patrick’s this week.  The LCCVI sprinter broke the tape in 14.82 seconds, nearly three seconds ahead of his nearest competitor.

Meantime, Arie Roelands of North Lambton and Mooretown’s Camryn Leitch won field events. Roelands captured the novice boys high jump with a leap of 1.70 metres and Leitch topped the podium in the junior girls discus event with a throw of 27.51 metres.

Chapman was second in the senior boys 200-metre race while Xander Knapp, Kailee Elliott and Megan Munro were all second in their respective hurdle events for the Lancers.

North Lambton’s Skyla Willemse and Ellyot Schoonjans were second and third in the novice girls 1500 race and Berkley Joy of LCCVI was fifth.  Arlee Roder of North Lambton was second in the novice girls 1500-metre race and Camlachie’s Keala Pickard was second in the senior girls 1500-metre competition.

In other field events, LCCVI teammates Colin Tweedy and Calvin Van Stempvoort were second and third in the novice boys high jump while Petrolia’s Rachel Burns of St. Patrick’s and LCCVI’s Jalen Helps were both third in the senior and novice girls discus events respectively.

Liam Hackett, Rayah Minten, Keira Anjema and Remi Gorry all registered top five finishes as well for LCCVI.

The Lancer Prep competition at the University of Windsor is scheduled for Saturday, May 2.

The next local meet is set for Tuesday, May 5 at Great Lakes in Sarnia.

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LCCVI evacuated after alarm in tech wing sounds

June 18, 2026

The Independent Morning classes were disrupted at LCCVI Thursday when the students and staff were evacuated. The fire alarm at LCCVI was activated after 9 am. The Petrolia/North Enniskillen fire department was searching through the tech wing for about 45 minutes. School officials say an alarm company was called in to return the system to normal operations. There was no

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Sports Briefs: Express finish third at U17 tourney

June 18, 2026

Barry Wright/The Independent The Enniskillen Express finished in third place in a rain-shortened U17 girls’ fastball tournament in Mitchell. The Express beat teams from Goderich and Exeter but lost to the Sweaburg Storm to finish the tournament with a record of 2-1. ••• The Corunna Giants U11 girls’ fastball team won silver medals at a tournament in Chatham last weekend. 

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Retirement, training deadlines leave Oil Springs without fire chief on July 1

June 17, 2026

Heather Wright/The Independent The retirement of the Oil Springs/South Enniskillen fire chief and new training regulations are creating a unique situation in Oil Springs. The Oil Springs/South Enniskillen Chief Mike Cumming is retiring on June 30. Monday, Oil Springs council appointed John Berdan as the new chief. But Berdan is in administrative limbo because of new training regulations and cannot

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Montanino, Jolicoeur among locals picked in OHL Draft

June 17, 2026

Barry Wright/The Independent Defenceman John Montanino led the local contingent drafted at the OHL Priority Selection in Kingston. The Brampton Steelheads selected him in the third round. The Sarnia native played with Detroit-Little Caesars this season. Windsor chose Sarnia’s Cameron Jolicoeur, a power forward from the London Jr. Knights, in the seventh round and the Knights took Grand Bend’s Liam

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