62-year-old facing assault charge after Brigden confrontation
Forest teen representing Ontario at National Girls U15 soccer tournament
October 9, 2026
Barry Wright/The Independent
North Lambton Secondary School student and Arkona’s Taxandria Minor Soccer grad Drew Wilson is representing Lambton County this week at the National Girls’ U15 Cup soccer event this week in British Columbia.
The teen from Forest is a centre back with the London Alliance FC IModel Mustangs who will play in a pool with teams
from Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick.
The Mustangs opened play at the 12-team tournament with a 3-nil win over the side from Halifax on Wednesday. They wrap up the pool play with a matchup against Moncton today (Friday). The playoffs begin Saturday and run to Thanksgiving Monday.
A Grade 9 student at NLSS, Wilson, 14, is in her second season with the London side and playing up a year.
Among highlights this season, the Mustangs won the Canada Youth Cup in Halifax in August and captured the Ontario Cup U15 championship with a 3-nil win over Milton in Vaughan last month.
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