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Sports Briefs: North Lambton golfers fare well at OFSAA tournament

October 21, 2026

Barry Wright/The Independent

North Lambton teammates Keegan Turner and AJ Wilson both finished in the top half of the field at the recent Ontario high school golf tournament in Windsor.

Turner tied for seventh with rounds of 76 and 77. Wilson tied for 29th with rounds of 83 and 81.

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It was a night to forget for the Sarnia Legionnaires.

After Braydon Sisco evened the game six-and-half minutes into the first period, the hometown Rockets scored 14 straight goals in a 15-1 win.

Alvinston’s Hayden Duncan made 22 stops in the Strathroy crease.

The winless Legionnaires are home to St. Marys on Thursday. Game time at Pat Stapleton Arena is 7 p.m.

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The puck drops on the Stanley Taggart Memorial hockey tournament this weekend with games at both ice pads at
Clearwater in Sarnia and the Moore Sports Complex.

Games begin Friday morning at 8 and continue through Sunday. Local entries include teams from Mooretown, Petrolia, East Lambton and Lambton Shores.

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Lambton Attack won the U11C crown at the Etobicoke Dolphins Pink in the Rink tournament on the weekend.

After going 3-0-1 in the preliminary round and beating South Huron, 2-1 in the semifinals, the Attack edged the London Devilettes, 3-2 for the gold.

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The Petrolia Oilers took silver in the Under-15 division at the Clearview Early Bird tournament in Collingwood on the weekend bowing to the Sturgeon Lake Thunder, 2-1 in the final.

Trailing 2-0, Petrolia narrowed the gap on a goal late in the second period but couldn’t find the equalizer.

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Running in his first ever marathon, Sarnia’s Andrew Davies has been crowned Canadian men’s marathon champion for 2026.

He was the top Canadian and ninth overall at the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon which serves as Athletics Canada’s national marathon championships.

His time of 2:08.48 was the fourth fastest marathon time by a Canadian ever and the third fastest national time this year. It was also the fastest time by any Canadian ever in a marathon debut.

The Northern grad, who now lives and trains in Vancouver, becomes just the seventh Canadian to break the 2:10 barrier.

He ran the first half of the marathon is 64:48 and the second half in 64 minutes even.

Davies’ time was only two minutes behind the winner, Leonard Langat of Kenya who finished the course in 2:06.56

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It’s homecoming week at LCCVI. That includes Friday’s football game against Great Lakes.

The Lancers are 4-0 on the season heading into the game in Petrolia which starts at 4 pm.

LCCVI has one more exhibition game against CKSS, Oct. 30

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