The Independent

James Grant is heading to the University of Guelph to be part of the Gryphons track and field team as an endurance runner.

Grant has represented LCCVI and the Sarnia Athletics Southwest Track and Field Club and won the national U18 1500 metre championship at the Canadian Legion Track and Field Championships in Calgary in 2025.

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Warwick’s Ethan McPherson and Petrolia’s Linkin Hill backstopped the Sarnia-Lambton Jr. Sting U14 squad to a 4-1-1 record at the Shanahan International tournament in the GTA last weekend.

McPherson and Hill allowed only eight goals over six games.

The Jr. Sting defeated teams from Toronto, Mississauga, North York and Whitby and earned a 2-2 tie with the Hamilton Steel.

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LCCVI closed its senior boys’ AA volleyball regular season schedule with sweeps over John McGregor and Wallaceburg.

The Lancers beat JMSS, 25-21, 25-21 and defeated the Tartans, 25-17, 27-25.

LCCVI finishes the regular season in second place with a record of 4-2. The Lancers host Wallaceburg in semifinal action Nov. 9 in Petrolia.

In junior action, LCCVI and North Lambton both won a match and tied two others to end the regular season Monday.

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LCCVI’s Matthew Stek reached the final eight on the consolation side, wining four of six matches of the draw in the boys’ high school singles event at the OFSAA tennis tournament.

After splitting matches on the opening day of the three-day event and dropping down to the consolation bracket, Stek, the third seed, won three straight matches before being eliminated by the sixth seed.