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The LCCVI Lancers opened the LKSSAA senior girls’ rugby season with a 17-0 win over the Wolfpack at Great Lakes Thursday. Victoria Varsava, Vanessa Montevideo and Mackenzie Duncan scored tries for the Petrolia school. Ella Taylor had a convert. Ursuline won the other Thursday contest by forfeit over Northern. The season continues next Thursday with Ursuline hosting Great Lakes and

A number of North Lambton Secondary students will be representing their communities in the North American Indigenous Games in Halifax in July. Mariah Altiman, a Grade 11 student, will be part of the Team Ontario 19U volleyball squad at the Games. She plays club volleyball with the White Sharks in London and is also a member of the Wyoming Wranglers

Logan Mailloux’s seeing eye shot from the right point through traffic found the back of the net on the power play at 16:28 of the third period to break a 1-1 tie and propel the London Knights to a 3-1 win over the Sting in game two of the OHL Western Conference final on Sunday afternoon before a sell out

The annual Yard Sales Days in Petrolia is off to a soggy start. The Findleyson’s and their helpers on Joe Street were scrambling to bring their treasurers inside as the rain started Friday morning. The forecast is calling for wet weather both Friday and Saturday.

The fourth ball player from Wyoming has committed to the Lambton College women’s softball club for the 2023-24 season. Paige Hudson, who attends LCCVI, plays second base. She will become the second member of the Hudson family to play the Lions. Her brother, Cole plays for the Lambton baseball team.

nJames Grant won the Novice boys’ 400 and 1500 metre events this week to begin the LKSSAA track and field season.  The LCCVI athlete was one of six winners on the day Tuesday in Chatham.  The others were Hunter Mitchell, Jack Helps, Tyler McGrail and Charlie Shaw. Ben Shepperd also won an event for the North Lambton Eagles. On the

There will be no Sydenham River and Canoe Race again this year. Instead of the pandemic cancelling the long established Ontario Canoe and Kayak Association sanctioned races, the weather is the culprit this year. “Due to the amount and length of rainfall expected over the next three days, site conditions at both the start and finish lines are not expected

There’s a new kind of fertilizer about to hit the market and a Petrolia company is instrumental in making it happen. SureSource Commodities is working with Aspire – a London company growing billions of crickets for food – to create a new source of fertilizer from cricket poop and their exoskeletons. Rob Wallbridge, the Agronomy Sales Lead at SureSource, says

GoFundMe set up for Alvinston area ATV accident victim recovering from serious injuries An Alvinston area mother says her son survived a horrible ATV crash on Shiloh Line because he was wearing a helmet. Vickie Armstrong says her son, Tyler, was severely injured in a “devastating ATV accident” early April 16 as he was heading down Shiloh Line near the

Chantal DeVlugt has been chosen as the female athlete of the year at Windsor’s St. Clair College. Statistically, the Wyoming native led the Saints volleyball squad in a variety of categories this season. The LCCVI grad was also named a West division second team all-star and was honoured as an academic All-Canadian.

Petrolia’s Issac Truman has been drafted by the London Knights in the OHL Priority Selection this weekend. Truman was one of four Lambton Jr. Sting U16 team to be taken in the draft. Jack Nesbitt was selected in the first round and will not have to go far from home to embark on his OHL career. The captain was selected

Goaltender John Chartrand and veteran Brody Genyn were each double winners at the Mooretown Flags’ year end banquet Friday. Chartrand and Genyn were co-winners of the MVP trophy while Chartrand also shared Rookie of the Year honours with Jace Dupuis. Genyn was the Heart and Soul winner. The full list of winners is below. Rookie of Year – Jace Dupuis