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Heather Wright/The Independent The future of track and field at LCCVI is in good hands after three members of the Novice Girls’ Team placed second overall at the provincial championship. Kallee Elliott, Rayah Minten and Jaylen Helps scored 30 points with their four medals, just one point behind Scholard Hall from North Bay for the Novice Girls Team championship. Track

Barry Wright/The Independent Sting fans have seen the last of Beckham Edwards in a Sarnia uniform. The 18-year-old told interviewers at the NHL combine last weekend that he would not be returning to the Sting this season but enrolling at the University of Notre Dame instead. Considered a steal as a third round selection in the OHL Priority Selection in

Barry Wright/The Independent Jack Stephenson scored twice, including the game-winning goal in overtime, to lead the Point Edward Pacers to an 8-7 OLA Junior B lacrosse victory in Owen Sound last week. Stephenson, a rookie from Oil Springs, has points in nine of his last 11 games dating back a month. Meantime, Watford’s Ryan Bork registered five points in three

Barry Wright/The Independent Watford’s Kyle Brothers is the latest area talent to return home to play senior hockey for the Alvinston Killer Bees of the Northern Premier Hockey League. The 32-year-old has played professionally in Europe for the past eight seasons. He played junior hockey in Alvinston, Lambton Shores and Chatham before skating for four seasons of NCAA hockey at

John Wright/The Independent LCCVI’s Jaylen Helps and Mooretown’s Camryn Leitch both secured their second medal of the OFSAA Track and Field Championships on Saturday in St. Catharines. Helps claimed a bronze medal in Novice Girls discus with a season’s best throw. It was the second consecutive day she won bronze after taking home that medal in Novice Girls javelin on

John Wright/The Independent On a sizzling day in St. Catharines, Kallee Elliott leapt a personal best 1.61 meters to claim the gold medal in Novice Girls high jump at the OFSAA Track and Field Championships. Elliott cleared her first three jumps of the day with ease. That brought her to 1.55 meters where she had to work for it. The

The Independent For the third year in a row, LCCVI’s Girls’ Rugby team made it into the top eight of the provincial A/AA championship. The first game of the tournament, the 11th-seeded Lancers upset sixth-ranked Bowmanville-Clarington Central, 17-12. Trailing 12-0 at the half, LCCVI fought back with second half tries from Mya Beaudoin, Miley Anderson and Abbi White along with

John Wright/The Independent Rayah Mnten has given LCCVI its first medal at the OFSAA Track and Field Championships winning silver in Novice Girls shot put Thursday afternoon in St. Catharines. Minten’s first throw of 10.44 meters was her best during the qualification round. That put her seventh and narrowly put her into the final, which consisted of the top eight

Barry Wright/The Independent LCCVI is in the elite eight at the OFSAA girls’ A/AA rugby tournament in Stratford. The 11th-seeded Lancers upset 6th-ranked Bowmanville-Clarington Central, 17-12 on Thursday afternoon. Trailing 12-0 at the half, LCCVI fought back with second half tries from Mya Beaudoin, Miley Anderson and Abbi White along with a convert from Elizabeth Kuykendall. LCCVI plays third-ranked Belleville-Bayside

Barry Wright/The Independent Micah Kember of the  Sarnia Bluewater Wrestling Club is back home after delivering a “determined performance” at the Canadian Wrestling Championships in Montreal, according to his coach Henry Dickson. The Oil City wrestler competed in the 55-kilo competitors in the under-17 division and reached the final round of the consolation side of the bracket placing in the

John Wright/The Independent Kole Chapman will be LCCVI’s lone OFSAA returnee but he won’t be the only Lancer heading to the provincial track and field championships after an impressive meet from their newcomers. Chapman will be joined by Rayah Minten, Kallee Elliott, Jaylen Helps, and Liam Hackett at the OFSAA Track and Field Championships in St. Catharines that run from

John Wright/The Independent Three LCCVI athletes hit the podium during the first day of the OFSAA West Regional track and field championships. Rayah Minten, Kole Chapman and Kallee Elliott are among seven Lambton athletes advancing to the provincial championship. Minten topped a field of 16 competitors with a throw of 11.56m, just one centimetre more than her throw best throw