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Wyoming’s White Canadian champion

November 24, 2024

Wyoming’s Michael White is a Canadian boxing champion. And he did it in front of a hometown crowd. The LCCVI student of the Bluewater Boxing Club beat Oswald Hohenwarten of Quebec in a 4-1 decision at the 2024 Elite and U23 National Championships hosted by Boxing Canada in Sarnia this weekend. The Wyoming fighter won a unanimous decision over Victor

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North Lambton reaches final four in consolation brackett at OFSAA

November 24, 2024

The North Lambton senior girls’ basketball club reached the final four in the consolation bracket at the OFSAA A tournament 18-team event in Breslau, near Kitchener. After losing its first two games and being eliminated from the championship bracket, the Eagles beat Woodstock Collegiate, 32-27 on Friday setting up a consolation semi-final . Trailing 9-6 to Trinity College, the Eagles

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North Lambton Senior Girls basketball team plays its first OFSAA game Thursday

November 21, 2024

Heather Wright/The Independent Coach Adam Willemse finds it hard to put into words what he’s feeling for his team. “It’s hard to believe so proud isn’t the word,” Willemse said in the wake of the North Lambton Eagles first SWOSSAA title in Senior Girls Basketball which gave the team a berth in the provincial championship tournament. North Lambton qualified by

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Watford’s Van Gorp thrives with London Knights

November 19, 2024

John Wright/The Independent Evan Van Gorp knows a thing or two about being overlooked. He went undrafted in the 2022 OHL Priority Selection and the 2023 OHL U18 Priority Selection. He doesn’t seem to mind proving the doubters wrong. “There’s so many mistakes in drafts, so (I) just try to keep my head up and try to prove everyone wrong.”

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North Lambton wins SWOSSA Girls basketball crown for first time in school’s history

November 12, 2024

Forest’s North Lambton Eagles has qualified for the OFSAA girls’ basketball tournament for the first time in school history. The Eagles led from wire-to-wire in beating Lajeunese, 40-25 in Windsor for the SWOSSA A championship Tuesday. North Lambton led 14-7 after a quarter and took a 25-10 advantage into the intermission. The Eagles extended their lead to 41-15 after three

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Watford’s Van Gorp goal, four assists help Knights in 8-7 win over Guelph

November 11, 2024

Watford’s Evan Van Gorp had a career high five points for the London Knights in an 8-7 win at Guelph on Sunday afternoon. Van Gorp had a goal and four assists and is now averaging a point per game this season with 8 goals and 16 points in 16 games Ex-Sting Max Namestnikov scored four times for the Storm. London

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Canada White Repeat As Champions Of World U17 Challenge

November 10, 2024

John Wright/The Independent Gavin Betts’ 38 save performance led Canada White to a 3-1 win over Canada Red in the gold medal game at the U17 World Challenge Saturday in Sarnia. The two teams traded chances in a physical first period but neither were able to find the back of the net. Canada White mounted pressure early in the second

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All Canadian Clash in Gold Medal Game At U17 World Challenge

November 9, 2024

John Wright/The Independent For the first time since 2009, two Canadian teams will meet in the gold medal game of the U17 World Challenge. Canada White beat Sweden 6-4 in the first semifinal Friday in Sarnia. Mathis Preston led the way offensively recording a hat trick and an assist. Special teams continued to a big part of Canada White’s success

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Lancers win Lambton-Kent volleyball titles

November 8, 2024

LCCVI has claimed both the Junior and Senior boys Lambton-Kent volleyball titles. In the Senior game, LCCVI beat John McGregor 3-0, winning the sets 25-19, 25-22 and 25-16 at home. The Juniors defeated the Wolfpack at Great Lakes 3-0. The Lancers won the sets 25-14, 25-18 and 35-14.

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Canadian teams head to semi finals a U17 World Cup

November 8, 2024

Canada White is heading into today’s semi final matchup against Sweden with another win in its pocket. Mathis Preston scored a pair of second period goals, including one on the power play, to help Canada White punch its ticket to the semifinals in a 4-2 win over Finland. Ethan Belchetz of the Windsor Spitfires opened the scoring just 14 seconds

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LCCVI’S ROMBOUTS QUALIFIES FOR PROVINCIAL HIGH SCHOOL GOLF FINAL

October 4, 2024

Kassandra Rombouts of LCCVI carded a 78 this week and finished second in the open girls’ division at the SWOSSA high school golf championship at Willow Ridge in Blenheim. Rombouts will now represent the LKSSAA at the provincial high school championship in Windsor on Oct. 16 and 17. In team boys action, St. Pat’s, North Lambton and LCCVI finished sixth,

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Grant backstops Flyers to home ice win

October 4, 2024

Elijah Grant made 32 saves, including 14 in the second period and was named the player of the game in Petrolia’s 3-1 win over previously unbeaten Exeter. Jake MacLean’s powerplay goal at 12:18 of the final frame broke a 1-1 tie and was the game-winning tally in PJHL action before 317 fans at Greenwood Recreation Centre Thursday. Andrew Jaques iced

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