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Barry Wright/The Independent Brock Lane has signed on the dotted line with the GOJHL’s Komoka Kings. The Port Lambton goaltender, who doesn’t turn 17 until mid-December, went 19-1 with the Elgin-Middlesex under-18 AAA squad last season during the regular campaign and league playoffs with seven shutouts and a goals-against average of less than one. He and the Canucks, coached by

The Wyoming Cattlebarons bats were in full swing on Sunday winning pair of games and capturing the Dave Leach Memorial baseball tournament in Port Lambton. The Barons avenged an earlier tournament loss to Tecumseh with a 15-5 victory over the Thunder in the semi-finals and then bounced Chatham, 11-1 in the championship contest. In the semi-final, Daniel Gibson had four

Heather Wright/The Independent Nearly 400 students competed in sports at LCCVI this year. That as the school honoured its athletes June 11. Top students in each grade and sport where honoured and special honours were given out to seniors graduating this year. Katelyn Nicholson, Ryann McAuley, Darius Landon and Tyler Collins were recognized for their acheivements in sport over the

Goaltenders Ethan Everaert and Elijah Grant were named co-MVP for the PJHL’s Petrolia Flyers at the team’s awards banquet on the weekend. The duo combined to win 40 regular season and playoff games for Petrolia backstopping the Flyers to its first-ever Yeck Division championship. Meantime, Ethan Flintoff and Tobias Iantorno shared the Ron Tyler scholarship award while Flintoff was chosen

Courtright’s Dustin Jeffrey is being inducted into the Sarnia Sports Hall of Fame. He’s one of nine people and one team who are in the Class of 2025. Jeffrey played 131 National Hockey League games with Pittsburgh, Dallas and Arizona, scoring 18 goals and 15 assists for 33 points. Counting his time in the American Hockey League and European loops

Barry Wright/The Independent Mark Guy says Sting fans owe a debt of gratitude to David Legwand.  One of the new owners of the OHL club says Legwand had opportunities to sell the team to outside interests that would have moved the franchise but resisted those overtures. Guy, a former NHL player agent and Ryan Finch, a successful businessman, were introduced

The Independent Declan Watson has a new gold medal to his credit.  The Northern secondary school student, from Plympton-Wyoming, won the men’s 79-kilo class at the Canadian Junior Weightlifting Championship in Saskatoon on the weekend. His winning total of 265 kilograms included 120 kilos in the snatch category and 145 kilos in the clean and jerk. Watson trains with the

The Independent About 200 pros are headed to Alvinston this weekend for the sixth annual Alvinston Pro Rodeo. The Brooke-Alvinston-Watford Fair Board started the event in 2019 after local rodeo pros Tyler Foster and Rod Weese were tearing up the world rodeo championships. Foster had won the International Professional Rodeo Association World Champion Steer Wrestler and Weese won the International

Kole Chapman, Xander Knapp and Megan Munro all won two events each at therecent CK Relays in Chatham. Chapman won the junior boys’ 100 metre and 300 metre finals setting a record inthe longer of the events. His time of 44.14 seconds was almost two seconds fasterthan the previous meet record set a decade ago. Munro crossed the finish line

John Wright/The Independent Mt. Brydges Bulldogs President Andy Friyia called it “the scariest moment I’ve ever witnessed live in a hockey game.” He’s talking about a devastating injury to Jaxon Moorhouse of the Bulldogs at the Greenwood Recreation Centre in game five of the Yeck Division semi-final series. Two players who were battling for the puck behind the net fell

The Independent The Forest Xtreme will represent Ontario this week at the Eastern Canadian Ringette Championships in Quebec. They are in suburban Montreal panning for gold in the under-16 division involving teams from Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. Forest opens the round robin portion of the tournament with a game against the PEI Edge tonight. Games continue on Friday with

The Independent Soon another banner will be on display at the Watford Arena. The Lambton Lightning won five consecutive contests last weekend to capture the championship in the Senior C division at the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association provincials in the GTA.   They defeated the Honeywood Badgers, 4-1 in the final.  Lambton had beaten Cornwall, 4-1, blanked Otonabee, 8-0, edged Waterloo, 1-0