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Meagan Munro, Jack Helps and James Grant all finished in the top 10 for their events at the OFSSA Track and Field Championship in London. Saturday, Munro placed fourth in the Novice Women’s 300m hurdle event with a time of 47.42s – faster than her time at the West Region Championships a week ago but two thirds of a second

LCCVI’s Jack Helps placed fourth in the Senior Men’s Javelin at OFSSA. Helps best throw was 53.65m at the provincial meet held at Western University in London. That was about two meters less than his throw at West Region and the bronze medalist at OFSSA. Also Saturday morning; Meagan Munro placed second in her heats of the Novice Women’s 300m

James Grant had the best performance of LCCVI athletes at the second day of OFSSA. Grant placed sixth in the Junior Men’s 1500m Friday at the provincial track and field meet at Western University in London. Grant was at the back of the pack for a number of laps but pushed to sixth and a time of 4:01.49 – almost

Burns wins Silver at OFSSA Maggie Mullens knew Rachel Burns has what it takes to be competitive in shot put even before she picked up a four kg ball. The Grade 10 St. Pat’s student from Petrolia proved her right Friday, exploding for a personal best 12.55 m to win Silver in the Junior Women’s Shot Put at OFSSA in

Petrolia’s Rachel Burns has captured Silver at the provincial track and field championship. The Grade 10 St. Pat’s student started competing in shot put this season throwing around nine meters. Friday, at OFSSA at Western University, Burns exploded with her final throw, tossing the shot put 12.55m, nearly a half meter further than her personal best of 12.09s. More to

PHOTOS BY SYDNEY GOODREAU AND HEATHER WRIGHT Eight LCCVI Lancer track and field athletes are heading to the provincial championships. Jack Helps led the team at the West Region Championship in Windsor Friday and Saturday, winning Gold in the Men’s Senior Javelin. He beat the field with a throw of 55.94m to earn his place at the championships in London

PHOTOS BY SYDNEY GOODREAU/THE INDEPENDENT Jack Helps of LCCVI is one of several Lancers advancing to the provincial track and field championships in Day One of the West Regionals in Windsor. Helps earned gold in Javelin with a throw of 55.94m. James Grant of LCCVI won Silver in the Junior Men’s 1500m race at the West Regionals earning his berth

Blake Ellis/The Independent Oil City’s Gorman Park will be getting much more use this summer. Enniskillen Township council at its May 21 meeting, approved a soccer skills development program for youth for the soccer fields. Tirth Barot of Petrolia had asked to use one soccer pitch at Gorman Park in July and August from Monday to Thursday from 5:30 to

James Grant and Meagan Munro led the LCCVI Lancers in Day Two of SWOSSAA. Grant took home Gold in both the Men’s Junior 800m and 3000m races. In the 3000m, Grant’s winning time was 9:41:11. He ran the 800m in 2:00.01. Grant also took home gold in the 1500m. Munro placed first in the 300m Hurdles with a time of

LCCVI takes home a dozen medals in Day One at the SWOSSAA Track and Field Championships. Hunter Campbell took home gold in Senior Men’s Discus with a throw of 43.69m about five meters more than his nearest competitor. James Grant won the Men’s Junior 1500m with a time of 4:24.02. Hunter Mitchell was first in the Men’s Junior 100m Hurdles

The LCCVI Lancers just couldn’t get past Neveah Davidson. The Great Lakes goalie stopped all shots as the Wolfpack claimed the Lambton-Kent Senior Girls Soccer Championship Wednesday in Sarnia. Mathilda Kempgens and Morgan Smith scored for Great Lakes to lead the team to the AA title.

Heather Wright/The Independent Cash-strapped Mooretown Minor Hockey is asking St. Clair Township council to help keep hockey affordable for kids. The request came Monday, just a week after the group told parents registration fees would need to climb 25 per cent to help cover rising costs. “It’s about $1,000 per family to play hockey right now,” Marty Passmore, interim president