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John Wright/The Independent LCCVI’s junior girls basketball team and North Lambton’s senior girls basketball team improved to 8-0 with victories in Petrolia on Wednesday. The Lancers junior squad came away with a convincing 46-18 win over North Lambton to clinch the best regular season record in the ‘AA’ division. In senior play, North Lambton’s second half surge helped them get

Barry Wright/The Independent Jakob Knowles kicked out 45 shots and six different players hit the back of the net as the Petrolia Squires beat Tavistock, 6-1 to open its new season in the Ontario Elite Hockey League on Friday night at Greenwood. The Royals outshot the home team, 46-37 including peppering Knowles with 21 shots in the final frame. For

The Independent Mitchell Stack scored less than three minutes into the game Saturday for the Mooretown Flags. It was all the home team could muster in a 3-1 loss to Wheatley. The Flags are now 6-6 on the campaign. Oct. 14, Mooretown rallied from a 4-1 deficit to beat Amherstburg, 5-4. Carson Crawford had the winner, his 10th of the

The Independent For the second time in recent months a PJHL game between the Petrolia Flyers and Mt. Brydges Bulldogs has been adversely affected by a serious injury. The game between the teams Saturday in Mt. Brydges was suspended midway through the second period when a Bulldog player suffered an injury to the head and neck area, according to Flyers

The Independent Alvinston’s Hayden Duncan came off the bench to stop 13 of 14 shots Saturday to lead the Newmarket Hurricanes to a 5-4 win over the Markham Royals in OJHL action. Duncan is now 2-0 with his new team. He was dealt to the Hurricanes last week from the Collingwood Blues. He was 7-2-1 with the Blues with a

John Wright/The Independent LCCVI’s junior soccer teams seasons have come to an end after a pair of semi-final losses Tuesday. Northern Collegiate got the best of LCCVI’s girls team 5-0 in Petrolia. The squads split two regular season match ups including a 4-3 win by LCCVI on Oct. 14 that gave the Lancers home field advantage in the semi-final. On

The Independent There will be plenty of central and south Lambton players trying to turn silver into gold this weekend at the OCAA baseball tournament in Windsor. The Lions roster includes Jack Helps of Petrolia, Tyler Kerby of Wyoming, Luke Holmes of Brigden, Jacob Helps of Wilkesport and one-time Mooretown Flag Wes Brooks. Lambton is the number one seed heading

Berkley Joy was the top finisher for LCCVI at the LKSSAA Cross Country meet at Canatara Park Thursday. She placed third in the Junior Girls 5K run behind St. Pat’s Keala Pickard of Camlachie, who finished first with a time of 19:36 and Ava White of Sarnia with a time of 20:00. Berkley finished with a time of 21:54. Ellyot

John Wright/The Independent LCCVI’s bid for a perfect season was tantalizingly close. But the Lancers came up just short, falling 4-3 to Ursuline College in the LKSSAA boys baseball final. LCCVI grabbed the lead in the fifth inning Thursday with a two-run single but Ursuline rallied late, scoring twice in the sixth and once in the seventh, to secure the

Barry Wright/The Independent The puck is set to drop on a new senior hockey season in Petrolia. The Squires, now a member of the Ontario Elite Hockey League, will entertain the Tavistock Royals Friday at 8:30. The Royals have already played two games and won them both over Dunnville and Delhi. After recently signing a large group of returning veterans,

Barry Wright/The Independent The Knights and Sting are now preparing for a pair of games against Kitchener and Windsor this comingweekend as part of Rivalry Week in the OHL. The Spitfires visit Sarnia on Friday while the teams meet a night later in Windsor. London is at Kitchener Friday night and will entertain the Rangers on Sunday afternoon. Oct. 11,

Barry Wright/The Independent Andrew Jaques scored twice, including what proved to be the game-winning goal midway through the third period, to lead the Petrolia Flyers to a 4-3 win over North Middlesex. Isaac Truman had a goal and an assist for the Flyers and Dylan Campbell had the other in a rare Friday night PJHL contest at Greenwood. Lucas Rogers