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Barry Wright/The Independent It is rare when the London Knights lose at home. It is even more rare when a loss is by a lopsided score. Thatwas the case Sunday as the Flint Firebirds scored three times on the power play and added a short-handed tally inbeating the Knights, 7-2. London only managed 24 shots on goal and was 0-for-6

Barry Wright/The Independent LCCVI outscored North Lambton, 8-6 in high school baseball at Morrison Field on Monday. It was the Eagles first loss of the season after four straight victories. The Lancers continued to score on Tuesday, getting a 19-3 win over Wallaceburg to improve their record to 4-1. Elsewhere last week, LCCVI blanked Great Lakes, 35-0 in high school

Barry Wright/The Independent A trip to Aylmer Saturday will be a lifelong memory for Petrolia Flyers goaltender Ryder Brown. He kicked out 44 shots for his first career PJHL victory backstopping the Flyers to a 6-3 win against the Spitfires. Rhett Joy and Casey Guerette led the winners with a goal and an assist each. Nathan Beer, Nathan Reidhead, Noel

Barry Wright/The Independent Casey Schouten had a goal and three assists to lead the Mooretown Flags to a 5-1 win over Amherstburg in PJHLaction Saturday at the Moore Sports Complex. The Flags are now 3-3-2 on the season. Jack Baerg scored twice for the winners with the others going to Wes Robertson and Carson Crawford. Jace Dupuis had three assists.

Heather Wright/The Independent The flats in Petrolia was filled with elementary school students for the annual Lambton Central Petrolia Optimist Cross Country meet. About 800 students from Lambton County and Chatham-Kent took to the course on the north side of Bridgeview Park during ideal running conditions of sunshine and temperatures in the teens Oct. 7. Students from both the public

Heather Wright/The Independent The Petrolia and East Lambton minor hockey associations are looking at joining forces to keep players close to home. Mike Nesdoly, president of the Petrolia Minor Hockey Association says talks have been going on behind the scenes for about two years to form a new association. Monday, both associations posted an announcement on social media advising parents

Barry Wright/The Independent Jack Nesbitt did not score in his first two NCAA games with the University of Michigan Wolverines but he was a beast in the face off circle. He won 24-of-37 draws in back-to-back over Bowling Green over the weekend. The Lambton Jr. Sting and Windsor Spitfires grad had a total of eight shots on goal in the

The Independent Warwick Township has a new, much quieter Zamboni cleaning up at the East Lambton Community Complex. The township took delivery of its first ever electric Zamboni recently. The $150,000 machine was ordered in 2025 and the township waited two years for the order to be filled. Parks and Recreation Manager Ryan Chamney says the electric Zamboni is a

Barry Wright/The Independent The next point for Evan Van Gorp with the London Knights will be a significant one. The Watford product has 99 career regular season points in the OHL after a two-goal performance for the Knights in a 7-4 home ice win over Owen Sound Friday night. He also had a plus four rating in the victory. London,

Barry Wright/The Independent To say what happened in Ottawa was a rarity would be a massive understatement. The Sting’s 10-3 win Sunday in the capital was its first in Ottawa in nearly two decades. Sarnia’s last victory againstthe 67’s on the road was Nov. 2007. The vast majority of the current Sting roster wasn’t born when Matt Martin and Steven

Barry Wright/The Independent Overtime was not kind to the Mooretown Flags last week. Despite Lucas Ross tying the game in the final minute of regulation time on Friday in Lakeshore, the Canadiens won the contest 4-3 at 2:08 of the fourth period. Carson Crawford and Ty Therrien also scored for Mooretown. Nolan Bourdage and Thomas Browning McFeggen each had two

Ryan Aarts/The Independent After a strong season last year, the LCCVI Lancers baseball team is looking to build on its success and make another run at a LKSSAA championship. The Lancers had just one loss last season, finishing 7-1 with that loss coming at an unfortunate time to Ursuline College in the LKSSAA final. Despite falling short, the experience has