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Barry Wright/The Independent Watford’s Evan Van Gorp was among the players considered for the COGECO Player of the Week award in the OHL following the opening weekend. He had two goals and three assists in a pair of wins against Windsor on Friday and Saturday. Van Gorp is tied for the league scoring lead with Dimian Zhilkin of the Saginaw

Barry Wright/The Independent The Mooretoown Flags will be the latest team to try to hand the Lakeshore their first loss of the season when they face the Canadiens on Friday night. Lakeshore comes into the matchup with a 4-0 record. The Flags returns home to entertain Wheatley on Saturday at the Moore Sports Complex. Puck drop is 7:30. Mooretown is

Barry Wright/The Independent LCCVI scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to cement a 36-7 win over Wallaceburg to open the AA football season in Petrolia on Thursday. Isaiah Ardell led the Lancers with four touchdowns. Owen Love had the other. Luke Shaw had two converts and a pair of singles. Xander Knapp also had a two-point conversion. Great

Barry Wright/The Independent The Sarnia Legionnaires begin a stretch of three games in three nights when they host the LaSalle Vipers at Pat Stapleton Arena on Thursday at 7 p.m. The Vipers roster includes Sarnia’s Cameron Jolicoeur. The power forward was a seventh-round pick by the Windsor Spitfires at the OHL draft in June. Sarnia heads to St. Thomas to

Barry Wright/The Independent Alessandro Di Iorio and off-season acquisition Parker Holmes are back from NHL camps and will be in the lineup when the Sarnia Sting take on the Peterborough Petes tonight (Thursday) at 7:05 p.m. Sarnia continues their road trip against the Kingston Frontenacs on Friday night and play the 67’s in Ottawa on Sunday afternoon. The Sting are

Blake Ellis/The Independent Enniskillen Township councillors aren’t ready to talk about a regional arena yet. That after two Petrolia residents who are part of the Community Access Recreation Expansion Committee came to council Sept. 21. Lisa Vanderwal and Kelly Bailey first started advocating for a second ice pad at Petrolia’s Greenwood Recreation Centre in February 2024. More than 870 signatures

Barry Wright/The Independent The hometown Mt. Brydges Bulldogs scored with just 22 seconds left in the third period for a 4-3 win over the Petrolia Flyers in PJHL action last Saturday. After a scoreless first period, the home team jumped out to a 3-1 after 40 minutes. Parker Davidson had the Petrolia tally. Third period goals by Jace McGrail and

Barry Wright/The Independent A player with family ties to Petrolia has been named one of four assistant captains with the OHL Barrie Colts. Eamon Edgar was handed the honour by the OHL team late last week. The 16-year-old had seven goals and 19 points in 64 games as a rookie last year. ••• The goaltender with the most wins in

Core Jackson honoured by Wyoming Minor Baseball Barry Wright/The Independent Core Jackson says his first season of professional baseball was the stuff of dreams. The Wyoming native was drafted by the New York Yankees in 2025 and appeared in 100 games this season spilt between a pair of New York Yankee affiliates; the Hudson Valley Renegades and Somerset, New Jersey

Ryan Aarts/The Independent Five years after the LCCVI football program was rebooted, the Lancers are no longer just trying to compete, they’re operating with high expectations. That’s according to LCCVI Football Coach Brett Waring as the team heads into its first game of the 2026 season Thursday. Waring says he and Assistant Coach Matt Godfrey “had a good base” to

Barry Wright/The Independent Not surprisingly, veteran Tyler McGregor of Forest is one of 25 players named to Team Canada’s Para hockey training camp this month in Surrey, BC. The camp runs from Sept. 20-25 and is a lead up to two prominent international events. Team Canada will participate in the International Para Cup in Czechia next month and then be

Barry Wright/The Independent With the OHL preseason in the rear view mirror, the Sting is now preparing for its league opener against the Greyhounds in the Soo on Saturday night. Sarnia ended its exhibition schedule with a 7-1 win over the London Knights before 2,298 fans at Progressive Auto Sales Arena Friday. Matthew Manza and Myles Dunn each scored twice