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The Holy Cross Raiders from St. Catharines beat LCCVI, 6-1 in the opening game for both teams this morning at the OFSAA girls’ A/AA hockey tournament in Sudbury. The second-seeded Raiders had period leads of 1-0 and 3-1 before salting the game away with three unanswered goals in the third period. Olivia Minten had LCCVI’s lone goal, a power play

The Petrolia Flyers will head to Mt. Brydges on Tuesday night with a chance to stamp its ticket to the PJHL’s Yeck Division championship series. The Flyers lead the best-of-seven semi-final series, three games to two after a 3-2 home ice win before 482 fans on Sunday afternoon. Austin Harper scored the game-winner goal with just over seven minutes left

Semi final starts Saturday in Petrolia The Petrolia Flyers next playoff opponent is the Mt. Brydges Bulldogs. The first game of the second round series starts at Greenwood Recreation Centre Saturday to open their best-of-seven Yeck Division semi-final. Puck drop is 7:30. Game two is the following night in Mt. Brydges, also at 7:30. The Petrolia Flyers advanced to the

Isaac McLean scored twice and Jakob Knowles made 45 saves to lead the Petrolia Squires to a 6-3 win over the Irish in Stratford Wednesday. The Irish still lead the best-of-seven Ontario Super Hockey League quarter final, two games to one. Game four is at Greenwood on Friday night. Zach VanEyk, Curtis Helps, Adam Craievich and Steve Beenackers also scored

John Wright/The Independent Four local athletes had the chance to show off their skills at the 2025 OFSAA Wrestling Championships in Kitchener on Tuesday and Wednesday. Ellie Callister, Carson Toms, and Abbi White were the members of LCCVI’s team that qualified for the provincial meet. Anna Havryliuk was the lone representative for North Lambton Secondary School. Callister (girls 51KG division),

The Alvinston Killer Bees inched closer to a first round sweep with an 8-5 home ice win over Dunnville in Ontario Super Hockey League playoff action on Friday night. Brennan Feasey scored four times for the winners, including an empty net marker. Ethan Lamoureux and Jacob Chantler had three assists each. Jayden Lammel, James McEwan, Carson Perry and Grant Spence

It appears there was more rust than rest in Petrolia’s 8-2 loss to Stratford in Ontario Super Hockey League action at Greenwood on Friday night. The Squires had not played a game in four weeks prior to last night’s playoff opener. Adam Craievich and Ryan Trottier scored for Petrolia. Game two is Saturday in Stratford.

The Petrolia Flyers has advanced to the second round of the PJHL playoffs for the first time since the team located from Alvinston nearly a decade ago.Tobias Iantorno had his second straight hat trick along with an assist and Ryan Richardson scored twice to lead the Flyers to a 7-1 win over the Irish in Lucan on Wednesday completing a

The Lambton-Kent Cardinals are the Lambton-Kent Boys hockey champions. The Cards defeated three-time LK champs 2-1 in a shootout at Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Arena in Dresden Monday. Max Avery got the Cards on the scoreboard midway through the second. Roen Douglas tied it up for the Lancers with 3:23 left in the third. An overtime period did not settle

John Chartrand made 60 saves in backstopping the Mooretown Flags to a 4-2 win over Blenheim at the Moore Sports Complex to open the Stobbs Division playoffs. The number of saves was a playoff career high for the third year netminder. Dylan Dupuis scored twice for the Flags Saturday with singles going to Casey Schouten and Jack Baerg before a

There will be Ontario Super Hockey League playoff action at Greenwood in Petrolia Friday as the Squires host the Stratford Fighting Irish in the first game of their bests-of-seven conference quarter final. Game two is set for Saturday night in the Festival city. Dates for the remainder of the series are to be announced in the coming days. Tillsonburg beat

It’ll be Petrolia’s LCCVI and Dresden’s Lambton-Kent Composite for the LKSSAA boys’ A/A/A hockey title at Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre Monday. The Lancers advanced with a 10-0 win over Wallaceburg Wednesday in one semi-final while the Lambton-Kent Composite beat North Lambton, 3-1 in the other semi-final Thursday in Dresden. Lambton Jr. Sting goaltender Kyler Van Esse was the winning