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The Independent The Alvinston Killer Bees are playing for the Outlaw Cup. The Bees took down the North Dundas Rockets 6-3 in the semi final gaining a birth to Saturday’s final in Smiths Falls. Brennan Feasey had two goals and an assist for Alvinston in the win and was named the game’s first star. Ethan Lamoureux had one goal and

Kole Chapman won the senior boys’ 110-metre hurdles race at a high school track and field event at St. Patrick’s this week.  The LCCVI sprinter broke the tape in 14.82 seconds, nearly three seconds ahead of his nearest competitor. Meantime, Arie Roelands of North Lambton and Mooretown’s Camryn Leitch won field events. Roelands captured the novice boys high jump with

John Wright/The Independent LCCVI’s senior girls soccer team and North Lambton’s senior boys soccer team are both off to perfect starts after the first week of LKSSAA games. LCCVI’s senior girls team got a 1-0 win over North Lambton on Tuesday afternoon in Petrolia. Campbelle Brown scored the lone goal of the match in the first half. Shelby Hewitt recorded

Barry Wright/The Independent The Alvinston Killer Bees will travel a return trip of nearly 1,200 km to eastern Ontario this weekend to play the Tilbury Bluebirds in the quarter-finals on Thursday. The Bees were among eight teams which played a seeding round over the weekend. Alvinston opened the preliminary round in Smiths Falls on Saturday with a 7-2 win over

Barry Wright/The Independent A three-week hiatus for the Alvinston Killer Bees will end this weekend when the Bees take on the Deseronto Bulldogs in the first game for both teams at the inaugural NPHL Outlaw Tournament in Smiths Falls, southwest of Ottawa. Game time Saturday is 5 p.m. The Bees – who are ranked fourth in the eight-team tournament –

Barry Wright/The Independent LCCVI’s Kole Chapman, Megan Munro and Jaylen Helps all won their respective events to open the LKSSAA track and field season at Great Lakes. Chapman won the senior boy’s 110 metre hurdles competition in a time of 14.97, Munro was first to cross the finish line in the senior girls’ 400 metre race in 1:04.50 and Helps’

Barry Wright & Heather Wright/The Independent There will be a major shift in the leadership of the Mooretown Flags; long-time president Bob Barnes, Head Coach Mark Davis, who had been behind the bench in Mooretown since 2015, Assistant Coach Jeff Perry and General Manager John Baker are all leaving the organization. The departure of the leaders in the organization comes

The Independent The LCCVI senior girls rugby team fell 32-5 to Ursuline College in their season opener on Tuesday afternoon in Petrolia. This was the first time these two teams had met since the LKSSAA final last season, which the Chatham-based team won 58-10. Mya Beaudoin scored the lone Lancer try in the rematch. LCCVI heads out on the road

Barry Wright/The Independent Parker Needham is the latest recruit to commit to the Lambton College baseball squad beginning this fall. The pitcher and third baseman is an LCCVI student and alumni of the Wyoming Wranglers program. “I’m super excited to be part of a good program,” said Needham in a statement on Monday. “I’ve heard nothing but good things about

Barry Wright/The Independent Lambton Jr. Sting alumni Cameron Reid and the Kitchener Rangers will go up against ex-Jr. Sting players Jack Nesbitt and John McLaughlin of the Windsor Spitfires in the OHL Western Conference final beginning Friday night in Kitchener. Reid drew an assist in Rangers’ 5-1 win over the Soo Greyhounds Friday to give Kitchener a 4-1 series winagainst

The Independent Petrolia’s Gracie Harse and Wyoming’s Kylee Shortt were among Lambton College athletics award winners announced online this week. Harse was named the Lions’ women’s softball hitter of the year and Shortt was defensive player of the year. Meantime, Wyoming’s Julia Boelens of the women’s softball team won the top academic award for femaleathletes. She had the highest GPA

The Independent A trio of Sarnia-Lambton players on the roster of the Chatham-Kent Cyclones, including Forest’s Drew Wilson, finished in the top four at the U14 OHL Cup over the weekend in Kingston. Brock Manders of Bright’s Grove scored in the opening minute of overtime for the Cyclones in a 4-3 win over the top-seeded North York Rangers in the