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Barry Wright/The Independent The Alvinston Killer Bees are seeded in the middle of the pack for the eight-team Outlaw Championship Tournament beginning later this month in Eastern Ontario. The Bees are ranked fourth and will take on the fifth-seeded Deseronto Bulldogs in the first game for each team on Saturday, April 25 at 5 p.m. Alvinston will also play against

Heather Wright/The Independent Micah Kember is hoping for big things to come out of the Canadian Wrestling championship. The Grade 10 LCCVI student, who is also a member of the Bluewater Wrestling team, is going to the meet in Montreal May 28 to 30. “When we do well, the club encourages us to participate in those bigger competitions,” Kember tells

Barry Wright/The Independent Pat Verbeek has signed a multi-year contract to remain general manager of the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks. The product of Plympton-Wyoming is in his fourth season with the Ducks and has them in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2018. The Ducks clinched their postseason berth on Monday. “Pat has done exactly as we hoped,

Tara Jeffrey/The Independent Sydney Nisbet’s love for baseball and her belief in where it could take her has paid off with a scholarship and the opportunity of a lifetime. The Corunna teen has committed to Kentucky State University, where she’ll join the Thorobreds women’s softball team this fall as a second baseman and catcher. “I’m really excited about this —

Barry Wright/The Independent Lambton Jr. Sting grads Jack Nesbitt and John McLaughlin and the Windsor Spitfires are riding a seven game winning streak going into game four of their OHL Western Conference semi-final in Flint Thursday. Sarnia’s Nesbitt, who has family connections to Petrolia and Alvinston, scored twice including the game- winner as the Spits opened the best-of-seven series with

Barry Wright/The Independent LCCVI entertains its perennial foes from Chatham-Ursuline to open the LKSSAA girls’ rugby season on Tuesday, April 21. Game time is 1 p.m. Meantime, the track and field season also opens the same day at Great Lakes and the SWOSSA badminton finals are set for next week at St. Francois Xavier and in Chatham. The seniors participate

Nisbet’s family pays tribute Heather Wright/The Independent The family of Dane Nisbet says he loved his family and protected his friends fiercely. The 20-year-old Sarnia man died in the shooting on the patio of the Lambton College bar, The Lion’s Den April 10 which also injured two of his friends. It was an act that devastated his family, according to

John Wright/The Independent The Lambton Attack U15 ‘C’ team took home a silver medal and the Sarnia Lady Sting U11 ‘C’ team won a bronze medal at the OWHA Provincials this weekend in the GTA. The Attack went unbeaten with wins over Flamborough and Woodstock and a tie against Stratford in the round robin to advance to the semifinals. In

Barry Wright/The Independent The Lambton Attack won the U18 division one championship at the Western Ontario Girls Hockey League Day of Champions. The Attack, ranked number one in the province in its classification, blanked Lucan, 1-0 in the title game. Julia Strevel scored the game-winning goal assisted by Peyton Hordyk. Chloe Reid, fresh off an antique bronze with the LCCVI

Barry Wright/The Independent Marthaville’s Megan Munro and Mooretown resident Camryn Leitch and their Bluewater Hawks team won the OWHA U18 AA Southern League championship with a 2-0 win over Kingston at Scotiabank Pond Arena in Toronto. The Hawks had beaten the London Devilettes, Waterloo Ravens, and Stoney Creek Sabres, to reach the final last Sunday. They had a perfect 11-0

Barry Wright/The Independent The Mooretown Flags and East Lambton Eagles were ranked one and two in their age classification going into the OMHA tournament in Kingston on the weekend. The teams lived up to that billing with the Flags prevailing 3-2 over the Eagles in double overtime to capture the coveted red hats on Sunday. After a scoreless first period,

Heather Wright/The Independent Work on the new floor of the Brooke-Alvinston-Inwood arena should begin April 10. That after Brooke-Alvinston council approved a $ $1,703,531.50 contract to Bronnenco Construction out of London in a closed door meeting March 30. Brooke-Alvinston has been planning the replacement of the arena floor for over a year with the bill expected to come in around