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Barry Wright/The Independent Hurdlers from LCCVI won a trio of races at Great Lakes Secondary School leading up to the LKSSAA track and field championship. Kole Chapman crossed the finish first in the senior boys’ 400-metre hurdles in a time of 57.3, nearly five seconds faster than his nearest competitor.  Xander Knapp won the junior boys 300-metre hurdles event in

The Independent A Sarnia senior has won big at the world’s largest pickleball tournament. Joe DiBatista won three golds at the Franklin US Open Pickleball Championships in Naples, Florida in April. The tournament hosts over 3,750 amateur athletes from 53 countries. DiBatista won in gold in his age bracket for singles, men’s doubles, with Chi Fai Cho of New Jersey,

Heather Wright/The Independent Tyler McGregor has stood on the Paralympic podium, but the Forest native says his favourite feeling in the world is turning down Townsend Line as he heads home. The captain of Canada’s Sledge Hockey Team returned to Forest Saturday for a community celebration of his accomplishments. He and his family rode the town’s antique fire truck to

Barry Wright/The Independent The Ontario Hockey League final between the Barrie Colts and Kitchener Rangers will have a Petrolia flavour to it. Eamon Edgar and the Barrie Colts won the Eastern Conference championship with a 5-0 win over the Bulldogs in Brantford on Monday night. The win gave the Colts the conference title in seven games. Edgar, whose parents are

Barry Wright/The Independent Forest resident Brett Case is the new general manager of the PJHL’s Blenheim Blades. He was hired after a season as assistant general manager with the Chatham Maroons. Case, born and raised in Watford, serves as the general manager of the Alvinston Killer Bees and he will continue in that role. ••• Plympton-Wyoming’s Pat Verbeek and his

Heather Wright/The Independent Forest is planning a couple of celebrations for their hometown hero Tyler McGregor. The captain of Canada’s Paralympic hockey team won silver at the Olympics this year as his community cheered him on. Decals and prints were created by locals, including Brian Richardson, with the proceeds from their sales going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, McGregor’s favourite charity.

The Independent The Sarnia Legionnaires have a new GM and Head Coach and a formal affiliation with the OHL’s Sarnia Sting. In a news release Sunday, President Theo Bet said Tate Philips will be the new general manager and director of hockey operations while Ryan Foster will be head coach. Foster most recently has been the coach of the U16

Barry Wright/The Independent The Alvinston Killer Bees third period rally was not enough as the Bees came up just short in the Outlaw Cup final bowing to the host Smiths Falls Rideaus, 4-3 in the eastern Ontario community on Saturday afternoon. Jack Nevins, who played with the Sarnia Sting in the 2010s, scored twice for the winners and Dallas Slack

The Independent The hurdlers led the way for LCCVI at the Lancer Prep Invitational at the University of Windsor. Kole Chapman was first in the Senior Boys 100M with a time of 14.61 and 400M hurdles in 57.55 at Saturday’s event. Xander Knapp placed second in the Junior Boys 100M hurdles. Meagan Munro was third in the Senior Girls 100M

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