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Barry Wright/The Independent We are the champions, my friend. That’s the refrain from the Alvinston Killer Bees after beating the Oshwegen Six Nations Ironmen, 5-2 on the road Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Bees win the best-of-five NPHL Metro Conference final in four games. Joseph Raaymakers made 43 saves and was named the first star of the decisive contest

Barry Wright/The Independent Mya Beaudoin is joining the Western Mustangs women’s rugby side in September. The LCCVI student confirmed her commitment to the London school with a recent post on Instagram. “My first thought when I got to Western’s main campus was ‘wow I love the architecture’ but the more I looked around and learned about great qualities of the

Heather Wright/The Independent The Alvinston Killer Bees are just one win away from becoming Metropolitan Division Champions. The Bees beat the Six Nations Ironmen 4-2 to take a 2-1 lead in the best of five series. Caden Faulkner opened the scoring for Alvinston at 9:21 in the first. The bulk of the action was in the second as Terry Brigland

Heather Wright/The Independent The head of the Provincial Junior Hockey League says the Mooretown Flags coaching staff is “expected” to take “training and education” after the league launched a complaint of “toxic behaviour” by coaches on behalf of several players and at least one coach. Neither the PJHL commissioner nor the president, general manager or head coach of the Flags

Heather Wright/The Independent The Alvinston Killer Bees and Six Nations Ironmen are tied up 1-1 in the Metro conference final after each team got a win on home ice this weekend. Brandon Couto had both the tying and winning goal in the Killer Bees 4-2 win over the Ironmen in the first game in front of a hometown crowd on

John Wright/The Independent It was a historic moment for the LCCVI Girls’ Hockey team, but it was marred by frustration. “The girls made history today and we’re really proud of them,” said Coach Scott Watson after the Lancers lost 3-2 in a shootout to Crestwood Preparatory College from Toronto in the bronze medal game of the OFSAA A/AA girls hockey

The Lancers fell to Georgian Bay District 4-2 Thursday morning John Wright/The Independent LCCVI made a valiant comeback effort but fell just short, losing 4-2 to Georgian Bay District Secondary School from Midland in the semifinals of the OFSAA A/AA girls hockey championships Thursday morning in Cobourg. Georgian Bay jumped out a lead when Daelia Coutts buried a loose puck

Barry Wright/The Independent Dale Hunter’s London Knights took fourth place and home ice in round one of the postseason when Jack Nesbitt and the Windsor Spitfires beat the Greyhounds, 5-3 in the Soo on the final day of the regular season. Nesbitt, the Philadelphia Flyers first round pick last summer, with family ties to Petrolia and Alvinston, had a hat

John Wright/The Independent Relentless forechecking and strong goaltending from Chloe Reid helped LCCVI take down St. Charles College (Sudbury) 2-0 in the OFSAA A/AA girls’ hockey quarterfinals on Wednesday afternoon in Port Hope. Mya Thorne broke the seal with 2:40 remaining in the first period. She was first player to get a puck past St. Charles goalie Kloe Rienguette who

Barry Wright/The Independent Oil Springs’ Cash McKinnon and Team Ontario blanked Montreal, 2-0 in the championship contest to capture the Tier 1 title at the Silver Stick Sled Finals in Grand Rapids, Michigan last weekend. The win avenged a 1-0 loss to Montreal in the preliminary round. Ontario beat Pittsburgh and New York in pool play and went 3-1 overall.

Heather Wright/The Independent There may be an OHL Hockey Night in Watford to benefit the Alvinston arena. Warwick Township councillors have agreed to join with Brooke-Alvinston hosting an OHL exhibition game between the London Knights and the Erie Otters Aug. 29. Jill Joris, Brooke-Alvinston’s fundraising and marketing coordinator told Warwick council Monday her municipality was offered the opportunity as a

John Wright/The Independent The LCCVI Lancers girls hockey team will have a shot at making the quarterfinals after picking up a point on the first day of the OFSAA A/AA girls hockey championships in Cobourg. The Lancers rebounded from a tough start to tie Burlington Central High School 1-1 on Tuesday afternoon. Emma Canivet buried a breakaway chance 1:55 into