Category: Sports
Coach, traded-away star exchange barbs in London Lightning win
Doug Plumb didn’t get cute this time. In the dying seconds of a close game in Windsor Sunday, the London Lightning head coach made Billy White the screener and the Bolts didn’t get the shot they wanted in a heart-wrenching loss. This time, he hitched the wagon to the 35-year-old veteran. White capped a 31-point […]
At long last, Black former Londoner’s place in hoops history recognized
A longtime hoops star from London finally has secured his rightful place in Canadian basketball history.
Walkerton Riverhawks senior boys basketball team punches ticket to OFSAA
Austin Greig scored 22 points as the Walkerton Riverhawks won the Central Western Ontario Secondary School Association (CWOSSA) single-A championship Saturday. The Riverhawks edged Woodland Christian 62-60 in the championship game as Kincardine and Walkerton split hosting duties. Walkerton beat Pere Rene 54-38 in the semifinals to earn a berth into the gold-medal game and […]
High-octane Western Mustangs one win from national hoops tournament berth
Aryan Sharma’s 34-point performance in a big playoff win over Laurier last weekend would have been a perfectly fine farewell to Alumni Hall for the senior shooter.
Former CHL Goaltender of the Year looks to rekindle a love of the game in France
For many the dream is messy. “I needed to, somewhat, find the love of the game again,” former Owen Sound Attack goaltender Michael McNiven, 26, said from Gap, France, where he recently signed with the Rapaces de Gap hockey club. “I’m playing now, which is my main concern at this point,” he said of the […]
PHOTOS: London Catholic elementary school board gymnastics meet
More than 2,500 pupils from London District Catholic school board elementary schools and a couple of private schools will perform over the five-day gymnastics meet that continued Monday at the Carling Heights Optimist community centre in London. Officials say the event, first held in 1971, allows children to engage in physical activity, regardless of ability. […]
Western Mustangs sweep track and field crowns; Fanshawe Falcons fall to Humber
Western swept the top spot of the podium at the Ontario university track and field championships for the first time in program history this past weekend in Windsor.
PYETTE: What’s ailing the out-of-first-place London Lightning?
The London Lightning have sunk out of first place and into a playoff battle.
Ex-treasurer pleads guilty to taking nearly $50K from junior hockey team
MITCHELL – The ex-treasurer of the Mitchell Hawks Jr. C hockey team has pleaded guilty to fraud after removing more than $48,000 from a bank account associated with the club. Corrine McKenzie, a West Perth resident, was charged last August. She took $48,270 from the account of the Junior C hockey team, a club that […]
PHOTOS: West London Hawks minor hockey tournament
The West London Hawks played host this weekend to the annual Doug Jarrett Memorial Tournament for teams at the MD (minor development) competitive level from levels U9 to U18. Photos by LFP’s Derek Ruttan druttan@postmedia.com