Tag: Local Sports
Patience and persistence pays off as Team Howard punches ticket to Brier
Team Howard is heading back to the Brier. Skip Scott Howard stole points in the ninth and 10th ends to beat Leaside Curling Club representative John Epping 5-3 and win the Port Elgin ’22 Ontario Tankard Sunday at The Plex. Scott took the Howard rink reins while his father Glenn, dealing with a knee injury, […]
LFP Archives: The tragic death of a Southwestern Ontario Olympic star
Chatham figure skater Sandra Tewkesbury was just 18 when she competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. She finished 10th in women’s singles at the Games. With a bronze from Canada’s national championships to her name, she then retired from competitive skating – and took on a part-time coaching job with the […]
Howard, Epping, Camm remain at Port Elgin ’22 Ontario Tankard
On super Sunday, curling fans will be treated to a showdown of three top Ontario curling rinks vying for a chance to represent the region at the national championship on the final day of the Port Elgin ’22 Ontario Tankard. Team Camm (Navan Curling Club) and Team Epping (Leaside Curling Club) meet first in the […]
Cajan’s 65-save effort helps sink Owen Sound in OT
If “gettin’ goalie’d” ever makes its way into the dictionary a headshot of Pavel Cajan will grace the page. The 19-year-old Kitchener Rangers goalie made 65 saves Saturday night in Owen Sound backstopping the Blueshirts to a 4-3 overtime win. The Attack’s 68 shots on net in the game set a new OHL season-high, and […]
Spitfires pounce on suddenly skidding London Knights for 5-2 win
The London Knights are starting to leak at the back end. London followed up a gritty shorthanded win over Saginaw Wednesday by allowing a combined 11 goals in back-to-back losses to Kitchener and Windsor, the latter a 5-2 defeat to the Spitfires before 500 Saturday at WFCU Centre. “We’re getting ourselves behind the eight ball,” […]