Tag: Local Sports
Slumping Attack continue to slide with fifth-straight loss
It’s tough to look on the bright side when you’re Attack assistant coach Joey Hishon and your team just listlessly lost its fifth-straight game to a shorthanded Barrie Colts club. The Colts entered the Bayshore Tuesday night riding a seven-game losing streak with two of their top players serving long-term suspensions and several others out […]
London’s rising track and field stars sidelined by lack of training options
As you may recall, the world’s greatest athlete prepared for the Tokyo Olympics at old, chilly Farquharson arena. Right now, London’s next generation of Damian Warners can only dream of a venue with such availability. Due to Western University’s current pandemic procedures and the city’s lack of appropriate and affordable indoor track and field space, […]
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 […]