St. Clements squad headed to provincials
Every time the St. Clements U16 ringette team steps on the ice, the players and parents on the opposing team have the same reaction:
“They’re so small, but look at them skate!”
The team moved up to U16 this season, so many of their players are young to begin with. …Read more
Local girls part of hockey team at Games
Woolwich will still have reason to cheer after the Olympics finish up next week, as two girls from Bantam AA hockey will compete in the 2010 Ontario Winter Games to be held Mar. 4-7 in the Muskoka region.
Kaitlin Doering and Emma Davidson were among the more than 450 hockey players, ages 13 and 14, …Read more
Next season the focus for Applejacks
The Wellesley Applejacks closed the book on another disappointing season last weekend, dropping a pair of games against Thamesford and Burford.
The Jacks were playing out the remainder of the season after missing the playoffs.
On Feb. 12, Wellesley built up a 3-0 lead courtesy of a shorthanded goal by Justin Roeder in the first …Read more
Goals abound, but Kings on the short end
The Sugar Kings fans who opted for hockey over the Super Bowl were treated to a wild ride last Sunday, but without the happy ending enjoyed in New Orleans.
The Kings climbed back into the game after going down 8-1, but weren’t able to draw even and the game …Read more
Wheelchair team going for fifth world title
Elmira’s Katie Harnock will be part of the Canadian women’s national wheelchair basketball team striving for a fifth straight gold medal at the world championships this summer.
Harnock was named to the national team after a four-day selection camp in Vancouver. Joining her will be Elmira’s Sheila Forler Bauman as the team’s physiotherapist …Read more
Green, curling team heading to nationals
Local athlete Norm Green will be travelling to Ottawa Feb. 7 to compete in a national curling championship like no other. A resident of St. Clements, he will be skipping the team in its third bid for a national title alongside the other K-W Blind Curlers at the Canadian White Cane Blind Curling Championships, a five-day national competition …Read more
Student aces free-throw competition
Conestogo Public School student Aidan McLennan, 10, set a new record at the Knights of Columbus free throw competition last Sunday, sinking 15 of 15 …Read more
Kings extend winning streak to three
If the Elmira Sugar Kings seemed to be on a losing streak in December, it can be said with certainty that their luck has turned around in the new year. Elmira now finds itself neck-and-neck with the Stratford Cullitons for the fifth place spot in the Midwestern Conference after consecutive wins last weekend against two fairly competitive teams, the Cambridge Winter Hawks (3-2) and Stratford (5-4) …Read more
Kings end winless streak
After a winless December, the Elmira Sugar Kings found January more to their liking as they downed the Listowel Cyclones 8-2 last Sunday, ending a seven-game winless streak at the same time.
The Kings showed no mercy to a shorthanded Listowel squad, scoring a trio of power play goals, a shorthanded goal and four more at even strength to win the game …Read more
Heidelberg swimmer finds herself in sync
As a new season gets off to a great start for the Waterloo Regional Synchronized Swim Club, a Heidelberg resident is among the team’s bright lights.
Sarah Adams, a Grade 9 student at Elmira District Secondary School, recently finished fourth overall in the ‘under 13’ category, scoring the top spot for her duet routine with teammate Emily McKenzie at the Lisa …Read more














