Just a week before Christmas, and one team curling in the Monday night draw got an early gift although the team members did have to work for it. The team of Russell Lee, Heather Struthers, Barb Ross and Meredith Harron, scored one of those nearly impossible things to achieve in curl...
The Kincardine Bantams and Peewees played hard but did not make it to the finals at the Kincardine Regional Silver Stick tournament, held Dec. 27-30. The Bantam Kinucks, in the "B" division, started off well, defeating Walkerton, 3-2; and Listowel, 3-1. However, in the semi-f...
Both the Ripley and Kincardine Novices came up short in the finals at the Kincardine Regional Silver Stick. The Ripley Novice Wolves had an impressive run at the tournament, but that ended in the Novice "C" final against Hagersville. The Wolves, undefeated at home this wee...
The Ripley Wolves took over second overall in the Senior "A" hockey league with two wins over the holidays. They now lead the Tillsonburg Thunder by one point as the league enters the final month of the season. The Wolves defeated Lucknow, 4-0, Saturday, Dec. 23, and managed ...
The Kincardine Novices in the "B" division, and the Ripley Novices in the "C" division, have advanced to the finals at the Kincardine Regional Silver Stick tournament. The Kincardine Kinucks went undefeated, blanking the competition in three straight games: Listowel...
The 31st annual Kincardine Regional Silver Stick hockey tournament is under way in Kincardine, with 45 teams from across southwestern Ontario competing in six divisions. The hockey action began Wednesday morning, with Bantam "B" and "C" games played at the Davidson ...
The Ripley Wolves beat cross-township rival Lucknow, 6-1, Saturday before taking the extra point in Tillsonburg by winning in a shoot-out. The Wolves scored two in each period in Lucknow, Saturday night, and fired 36 shots on net in the 6-1 win. Cody Britton and Shawn Stewart each had ...
The Breakers Swim Team made a big splash, attending the 2017 Trojan Cup Invitational swim meet in Barrie, Dec. 1-3. With eight teams attending from across the province, the Breakers proved how mighty they are against much-larger teams, such as Barrie, Orangeville, and Wilmot. With only...
The Penetangear "Innie versus Outtie" opening bonspiel was another big success and the Innies were the winners again! Wow, that’s two years in a row after never having won before. The Innies were headed up by skips Craig Milburn, Barb Kester, Jason Clifford and Robert ...
The Port Elgin Breakers Swim Team had a busy weekend Nov. 17-19. Gold and senior Blue swimmers: Braeden Ashton, Sydney Beauregard, Evrim Dereli, Liam Fitzgerald, Jayson Horseman, Hannah Kent, Brady Phillips, Carlin Reid and Rebecca Schropp, competed at the Wilmot Aces Fall Invitational...
The lustre of a back-and-forth, comeback win for the Ripley Wolves, Saturday night at the Ripley Arena, was marred by an ugly mugging of a Ripley fan by Petrolia’s captain. After the handshakes in a fast, hard-nosed game that featured four goals by Ripley’s Brent Walton, Pe...
It was a heart-breaking end to the Kincardine District Secondary School senior girls basketball season, as they won the CWOSSA semi-final against Wellington Heights, but lost the final to Woodland, by one point, Friday night. The girls won the BAA title, advancing to CWOSSA which was h...
The Ripley Wolves have chalked up two wins and a loss over the past two weeks. In Durham, Friday night (Nov. 10), Cody Britton scored the game-winner with just six seconds remaining in the third period to lift the Wolves to a 4-3 win over the Durham ThunderCats. This is the second time...
Another season of curling is now under way and it has been a busy few weeks. Two teams of ladies travelled to the Martini Spiel in Mississauga, Nov. 4. Laura Haight and Tammy Thompson paired up with friends, Debra Nunnaro and Karri Anne Cameron. The other team included Jen ...
The Breakers Swim Team, based in Port Elgin, competed at the Orangeville Otters Fall Invitational, Oct. 28-29, with some impressive results. Being the first swim meet of the season, and with some new coaching staff and training structure, the parents, the swimmers and the coaches were ...
For the second year in a row, the Kincardine District Secondary School senior girls basketball team has won the Bluewater Athletic Association (BAA) title. KDSS downed Grey Highlands, 52-26, in the semi-final, Wednesday in Owen Sound, and then beat Owen Sound, 39-30, to win the BAA cha...
Heather McFadden of Kincadrine received an interesting gift from her brother, Matt Farrell of Ripley, for her 40th birthday - entry into the Spartan Obstacle Course Race in Toronto in June. Both then qualified for the world championships, held in Blue Mountain, Oct. 13-15. Obstacle ...
The Huron Heights Lightning Hawks travelled to Saugeen Bluffs Conservation Area, Wednesday, Oct. 11, for the Bob Atkinson Memorial cross-country meet. Runners qualified for this event based on their placing at the regional meets, and there were more than 100 runners in each race. ...
The Kincardine District Secondary School junior and senior girls basketball teams defeated Sacred Heart High School, Wednesday, at KDSS. The juniors sit in second place in the Bluewater Athletic Association (BAA) South standings, after downing Sacred Heart, 29-22. They take on Saugeen ...
Do you want to try a cool Olympic sport that will be lighting up television screens this winter? The Kincardine Curling Club has plenty of ways for you to give curling a try! If you were one of the more than five-million people watching televised Olympic curling action at Sochi, or pla...