The Ripley Wolves defeated Shallow Lake 5-4 in overtime in the opener of the ‘A’ playoff round-robin, Saturday, Feb. 7. Ripley opened the scoring midway in the first period, on a powerplay effort by Mark Stanley from Nick Locking and Brian Stanley. Cody Britton made it 2-0...
Sam Feagan had the game-winning goal in overtime as the Kincardine Bulldogs eliminated the Mount Forest Patriots, Wednesday night (Feb. 11) in Mount Forest, and now advance to take on the Wingham Ironmen in the semi-finals in Western Junior "C" hockey action. It was a tough b...
The Kincardine District Secondary School junior and senior boys basketball teams are out of the playoffs after losses against Saugeen District Secondary School Wednesday at SDSS. Both teams played their final season games against Sacred Heart, Monday afternoon, at KDSS. The seniors ...
Sunday, Feb. 8, the Kincardine Battling Battler Midget girls travelled to Durham and edged West Grey, 2-1. Kincardine had a short bench with only eight players. The Kinucks opened the scoring on a goal by Kristen Bell in the first period. Durham followed with a quick goal. Th...
Six local Special Olympics athletes brought home gold medals from the provincial winter games held in North Bay at the end of January. The curling team of Brandon Carroll and Chris Weese, second; Jackie McDonald, lead; Tyler Jilek, vice; and Ryan Brodhagen, skip; as well as figure skat...
The Kincardine Nicol Insurance Junior "C" Bulldogs could eliminate the Mount Forest Patriots from the playoffs Wednesday night, after taking a 3-2 lead in their series during hockey action on the weekend. Friday night, the 'Dogs took the game on home ice by a final of 4-3...
The Kincardine Montgomery Ford Midget girls competed at the annual Saugeen Shores Silver Stick tournament on the weekend, which included players from Atom to Intermediate divisions, playing at arenas in Paisley, Tiverton, Port Elgin and Southampton. The Ford girls began the tournament ...
The Kincardine Boston Pizza Atom AE Kinucks had a busy week-and-a-half with five games played, and winning the WOAA Second Entry Championship trophy. Jan. 31, the Kinucks travelled to Listowel to start the second round of the WOAA championships. The Kinucks came up short with a 3-2 los...
Following their semi-final series win over Saugeen Shores, the Kincardine Miller Insurance Midget Rep. Kinucks swept the Listowel Cyclones with a 3-0 road win, Feb. 4, to take the WOAA Midget "B" championship. The victory sets the Kinucks up for an All-Ontario quarter-final s...
Local figure skater Rosie Laidler has reached the pinnacle of her skating career by earning her gold level in dance Jan. 25 in Mount Forest. Believed to be the only Special Olympic female skater to pass all of the gold level dances, Laidler can add this achievement to her gold level fo...
The Ripley Wolves wrapped up their regular season on the weekend by ending the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks' pursuit of first-place in the North Division, with a 4-2 win on home ice at the Ripley Arena. The win, which came on the heels of a wild 10-7 loss in Elora, Saturday n...
Jan. 2, the Kincardine Sobeys Peewee “B” girls rep. team travelled to Guelph to participate in the 2015 GGHA 16th Annual Tournament. Due to the number of registrants, the girls had to register and play a step up in the “BB” division. The Kinucks began th...
The Kincardine Montgomery Ford Midget girls got back on the ice after exam week to play a make-up league game against the Lucknow Sailorettes “C” team, Sunday afternoon, and won, 4-2. Both teams had a delay, waiting for the end of the Bulldogs-Mount Forest playoff game ...
The Nicol Insurance Kincardine Junior "C" Bulldogs picked the wrong time to hit a slump—the final game of the season and opening game of the playoffs. Friday night, the 'Dogs hosted the Hanover Barons in what turned into a showdown for third place. Com...
It wasn’t necessarily the results the Kincardine Home Hardware Novice Kinucks were anticipating, but the league leaders escaped the weekend with a tie and win against Walkerton and Mount Forest, respectively. The Walkerton Capital Novices, with a mere four regular-season ...
About a dozen youth took part in the Kincardine Knights of Columbus basketball free throw competition held Sunday afternoon, Jan. 25, at Kincardine District Secondary School. The objective was to get as many baskets as possible in a number of throws, with the top achievers receiving plaq...
Sunday, Jan. 25, the Kincardine Battling Battlers Midget Local League girls hosted West Grey Highlands. It was another 3-0 shut-out for Kinucks goalie Amber Howald! The first two goals were scored by Avery Perrie who was called up from the Bantam team, assisted by Hayli Charette and...
Kincardine's Morgan Baker was awesome in net for the Bluewater Hawks who took on Durham West last weekend and played to a 2-2 tie, in the PWHL. Bluewater's penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on three Durham West powerplays. Bluewater was helped by Emma...
The Ripley Ravens girls and boys teams brought home the Bluewater volleyball championships from tournaments held last week. The girls won the 2015 BESC championship banner in an exciting tie-breaker game in Sauble Beach, allowing them to win back-to-back district championships. ...
The Kincardine Montgomery Ford Midget girls had a busy week of games as they near the end of regular season, awaiting the start of playoff's which should begin sometime during the first week in February. The team rented a bus for a trip to Lion's Head to play Bruce Peninsula We...