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In PJHL action, the Walkerton Capitals lost 6-2 when they hosted the Fergus Whalers in a rare Wednesday night game on Dec. 20. It was the last scheduled game of the year for the Capitals.

The Listowel U11 LL2 Cyclones followed up their recent Regional Silver Stick championship with a narrow 2-1 win over the Howick Hornets Gold at the Steve Kerr Recreational Complex on Dec. 12.

The Milverton Four Wheel Drives are riding a three-game win streak heading into the Ontario Elite Hockey League’s Christmas break.

The LDSS junior girls’ volleyball team (1-1) split its opening two matches of the 2023-24 Huron-Perth season on Dec. 12 in Listowel, beating South Huron before falling to Stratford DSS.

At this point, it’s likely inevitable that the Listowel Cyclones will usurp the Elmira Sugar Kings as the top team in the GOJHL’s Midwestern Conference. They’ve certainly played like the top team for the last two months.

The F.E. Madill Mustangs (0-5-0) fell just short of their first win of the 2023-24 Huron-Perth Athletics varsity boys’ hockey season on Dec. 13, falling to the Stratford DSS Golden Bears (2-3-0) 6-5 at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex.

There wasn’t much for the Lucknow Lancers to write home about on Sunday afternoon.

The Wingham Ironmen have wrapped the 2023 portion of their current PJHL campaign, posting a win and a loss over a pair of opponents last weekend.

The U11C Wingham-Lucknow 86ers are Silver Stick Champions.

Randy Willick from Walkerton was one of six recipients across the province to receive the Curling Community Hero Award from CurlON, the governing body of curling in Ontario. Willick oversees the very successful School Curling Program that involves two local high schools and six area elementary schoo

The Walkerton Capitals U18 Rep C squad won the Shallow Lake Lakers U18 Rep tournament on Saturday, Dec. 16 in dramatic fashion, needing a shoot-out to win the championship game 3-2 over Blyth-Brussels. Walkerton went undefeated over the course of the weekend, winning all four games. Pictured, back r

The Durham Thundercats found the back of the net plenty of times in two Ontario Elite Hockey League games on the weekend, but were only able to secure one win in a pair of contests.

The Walkerton Cap itals followed a hard-fought 2-2 tie Saturday afternoon against the Kincardine Bulldogs with a 5-3 win in Goderich on Sunday.

The skating oval in Lobies Park was one of the few good things that came out of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the skating oval is being relocated to the community centre ball diamonds.