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Despite a momentum-halting loss to the Stratford Warriors on Sunday afternoon, the Listowel Cyclones are gradually rounding into playoff form after winning two of their three games last week.

The Listowel Cyclones U9 Tier 2 team travelled north to Palmerston on Feb. 7 to take on the Minto Mad Dogs. Minto got out to an early 1-0 lead, but the Cyclones stormed back with three unanswered goals to win 3-1.

The LDSS Lightning have booked their spot in the Huron-Perth Athletic Association final four, after earning a convincing 48-31 win over the St. Marys Salukis in junior boys’ high school playoff basketball action on Feb. 13.

Tate Vader got the chance to officially pull on the red and white jersey of the Soo Greyhounds last week, when the Gowanstown-born forward made his first appearance in the Ontario Hockey League for three games.

It was a weekend to remember for the Wingham Ironmen U9 Tier 2 squad.

The Wingham Ironmen saw their scoring dry up at an inopportune time last weekend, as the PJHL club squandered a chance to climb the North Pollock Division standings with the 2022-23 regular season winding down.

Both the F.E. Madill junior and senior boys’ basketball teams advanced to the Huron-Perth Athletics final four following strong showings in their respective playoff quarter-final matchups on Feb. 13.

The Mildmay Moose brought home gold from the FBAO U20 Boys Provincial Championship in Belleville, Feb. 10-12. This marks the third consecutive year the Moose have won the provincial title. The Moose went undefeated in the tournament, scoring 11 goals while allowing only one goal in four games. The n

In local PJHL action, the Walkerton Capitals bounced back from a 7-3 defeat at the hands of the seventh-place Goderich Flyers on Feb. 11, to win 5-4 in Hanover the next afternoon against the second-place Barons.

The recent cold weather allowed the Atwood Lions’ outdoor rink to finally open up to skaters late last week, with a few brave souls pictured bearing the extreme cold on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 4, to take to the ice. With temperatures expected to further climb this week, it’s unknown if ice technici

The Listowel Cyclones U13 LL #2 squad hosted the Minto Mad Dogs on Monday evening at the Steve Kerr Memorial Complex. The Cyclones got out to an early lead and never looked back, scoring seven unanswered goals en route to a 7-0 win to end their regular season.

The Helen Whitfield Memorial Bonspiel was held at the Listowel Curling Club on Feb. 5 with a Hawaiian theme, the first running of the popular ladies’ event since 2019.

Less than 24 hours after suffering their worst loss of the season, the Junior Cyclones responded in kind with a confidence-boosting beat down of the GOJHL’s last-place club to conclude a week in which Listowel picked up four of a possible six points in the Midwestern Conference standings.

The O’Brien Award is something horsemen dream about.