Sports

The North Huron Wescast Community Complex was a hive of activity on Sunday afternoon, with multiple minor hockey games on the schedule. The Wingham U9 T2 Blue squad hosted the Minto Mad Dogs in a friendly half-ice match, with the home team finding the back of the net often.

It was not the start to 2023 the Wingham Ironmen were looking for in their return to PJHL action last weekend, dropping a pair of decisions to opponents trailing them in the North Pollock Division standings.

There’s an old line, that if you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll never reach your destination. That’s the purpose of Brockton’s Recreation Master Plan – to create a road map for the future of recreation in the local community, according to Mayor Chris Peabody, who said, “I’m looking forward to

The Dec. 30 game between the Walkerton Capitals and Hanover Barons at the Hanover P&H Centre ended in a heartbreaking 5-4 loss for the Caps.

The Inspiring Our Future capital campaign has successfully achieved and surpassed its $2 million fundraising goal, wrapping up the campaign with over $2.4 million.

The U13 Listowel Rep B squad clashed with the Walkerton Capitals on Dec. 20 at the Steve Kerr Memorial Complex prior to the holiday break. Walkerton took a 5-2 decision over the Cyclones. Pictured: Listowel defenseman Tyse Hayter eludes a Walkerton forecheck.

The Wingham Ironmen resume their season on Friday night, when they help kick off the 2023 PJHL schedule with a game against the Goderich Flyers at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex.

The Listowel Junior Cyclones get back to work this coming Friday night, Jan. 6, when they host the Cambridge Redhawks in the first tilt of a home-and-home set to help kick off the 2023 GOJHL schedule.

The U13 Walkerton Rep C squad travelled to Listowel to clash with the Cyclones at the Steve Kerr Memorial Complex on Dec. 20, skating to a 5-2 victory.

The Central Perth U15 LL Predators were in tough against a high-scoring Wingham squad on Dec. 16 at the Perth East Recreation Complex, dropping a 7-2 decision to the visitors.

The Listowel District Secondary School senior boys’ basketball team utilized home court advantage to the fullest on Dec. 14, earning a 54-42 win over the St. Marys Salukis  for its first victory of the 2022-23 Huron-Perth Athletic Association winter campaign.

Ask anyone in attendance at the Steve Kerr Memorial Complex for last Friday night’s GOJHL tilt between the Kitchener-Waterloo Siskins and Listowel Cyclones and chances are they’d agree that the mid-December regular season game had all the feeling of an early March playoff tilt.