Tara Jeffrey When Carolyne Prevost was taking shots with the boys as a youngster climbing the ranks in Sarnia Minor Hockey, she never imagined there’d be a career in it for her. “It wasn’t in my dreams growing up, because I didn’t see it; it wasn’t visible to me,” said the 30-year-old multi-sport athlete and… Read more »
Emilie Davis eases into a backward turn during an adult skating session at Progressive Auto Sales Arena on Nov. 26. Just over a dozen skaters participated in the Thursday afternoon program, which due to pandemic restrictions requires pre-registration and arriving early. Davis picked up the skates again recently after being sidelined by an ankle injury… Read more »
Journal Staff Sarnia is looking into establishing a ‘disc golf’ course in one of its parks. Disc golf is a sport in which players throw a flying disc at a target, usually a steel basket on a post. The game’s rules are similar those of golf, with the winner recording the lowest number of shots…. Read more »
Journal Staff An elite Sarnia-Lambton athlete and academic is heading to the England to study at Oxford University. Marissa Mueller is one of only 11 Canadians to win a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship this year, the Rhodes Trust announced last week. The University of Iowa track and field athlete will join a class of more than… Read more »
Troy Shantz Competing in his first race in almost a year, Sarnia’s Ryan Davies confirmed his status as an up-and-coming runner at the Western Ontario Cross County Championships earlier this month. The 15-year-old Northern Collegiate junior finished 3rd in the U16 category in a field of 54 runners from across Southwestern Ontario. Davies said the… Read more »
Troy Shantz An eSports league organized by students at St. Patrick’s High School proved so popular even staff tuned in to watch its matches. Almost 100 students participated in the lunch-hour Rocket League matches run by Grade 11 communications technology students. The live-streamed broadcasts were hosted on a website the students created, complete with game… Read more »
A forward with the Sarnia Sting is attending the Canadian National Junior Team selection camp. Jamieson Rees was one of 46 players invited to the camp, which runs from Nov. 16 to Dec. 13 in Red Deer, Alta. Five goalies, 15 defencemen and 26 forwards are competing for spots on the team representing Canada at… Read more »
Journal Staff One of the Sarnia Sting’s top scorers is headed to the NHL. Right-winger Jacob Perreault has signed a three-year contact with the Anaheim Ducks, the club announced. The 18-year-old Montreal native led the Sting with 39 goals and 31 assists last season. He ranked fifth in points per game, and tied for 10th… Read more »
Troy Shantz One local lacrosse program hasn’t broken stride, despite the pandemic shutting down most local sports. The organizers behind the Janie Lax girls’ lacrosse program have modified the game to allow players to keep on playing while observing public health guidelines. “Janie Ball” is a game of three-on-three field lacrosse played on a smaller… Read more »
Tara Jeffrey Jessica Platt is hoping her latest chapter is a bestseller. That’s because she literally wrote it for a new book. “It’s really exciting for me, to see my story written in words,” Platt, 31, said about being featured in a new book by famed Canadian broadcasters Bob McKenzie and Jim Lang. Platt, a… Read more »
