Sports

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Local fishermen David Pol of Arthur and Derek Cushing of Salem are making their dreams come true as the duo prepares to represent Canada at the 2024 Bass Master Team Championship later this year in Louisiana. 

FERGUS – Maizie Lupal, in Grade 8 at St. Mary Catholic School in Elora, kicks the ball to a teammate in the Wellington Catholic District School Board County Soccer Tournament’s championship game this past Wednesday at Victoria Park in Fergus.

ERIN – A young woman from Erin with Olympic aspirations has been recognized by the RBC Training Ground competition in the sport of rugby.

FERGUS – The Centre Wellington District High School junior and senior boys soccer teams are off to good starts.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – The Elora Rocks senior hockey team is back for another season playing in the Western Ontario Super Hockey League (WOSHL). 

MINTO – Council here has approved a $6,000 in-kind sponsorship of a youth curling tournament next spring.

FERGUS – Canada’s first sanctioned international all-round weightlifting competition took place in Fergus on Aug. 25 and saw 17 world records set by eight Canadian athletes. 

BROOKLYN, NY – Hot off the Paralypmic Games, where Canada’s men’s wheelchair basketball team came close to winning bronze but fell to Germany, Patrick Anderson is proud, reflective and a little exhausted.

ERIN – Cole Upton has been playing soccer with H.E.A.D.S. (Hillsburgh Erin and District Soccer) since the age of three. 

QUEBEC CITY – Centre Wellington residents Bryce Richardson and Tim Porter are pickleball golden boys after competing in the Canada 55+ Summer Games at the end of August and winning gold in their division.

PONSONBY – The Ponsonby U15 girls won gold at the ‘C’ division year-end league tournament.

PONSONBY – Rain didn’t stop the Ponsonby Gold U11 team from winning silver medals in the ‘A’ division, after three extra innings against a strong Mount Forest team, at the year-end tournament in Hanover on Aug. 22 and 23.

PONSONBY – Not even the threat of a tornado could stop the Ponsonby U11 boys, who won gold at the ISA tournament on Aug. 17 at the Ponsonby Ball Park.

ARTHUR – The Arthur U11 White Girls Softball team competed in the U11 ISA Inter County Year End Tournament ‘B’ division and won the championship on Aug. 18.