Long-time volunteer honoured as SMMHA’s 12th Life Member

Centre Wellington lacrosse results

Wheelchair basketball athlete Patrick Anderson of Fergus has picked up the top award at the Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame and Sport Awards. Anderson was named Best Male Athlete of the Year at the awards ceremony May 10 in Toronto.

LONDON – The Exeter Express opened their Southwestern Senior Baseball League (SSBL) season with an 8-7 extra-inning loss to the Lakeside Lizards May 17 in London.

KITCHENER – Exeter's Cullen Mercer recently took part in the OHL Gold Cup, an annual event featuring the best under-16 hockey talent in Ontario.

SOUTH HURON – The 20th annual Bob Williams Golf Tournament will be held May 27 at Oakwood Golf Course, hosted by Community Living South Huron.

Aaron Armstrong, scoring dynamo on the ice, mentor to young players, respected teammate, and gentleman on the ice, on the bench and behind it, has been named OHA Junior 'C' Player of the Year for the second straight year. He'll be presented with his award June 7, at the Hockey Hall of Fame. In addition to the provincial honour last year and this year, Armstrong was the Western Junior ‘C’ League Most Valuable Player for both 2012 and 2013, and was the unanimous choice for the league's top scorer and most sportsmanlike player for 2013. Earlier this past season Aaron was named the OHA Player of the Month for October, was selected to the Western Junior ‘C’ All Star Team and named the game's MVP. The Wingham Ironmen star forward and team captain set a new league scoring record this past season, with a remarkable 124 points – 50 goals and 74 assists in 35 games of regular season play - earning a reputation as one of the hardest-working players on the team.

WINGHAM – Aaron Armstrong – scoring dynamo on the ice, mentor to young players, respected teammate, and gentleman on the ice, on the bench and behind it – has been named OHA Junior ‘C’ Player of the Year for the second straight year. He’ll be presented with his award June 7, at the Hockey Hall of Fame. In addition to the provincial honour last year and this year, Armstrong was the Western Junior ‘C’ League Most Valuable Player for both 2012 and 2013, and was the unanimous choice for the league’s top scorer and most sportsmanlike player for 2013. Earlier this past season Aaron was named the OHA Player of the Month for October, was selected to the Western Junior ‘C’ All Star Team and named the game’s MVP.

GODERICH – Despite cold and rainy conditions last week, Listowel District Secondary School track and field athletes still came through in fine style to qualify for the Western Ontario Secondary School Athletic Association championships (WOSSAA). Taking top honours were Erica Ten Hove (midget girls shot put) and Erin Katerberg (senior girls high jump), who each took first in their respective events. Connor Dewar placed second in the senior boys 100m race, Dallas McGriskin took second in the steeplechase, Reid Buchanan finished third in junior boys shot put, and Leah Hackett placed third in the midget girls 400m. Also qualifying for WOSSAA: Jessica Frichitthavong, Kourtney Johnson, Krista Klumpenhouwer, Megan Herrewynen, Alex McRae, Nicole Erb, Megan Siemon, Victoria Hoover, Ryan Bartja, Cole McKee, Amanda Clemmer, Nikki Louvelle, Adrienne Ellis, Phil Seymour and Luke Seymour.

PALMERSTON – The Redmen will be vying for their second senior girls soccer title in three years later this month, as Norwell District Secondary School will be hosting the 2013 Central Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association (CWOSSA) championship. It will be the second year in a row NDSS has hosted the tournament, which will take place May 29-30. The senior girls will be amongst the six teams that have qualified for the event, while the senior boys failed to qualify in the male bracket earlier in the school year. The Redmen girls will be looking to knock off the defending CWOSSA champion Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School from Guelph, a team that has won the last six of seven titles. NDSS defeated them for the CWOSSA championship in 2011. “They’ll be strong,” said NDSS senior girls coach Dave Lecourtois. “We’re traditionally one of the stronger teams, but it’s a tough tournament.”

Two decades ago, four Minto men envisioned a cancer fundraiser that would bring in big dollars in the fight against the world’s most notorious disease. Twenty years later, their dream continues to be realized in the form of the Golf for a Cure Frank Kelly Memorial Golf Tournament. To date, over $118,000 has been raised for the Harriston branch of the Canadian Cancer Society. “It’s a tribute to the people who have organized and worked on the tournament,” said co-organizer Dave Mallett. “They have all been affected by cancer.” Mallett was the brother-in-law of Frank Kelly, one of the original organizers of the Tee It Up For Cancer fundraiser along with Brent Cochrane, Mark Mackenzie and Gary Thackeray. After Kelly himself passed away from the disease in 1998, the tournament was renamed a few years later in his honour. The 2013 edition of the tournament takes place at Pike Lake Golf Course on June 4, with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. Thirty-six best ball teams of four are typically signed up for the tournament, with a few spots still available. The cost is $110 per golfer, while those just wishing to take part in the delicious clubhouse dinner that night are welcome to purchase tickets for $25.

At H-P track and field championships in Goderich last week

The second half saw the Royals put on a big push, resulting in a bit more work for keeper Vlasis Aroutzidis.

Home opener May 21 at Packham, 8:30 p.m.

Dump Red Sox 15-3 at Brantford

The ice of the curling rink was replaced by glitz and glamour on Saturday night, as the Mount Forest Curling Club hosted a 50th anniversary celebration in recognition of five decades inside its current clubhouse.

LONDON – It was a storybook end to Sean Consitt's final season of junior hockey.

EXETER – As the South Huron Rush women's soccer team gears up for their London and Area Women's Soccer League season, head coach Tim Hundey is optimistic about the team's chances.