London Community News

Lightning slide past Jazz in 138-125 win

The London Lightning might have beat the short staffed Montreal Jazz 138-125 on Sunday (Jan. 20) at Budweiser Gardens, but add a few more players to the away team’s bench and there might have been a different score.

With just seven players dressed compared to the 12 suited up for the Lightning, the Jazz trailed London by 24 points headed into the fourth quarter, but almost made a game of it when they managed to come within eight.

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Virtue and Moir skate to Canadian title

Ilderton’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won their fifth Canadian figure skating championship Sunday at the Hershey Centre, but they admit there’s still a lot of work ahead of them.

They captured the senior dance title on the final day of competition by earning top marks in the free program.

Skating to Carmen, they scored 108.19 in the free dance to finish with an overall score of 187.23.

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Western pole vaulter flying high

The sky’s the limit for pole-vaulter Robin Bone

At the Western University hosted Don Wright Meet on Saturday (Jan. 19), the limit for the 18-year-old was 4.02 metres to put her back on top of the Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS) standings for her event as the first woman of the year to break the four-metre mark in the 2012-13 season.

She’s also the first lady Mustang to ever pass the feat, as well.

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Photos by Jonathon Brodie/London Community News / Twitter: @jonathonbrodie

The home field advantage worked out for the Fanshawe Falcons as they soared at the school’s annual cross country invitational at Fanshawe Conservation Area on Saturday (Sept. 22).

A dozen schools came out for the second Ontario College Athletics Association meet of the year with the Falcons men’s team winning their third consecutive Fanshawe College Cross Country Invitational.

http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/2012/09/falcons-soar-at-invitational/

By Jonathon Brodie/London Community News / Twitter: @jonathonbrodie

The London Knights opened their season Friday (Sept. 21) at Budweiser Gardens with a banner raising ceremony for last year’s Ontario Hockey League (OHL) champions before the the game against the Erie Otters, but what fans really want to know is can the club repeat?

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Hayley Wickenheiser scores at Western

By Jonathon Brodie/London Community News / Twitter: @jonathonbrodie

Who the fans came for was evident after the Calgary Dinos’, the opposing team, first goal when three-time Olympic gold medalist Hayley Wickenheiser found the back of the net in a 3-0 effort for the defending champions — probably the loudest the crowd would get all game.

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By Jonathon Brodie/London Community News / Twitter: @jonathonbrodie

Everyone knows about the football royalty of the Marshall family around Western University, but after a 62-7 stomping of the Toronto Varsity Blues on Saturday the Sanvido brothers might be holding court on the gridiron.

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Photos by Mike Maloney/London Community News/Twitter:@mdmaloneyphoto

They had to do it the hard way but FC London is off to the United Soccer League (USL) Premier Development League (PDL) championships.

Playing before a packed house at the Cove Road Stadium on Saturday (July 28), London lit up the second half of their PDL semifinal game to defeat the Seattle Sounders by a score of 3-2.

http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/2012/07/come-from-behind-win-earns-fc-london-a-trip-to-league-championship/

Photos by Mike Maloney/London Community News/Twitter:@mdmaloneyphoto

Round two of the Football Canada Cup 2012 rolled out on the turf of TD Waterhouse Stadium on Wednesday (July 18).

In the opening contest of the day, Nova Scotia managed to erase the bad taste left by a 39-8 drubbing at the hands of Team Alberta in game one of the tournament by edging Manitoba 21-14.

http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/2012/07/ontario-west-routed-35-0-by-alberta/

Photos by Mike Maloney/London Community News/Twitter:@mdmaloneyphoto

Delaware Speedway rolled out the red carpet on Wednesday (July 18), welcoming three of NASCAR’s brightest stars to the local half-mile oval.

Two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip, Clint Bowyer — currently positioned seventh in the NASCAR Power Rankings — and X-Games gold medalist Travis Pastrana made the trek north of the border to take part in the APC Summer Showdown, held in support of the London Health Sciences Foundation (LHSF).

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