Kettle Creek Valley slo-pitch champs 

 The Captains win the TVDSB boys title while in track and field

 June 14, 2023

Kettle Creek Captains, TVDSB Valley boys slo-pitch champions.

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LONDON, Ont. - The Kettle Creek Captains are Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) elementary school Valley boys slo-pitch champions.

Kettle Creek, from Port Stanley, defeated London Stoney Creek, 10-2, in the final June 10.

London Westmount got by the South Dorchester Stampeders, 14-11, in the bronze medal game.

On the girls side, Kensal Park took gold, downing Orchard Park, 19-9, in the final.

The Locke's Lions took the bronze medal, edging South Dorchester, 9-8.

In the consolation game, Northdale Central from Dorchester dropped Stoneybrook, 14-9.

Valley track field

Nineteen athletes from the hometownplay area won gold, three setting meet records, at the Valley track and field championships, June 3 at Western University.

Northdale Central in Dorchester had five event champions.

Southwold's Brooke Gustavson won two middle distance races, the junior girls 800 and 1500 metres.

John Wise's Xavier Sauer won senior boys long jump and the 100-metre sprints

Sauer set a new mark winning senior boys long jump with leap of 5.23 metres. Sauer was the only competitor over five metres, while breaking North Meadows Devonte Ballantyne's record of 5.15 metres set in 2013.

Elgin Court's Easton Wilkinson showed his arm, winning senior boys softball throw with a meet record 72.12 metre toss. The ball sailed by the former best throw of 70.92m, by Will Kitching, from Stoneybrook in 2015.

Xavier Looper from PE Trudeau, took the intermediate boys triple jump record with a record hop, skip and jump, of 9.83 metres. Looper's mark edges out the former best measurement of 9.80m, by Jeff Mitchell of Pearson in 2003.

Girls

Davenport - Audrey Chipchase, junior girls 1500m, eighth, 6:14.20.

Dunwich-Dutton - Audrina Nicholson, intermediate girls 100m dash, sixth, 15.21 sec.; Farah Trupish, junior girls long jump, eighth, 3.34m

Elgin Court - Reagan McClure, intermediate girls 400m, fifth, 1:12.71; Zoe English, bantam girls 400m, seventh, 1:20.52.

June Rose Callwood - Phoebe Allen, bantam girls high jump, second, 1.20m.

Kettle Creek - Emersyn Krahn, bantam girls 400m run, third, 1:18.63.

Locke's - Corwyn Ferguson, junior girls long jump, first, 3.61m; intermediate girls 4x1 relay, fourth, 1:01.30; Jordyn Ratsep, intermediate girls long jump, seventh, 3.71m; senior girls 4x1, eighth, 58.69 sec.

Mitchell Hepburn - open girls 4x1 relay, second, 56.50 sec.; Amy Williamson, open girls, triple jump, third, 9.45m, 100m, seventh, 14.14 sec.; Ellie Portlock, open girls, softball throw, third, 45.96m; Eva Faris, intermediate girls long jump, fifth, 3.75m;  junior girls 4x1 relay, eighth, 1:04.17

New Sarum - Kayla Clarke, intermediate girls triple jump, second, 8.25m; Thiessen Adrienne, bantam girls high jump, third, 1.15m; Lyla Fitzgerald, seventh, junior girls high jump, 1.10m; Adelaide Maule, junior girls 400m, fourth, 1:15.92;

Northdale Central - Brooklyn Samko, bantam girls 400m, first, 1:14.62, first, 800m, 2:51.10; Katie Hislop, junior girls softball throw, first, 33.18m; Alexa Pratt, intermediate girls 100m, first, 14.88 sec.; junior girls 4x100m relay, second, 1:02.35; Brooke Masse, intermediate girls, 800m, first, 2:39.31, softball throw, second, 39.94m; Addison Lehouillier, senior girls, long jump, second, 4.42m, 100m, second, 13.75 sec.; senior girls 4x1 relay, third, 56.97 sec.; Alex DelBelBelluz, intermediate girls, 800m, fourth, 2:51.97, 400m, eighth, 1:13.60; Sophia Smith, intermediate girls 1500m, fifth, 6:12.57.

Southwold -  Brooke Gustavson, junior girls, 800m, first, 2:49.11, first, 1500, 5:46.00; Alyssa Lang, junior girls, 400m, first, 1:12.32, 800m, sixth, 3:01.53; Sophie Illing, intermediate girls softball throw, third, 39.49m; junior girls 4x100m relay, sixth, 1:03.87; Ella Zacs, senior girls, 100m, seventh, 14.42 sec.;

Summer's Corners - Chloe Froese, senior girls, triple jump, fourth, 9.30m; Aubrey Smith, senior girls, fourth, long jump, 4.36m; Skylar Goebel, intermediate girls 1500m, sixth, 6:17.55; Danika Gavey, senior girls, high jump, sixth, 1.30m; senior girls 4x1 relay, sixth, 57.93 sec; Maddie Wiebe, open girls, high jump, sixth, 1.26m; Anneka Drader, open girls, long jump, sixth, 4.23m.

Trudeau - Marley Wojcik, intermediate girls high jump, fourth, 1.30m;  Jordyn Buller, bantam girls long jump, sixth, 3.12m; Louise Hollmyere, senior girls, high jump, sixth, 1.30m; Madison Wright, senior girls, 800m , sixth, 2:47.12; Kenzie Korpan, open girls, long jump, sixth, 4.25m 1500m, eighth, 6:00.40; open girls 4x100 relay, seventh, 57.50 sec.

West Nissouri - Addison Hudson, bantam girls 80m sprint, fifth, 13.02 sec.; Makayla Varallo, senior girls, 1500m, second, 5:27.08, 800m, fourth, 2:38.85; Charlotte Elliott, junior girls, 1500m, fourth, 6:03.30, softball throw, sixth, 28.78m

Boys

Davenport - Jeremy Scott, junior boys, 400m, first, 1:10.20, 80m, fourth, 12.12 sec.; Miles Botzang, senior boys, 1500m, fifth, 5:04.17; Nate Botzang, senior boys, 800m, sixth, 2:28.70;  junior boys 4x1 relay, sixth, 1:02.08.

Dunwich-Dutton - Reece Burke, open boys, 400m, third, 1:00.49; Dylan Lajmanovski, intermediate boys, 100m, eighth, 14.56 sec.

Elgin Court - Easton Wilkinson, senior boys, softball throw, first, 72.12m (meet record), 100m, second, 12.68 sec.;

Immanuel Christian - Beckham Milmine, intermediate boys, high jump, second, 1.35m, triple jump, third, 9.35m; Cohen Hall, intermediate boys, 400m, sixth, 1:09.24; Roenan Hiebert, open boys, high jump, seventh, 1.45m; Rowan Pasma, open boys, triple jump, seventh, 10.31m;

John Wise - Xavier Sauer, senior boys, long jump, first, 5.23m (meet record), 100m, first, 12.32 sec.; Said Said (?), open boys, 400m, first, 57.62 sec., 100m, fifth, 13.10 sec.; Jack Rice, open boys, 1500m, third, 4:59.24; Hunter Challis, intermediate boys, softball throw, seventh, 46.50m)

Kettle Creek - Drew Bate, open boys, 800m, fifth, 2:22.87; Gus Walker, intermediate boys, 1500, seventh, 5:39.22; Owen Sullivan, senior boys, 400m, eighth, 1:03.30

Locke's - Carter Sullivan, intermediate boys, 100m, first, 13.73 sec., 400m, fourth, 1:06.55; intermediate boys 4x1 relay, fifth, 59.34 sec.; Colton Rundle, junior boys 1500m, sixth, 5:41.6767

Mitchell Hepburn - Wyatt Mason, intermediate boys, 1500m, second, 5:21.91, 800m, fourth, 2:40.20; Logan Gosnell, senior boys, softball throw, third, 59.93m; Tyson Hardeo, junior boys, long jump, seventh, 3.71m, 1500m, eighth, 5:47.95, Ethan Marr, senior boys, softball throw, seventh, 56.35m; senior boys 4x1 relay, eighth, 57.00 sec.; Ayden Annett, open boys, softball throw, eighth, 61.09m.

New Sarum - Luke Hurst, open boys, 400m, fourth, 1:00.87

Northdale Central - Miles Maule, senior boys, 400m, first, 58.01 sec.; Curtis Willick, open boys, 800m, second, 2:19.11; Nash Grayson, intermediate boys, long jump, third, 4.17m; Clark Johnson, junior boys long jump, fourth, 3.83m; AJ Schewtschen, bantam boys, softball throw, fifth, 30.78m, long jump, sixth, 3.30m; Callum Coghlin, intermediate boys, softball throw, fifth, 47.36m; Colton Nolan, junior boys softball throw, sixth, 38.77m; Tyler Del BelBelluz, bantam boys 400m, seventh, 1:16.80; Miles Maule, senior boys, long jump, seventh, 4.49m; senior boys 4x1, seventh, 56.92 sec.

Southwold - open boys 4x1, first, 51.15 sec.; Caden Adair, bantam boys long jump, second, 3.48m; Ishmael Teague, senior boys, long jump, third, 4.77m, triple jump, third, 9.86m; Keenan Thiessen, bantam boys 400m, third, 1:14.89; senior boys 4x1, third, 54.50 sec.; Max Surmacz, open boys 100m, third, 12.97 sec; Alex Lackey, open boys, high jump, fifth, 1.50m; Beckham Aumont, junior boys long jump, sixth, 3.78m; Ben McCoubrey, open boys, triple jump, fifth, 10.37m; Jack Moore, open boys, 400m, sixth, 1:01.28; Levi Van Meppelen, bantam boys high jump, eighth, 1.10m; Cole Prescott, junior boys 800m, eighth, 2:52.40; junior boys 4x1, seventh, 1:02.60; Quinn Humphreys, intermediate boys, 100m, seventh, 14.44 sec., softball throw, eighth, 45.61m

Straffordville - Lucas Braun, junior boys high jump, first, 1.30m

Summer's Corners - Korbin Peters, bantam boys high jump, third, 1.15m; Dominik Edwards, senior boys, high jump, fifth, 1.45m; Austin Bubb-Clarke, bantam boys long jump, eighth, 3.29m

Trudeau - Xavier Looper, intermediate boys, triple jump, first, 9.83m (meet record), high jump, seventh, 1.20m; Rithysak Sao, intermediate boys, long jump, sixth, 4.06m; Colton Dryfhout, senior boys, high jump, sixth, 1.40m.

West Nissouri - Sylas Phan, open boys, long jump, first, 5.49m; Elliott Hudson, senior boys, long jump, second, 4.99m, 400m, sixth, 1:02.26; Wayne Clark, senior boys, high jump, second, 1.55m; Owen Robinson, junior boys, softball throw, fourth, 39.07m; Everett Elliott, bantam boys, 800m, fifth, 2:49.76; Lukas Francis, intermediate boys, high jump, fifth, 1.30m; Nate Murphy, senior boys, 1500m, seventh, 5:04.91

For all top results, visit the Valley site.

Valley wrestling

Six wrestlers from St. Thomas-Elgin County schools won medals at the Valley championships.

Lily Anderson, from Kettle Creek, took silver in the girls 41-45 kilogram division.

From John Wise in St. Thomas, winning consolation gold - Genevieve Nelhams, girls 41-45-kg, Caverly Rollins, girls 52-54-kg; Consolation silver - Cali Gibson, girls 46-49-kg, Jade Pisaraski, girls 50-52-kg, Alexa Last, girls 52-54-kg,