Tournament named for Sandy Repko and Joe Laframboise The Lake Erie North Stars U18 team celebrate a goal against Kitchener. In December, the Essex County hockey community lost a couple of huge supporters. Their legacies were honoured this past weekend as the Lake Erie Minor Hockey Association (LEMHA) held a select tournament in memory of Kingsville’s Sandy Repko and Amherstburg’s Joe Laframboise. There were a total of 31 teams in five separate divisions - U9, U11, U13, U15 -

Admirals assistant coach Justin Toth watches during Saturday’s game. With just two games left in the regular season schedule, the Amherstburg Admirals still do not know who they will face in the post season. Regardless, the local Provincial Junior Hockey League (Jr. C) side will have a solid one-two combination in net. Rookie goalie Landon Dimitroff made 25 saves Saturday night at the Libro Centre but the offence was held off the scoresheet in a 3-0 loss to the Wheatley Omste

North Star’s Kierstyn Baillargeon (3, white jersey) and Quinn Beaudoin (1, white jersey) go up for a block Feb. 3 against Assumption. North Star won in three straight sets. The North Star Wolves junior girls volleyball team ended the regular season on a roll. The Wolves hosted the Assumption Purple Raiders last Tuesday evening (Feb. 3) and came away with a three-set sweep of their opposition. The Wolves were in a tightly contested battle in the first set but pulled it out 27