Aria Sementilli of Amherstburg won silver in pole vault at the Canadian Indoor National Championships in Toronto. A local track and field athlete set a pair of personal bests at the Canadian Indoor National Championships, one of which landed her a silver medal. Aria Sementilli captured a silver medal in the U16 age category at the Feb. 27-March 1 competition in Toronto. Her personal best jump of 2.80 metres in pole vault earned her second place, only behind Dita Futo of the B

Amherstburg goalie Bennett Horrocks stops a shot from Essex’s Austin Guevremont in Sunday’s game, won by the Admirals 4-3. Playoffs are a lot different than the regular season and the Amherstburg Admirals proved that Sunday night. At the Libro Centre, the Admirals built up a 4-1 lead and hung on to edge the Essex 73’s 4-3 to even the best-of-seven Provincial Junior Hockey League (Junior C) West Stobbs Division semi-final series at a game each. Essex won the opener 6-3 Friday

North Stars’ Ryan Atherton (29) skates around the net with help from the game’s lone goal scorer Kaleb Jardin (82). The Lake Eire North Stars U21 team is headed to the Shamrock League finals, and hopefully, beyond. They blanked the visiting Ausable Valley Coyotes 1-0 last Sunday to win the best-of-three series in two straight games. The North Stars will now challenge for the league title and if they win that, will head to the Ontario Hockey Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) cha