The West Coast Whitecaps Under-13 (U13) A team won the Western Ontario Athletic Association (WOAA) championship after a hard-fought series against the Southeast Surge. The Whitecaps found themselves down early in the four-point series but battled back to take the second game and shift ...
Spring has arrived and with the warmer weather, come thoughts of grabbing the golf clubs and hitting the greens. With that in mind, everyone is welcome to the annual open house, April 17-18, at Ainsdale Golf Course, located just off Highway 21, south of Kincardine. Come by to mingle...
Wow, are we in for a series! Both the Ripley Wolves and the Minto 81s stole games on the road this weekend to open the best-of-seven North Conference final at one game apiece. Friday night, a full house in Ripley watched as a fully-rested Minto squad skated and hit its way to a 4-2 ...
The Ontario Elite Hockey League (OEHL) has announced its award winners for the 2025-26 regular season. The Ripley Wolves goaltending tandem of Jason Hamilton and Garrett Golley received the Lowest Goals Against award in the North Conference, with a combined goals-against-average of 2.2...
The Ripley Wolves will face the Minto 81s in Game 1 of the Ontario Elite Hockey League North Division Conference final, Friday, March 20, at 8:30 p.m., at the Ripley Arena. Game 2 is set for Saturday, March 21, at 4 p.m., in Palmerston, with Game 3 back in Ripley, Friday, Mar...
The Ripley Wolves came out flying, Sunday afternoon, and held off the Durham Thundercats on their way to a 5-3 win in Game 7 of the North Division semi-final. They now face the Minto 81s which swept Ripley in last year's Ontario Elite Hockey League final on their way to a strong showi...
The Kincardine Bulldogs battled until the final horn, Friday night, but fell, 7-4, to the Fergus Whalers, bringing the 'Dogs 2025-26 season to a close at the Davidson Centre in Kincardine. The Bulldogs were down, 2-0, in the playoff series, heading into Game 3, Wednesday night in F...
The ladies annual bonspiel was held March 7 with 14 teams participating. Some of the out-of-town teams had to battle a foggy drive to get here but all arrived safely. The theme was “Mexican Fiesta” and there were many with great costumes to keep with the theme. Of the eight te...
The Ripley Wolves have a 3-1 series lead after two incredibly-close games on the weekend, which they split with the Durham Thundercats. Saturday night, the Wolves couldn't overcome an early deficit and two called-back goals on their way to a 4-3 loss. Wolves goals were scored by...
The Kincardine Bulldogs are down, 2-0, against the Fergus Whalers, in the second round of playoffs in the Pollock Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League. Saturday night, at the Davidson Centre in Kincardine, the Whalers defeated the home team, 5-2. Scoring for Ki...
The Kincardine Bulldogs will face the Fergus Whalers in round two of the playoffs in the Pollock Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League. The 'Dogs kick off the series at the Davidson Centre in Kincardine, Saturday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. Game 2 is in Fergus, Sunday, March 8...
The Kincardine Bulldogs have eliminated the Walkerton Capitals, 4-2, as their opening playoff series wrapped up on the weekend. Thursday night in Walkerton, the 'Dogs suffered their second loss, allowing Walkerton to tie the series at 2-2, after the Capitals won, 4-1. Kincardine...
The Ripley Wolves took a 2-0 lead over the Durham Thundercats in their semi-final series, on the weekend. Saturday night, in Durham, Wolves captain Garrett Meurs scored a hat-trick to lead the Wolves to an 8-5 win over Durham in the opening game of the second-round series. While the...
The Ripley Wolves will take on the Durham Thundercats, this weekend, in what is sure to be an incredibly-close and hard-fought semi-final series. Game 1 is Saturday, Feb. 28, in Durham, at 6:30 p.m., while Game 2 will be at the Ripley Arena, Sunday, March 1, at 2:30 p.m. The remaind...
The Kincardine Bulldogs have a 2-1 lead over the Walkerton Capitals, after a three-game weekend, in their opening playoff series in the Provincial Junior Hockey League. Friday night, the 'Dogs hosted the Capitals at the Davidson Centre in Kincardine and played to a 2-1 overtime win...
Another bonspiel, another blizzard! The annual mixed spiel, held Feb. 7, was again a bit of a hold your breath and hope. The previous night had closed roads and lots of snow but by morning, the weather had cleared enough that all 16 teams arrived, ready to go. In the early draw, the team...
The Ripley Wolves completed a first-round sweep of the Shelburne Muskies, with a 12-7 win on the road, Friday, and a 3-2 win on home ice, Saturday. Friday night, the goals poured in for both sides, though the Wolves managed to keep distance between their opponents all night on their wa...
The Kincardine Bulldogs are facing off against the Walkerton Capitals in the opening round of playoffs in the North Pollock Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League. The 'Dogs will welcome the Capitals to the Davidson Centre in Kincardine, for Game 1, tomorrow night (Friday,...
The Kincardine Bulldogs wrapped up the regular season with two wins and one loss on the weekend, landing them in fourth place in the North Pollock Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League (PJHL), behind Fergus, Hanover and Mount Forest, and ahead of Walkerton, Mitchell and Wingham....
The Ripley Wolves dominated the first two games against the Shelburne Muskies to take a 2-0 lead in their opening-round series of the Ontario Elite Hockey League (OEHL) playoffs. The Wolves won Game 1 by a 12-2 score and followed that up with a 14-2 drubbing at the Ripley Arena, Saturd...