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The undefeated Northern Vikings beat the Chatham-Kent Golden Hawks 23-3 in the LKSSAA ‘AAA’ senior football final Friday.

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Hawks lose in final

SARNIA – The undefeated Northern Vikings beat the Chatham-Kent Golden Hawks 23-3 in the LKSSAA ‘AAA’ senior football final Friday at Norm Perry Park.

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Trenton Amaro kicked a 15-yard field goal for the Golden Hawks in the first half.

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Garrette Stonefish led the Hawks’ offence with 158 rushing yards. Ethan Ciupka ran for 52 yards.

Quarterback Ethan Jordan had 92 passing yards with completions to Nolan Hill, Bennet Schaffer, Brenden Bondy, Ciupka and Amaro.

Jarret Millard had eight tackles and a fumble recovery, Bondy made five tackles and Jackson Rountree had four.

The Vikings advance to the SWOSSAA ‘AAA’ final.

The Wallaceburg Tartans will host Tecumseh L’Essor in the SWOSSAA ‘AA’ final Saturday, Nov. 24, at noon.

Tartans defend crown

WINDSOR – The Wallaceburg Tartans beat the Kennedy Clippers 46-37 for their fourth consecutive SWOSSAA ‘AA’ senior girls’ basketball championship Thursday.

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“Kids came out strong,” Tartans head coach Janine Day said. “The experience of being in big games helped us. (Our) strong fan base was a key to the win.”

The Tartans advance to the OFSAA ‘AA’ championship Nov. 22-24 in London.

This is their fourth straight OFSAA trip. They won antique bronze as the fourth-place team in 2015 before suffering quarter-final losses in 2016 and 2017.

Kings win, Blades lose

The Dresden Kings beat the Petrolia Flyers 5-2 and the Blenheim Blades lost to the Lakeshore Canadiens 8-1 in the Provincial Junior Hockey League’s Stobbs Division on Friday.

At Dresden, winning goalie Brandon Allen made 35 saves in his Kings debut in front of 247 fans at Lambton-Kent Memorial Arena.

Kyle Hachey, Nolan VandenBoorn, Eric Carter, Kenny Chisholm and Brendan Ritchie scored for the Kings, who led 3-1 after two periods.

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VandenBoorn finished with four points, Ritchie had three points and Derek Shaw had two assists.

Clay Dolbear and Tim Kaldeway replied for the Flyers. Josh Loranger made 29 saves.

At Lakeshore, Sebastian Stubberfield scored for the Blades.

Tyler Letchford allowed six goals on 33 shots in two periods in his Blades debut. Chris Dewulf gave up two goals on 19 shots in the third.

Eric Larue scored two goals for the Canadiens, who led 2-0 after one period and 6-0 after two.

Tycen Chittle, Dylan Bradley, Hunter Bailey, Steven Sartor, Andrew Thoms and Nathan Skulley also scored. Aidan Pitre made 21 saves.

Maroons to host Vipers

The Chatham Maroons are on a two-game losing streak going into Sunday’s 7 p.m. contest against the LaSalle Vipers at Chatham Memorial Arena.

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The skid matches their season-high, although both losses in their previous two-game streak were in overtime.

Forwards Griffin Robinson and Maddux Rychel are scheduled to make their home debut. They were acquired Wednesday from the Leamington Flyers in exchange for forwards Josh King and Thomas Michaud.

The Maroons will likely be missing forward Eddie Schulz, who shares the team’s scoring lead with Sean O’Brien. Both have 19 points.

Schulz suffered a deep bruise above his knee earlier in the season and re-aggravated it in last Sunday’s game, assistant general manager Kevin Fisher said.

“I think he came back a little bit early from the original injury,” Fisher said. “… Nothing serious. We’re going to give him a week off and let him heal completely.”

The Maroons (11-4-0-2) are in second place in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Western Conference with 24 points, nine behind the London Nationals (16-2-0-1). The Maroons have two games in hand.

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