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Saints advance to the Bronze medal game
A thrilling shootout win for St. Clair as keeper Scotlyn Fick sends the Saints to the Bronze medal game. They beat the VIU Mariners to advance. Natalie Kersey was St. Clair's player of the game. Check out the video and audio from head coach Steve Vagnini.

Holy Names breaks through
After two years of disappointment, Holy Names broke through to win the WECSSAA AAA championship 31-9 over Herman. Check out our website or YouTube channel Saturday for video.

Greentree leads Spits to victory over Kingston
Liam Greentree had a goal and two assists as the Windsor Spitfires shutout Kingston 3-0 Thursday night. Goaltender Joey Costanzo picked up his third shutout of the season and his career 81st victory. Windsor will host Brampton Saturday night. Go to the contest portion of our website and enter for your chance to win a pair of tickets to that game.

Hunter wins third straight
The Leamington Flyers got back in the win column Thursday night at home beating Oakville 5-1. Brendan Cooke scored a pair of goals while goaltender Gannon Hunter won his third straight in net turning aside 19 shots. Leamington is at Buffalo Sunday night before returning home to host Milton November 13th.

Essex wins again (Video)
The Essex Red Raiders won a second straight WECSSAA title beating Erie Migration 3-0. For the grade 12's it was their 4th straight title, including their junior days. Essex advances to host SWOSSA Thursday November 13th.

Lily Collins is player of the game as Saints advance
Victoria Walsh netted a pair of goals leading St. Clair to a 4-0 win over the Concordia Thunder at the CCAA women's soccer national championships. Talia Liburdi and Kaedence Ingram also scored for the Saints while Scotlyn Fick earned the clean sheet. St. Clair advances to the Bronze semi-final game Friday at 7:30pm. The Bronze medal game is set for Saturday at 2pm.

Records in sight
Spitfires goaltender Joey Costanzo has 80 wins. He needs six to tie and seven to break the career record set by Amherstburg's Michael DiPietro of 86 wins. Barring injury, Costanzo will also break DiPietro's team record of 157 games played between the pipes for the Spits. Costanzo has played in 143 games for Windsor as of November 5th, 2025. Costanzo is currently 10-2 with a 1.97 GAA and .912 save%. DiPietro is 5-0 with a 2.40 GAA in the AHL with the Providence Bruins.

St. Thomas rallies to down LaSalle
LaSalle Vipers jumped ahead in the 2nd with goals from Michael Cunha and Adriano Tonin, but the St. Thomas Stars stormed back in the 3rd, with Tyran Lawson (PP), Eloan Le Gallic, and Rory Savage (PP) sealing a thrilling comeback. Savage's goal came with 12 seconds left in the game. The Vipers drop to 7-10-2-0 while St. Thomas improves to 10-5-0-1

Leveling field for everyone
Windsor Minor Football is looking for support in their pursuit to encourage the City of Windsor to create a municipally owned turf field for the sports community, including football.
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Vagnini honoured
For the second time in his coaching career Steve Vagnini has been named CCAA head coach of the year. Vagnini guided the women's team to a 7-0-3 first place finish during the regular season. The Saints earned the right to host the OCAA championship tournament and took full advantage by winning the title.
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Hunter finds his groove with the Leamington Flyers
After a rocky start to his Junior A career, Gannon Hunter has finally found his rhythm with the Leamington Flyers. “Takes a little bit to get the feet wet, but the team's played well in front of me, and that's really helped me and my confidence,” Hunter told Powerplay Sports . Gannon Hunter vs Burlington The 18-year-old won the Sutherland Cup last spring with the Chatham Maroons before moving up to the OJHL. The transition wasn’t easy. Hunter allowed four goals in his debut—a

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St. Joe's gets shot at sr. boys volleyball championship
The St. Joe's Lasers (9-1) swept St. Anne Tuesday night at home punching their ticket to the AAA final. They will face Sandwich who went 7-3 during the regular season and upset 8-2 Villanova in the semi-finals on the road beating the Wildcats 3-0. Lajeunesse will host the A final Thursday at 4:45 against Maranatha. The AA final is Thursday in Essex as the Raiders welcome the Erie Migration Coyotes.

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Remember These Names? They’re Headed to the Windsor Essex County Sports Hall of Fame
The Windsor Essex County Sports Hall of Fame gala is Saturday November 8th at the Ciociaro Club. This year's class is loaded with familiar names and faces in our community. Source: Windsor Essex County Sports Hall of Fame Morgan Clark is this year's recipient of the Bob Turner Award following Gerry Strong (2024) and Mike Balo (2023). "It's one of the most exciting classes we've ever had. It's a larger class with 10 and we have people who have achieve greatness at the highest

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Turf field at McHugh Park
Joe Barile, president of the Essex-County Soccer Association, can't wait to see players on the new turf field at McHugh Park. Construction is coming along. "The Windsor Essex soccer community is excited and looking forward to playing on a first class municipal artificial turf field for many years to come," Barile told Powerplay Sports. "Special thanks to the ECSA, the City of Windsor and the province of Ontario who all provided funding to make this project a reality." There's

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Queen's rallies to oust Lancers in OUA football semi-finals (video)
The University of Windsor Lancers football team saw its season end with a hard-fought 36–25 loss to the Queen’s Gaels in the OUA semifinal on Saturday, November 1, at Alumni Stadium — the program’s first home semifinal since 1990. Source: OUATV, addional footage by Daniel Campbell/Powerplay Sports After a tight opening quarter, Windsor took a 14–13 lead into halftime thanks to two short-yardage touchdowns from Kareame Cotton. The Lancers extended their advantage to 25–13 midw

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Photo Gallery: Erie Migration vs Assumption
It was a #2 vs #8 in sr. boys volleyball but the Assumption Purple Raiders were more than worthy opponents for the Erie Migration Coyotes in the senior boys 2A playoffs. Erie Migration won three sets to one (25-22, 25-20, 25-23 and 25-21) and advance to host the semi-finals next Tuesday against Herman who swept Tecumseh Vista in their quarter-finals matchup. The game is scheduled for 5:30. Essex will host Kennedy in the other game on Tuesday at 4pm.

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