By Darren Lum Dec. 20 2016 It’s all about working towards improvement said Red Hawks senior girls’ volleyball team head coach Steve Smith after hosting five Kawartha West high schools on Wednesday Dec. 14 for…
First league victory seized by Red Hawks hockey…
By Darren Lum Published Dec. 13 2016 The first win of the season was more about respect for the game than it was about dominating the opponent said Red Hawks hockey coach Ron Yake. Taking…
Red Hawks pin down early successes
Submitted by Paul Klose Published Dec. 13 2016 The 2016 season has begun for the Red Hawks wrestling team. Haliburton Highlands Secondary School (HHSS) wrestlers have been hitting the mats for over a month to…
Red Hawks tournament is just the beginning
By Darren Lum Published Dec. 13 2016 There’s a lot to be said about learning by doing. Steve Smith coach of the Red Hawks junior girls’ volleyball team gave credence to this after his team…
Road win to start Red Hawks season
By Darren Lum Published Dec. 13 2016 The Red Hawks senior boys’ basketball team started the season well beating the Lindsay Collegiate Vocational Institute (LCVI) Spartans on Tuesday Dec. 6 in Lindsay. “Nice win for…
Hawks tie earned from last second heroics
By Darren Lum Dec. 6 2016 Sometimes a point is just the beginning. The Red Hawks escaped with a point in its 2-2 home opener tie for the Kawartha High School Hockey League on Thursday…
Core of Hawks returns for title run
By Darren Lum Nov. 22 2016 This pre-season the Red Hawks boys’ varsity hockey team is looking competitive said coach Ron Yake. Yake said this year’s team boasts nine returning players who have demonstrated great…
Red Hawks court ready for success
By Darren Lum Nov. 22 2016 The beginning of any season provides optimism and hope for the best said the Red Hawks senior girls’ volleyball coach Steve Smith. “There are some high expectations by their…
Grapplers ready to seize COSSA
By Darren Lum Published Nov. 15 2016 It’s easy to be confident when the core of your team is returning. Red Hawks wrestling coach Paul Klose said a year after the young women wrestlers won…
Jr basketball team gets senior treatment
By Darren Lum Published Nov. 15 2016 After the Kawartha championship season with the seniors last year coach Gord Cochrane is excited about taking the reins of the juniors as its new head coach. This…
OFSAA caps Hawks season
By Darren Lum Published Nov. 15 2016 The Red Hawks have nothing to be ashamed about playing on the highest stage for Ontario’s high school field hockey said head coach Steve Smith. “Sometimes it’s about…
Senior Red Hawks start new journey
By Darren Lum Published Nov. 15 2016 Not much is left after most of last year’s senior Red Hawks basketball team graduated including the coaching staff. Consistent with the high school’s basketball program approach to…
Red Hawks win will represent area at OFSAA
By Darren Lum Published Nov. 1 2016 About the only warm thing on the wet and windswept artificial turf pitch at Thomas A. Stewart Secondary in Peterborough on Thursday Oct. 27 were the bright smiles…
Historic victory for rugby team long in coming
By Darren Lum Oct. 25 2016 Even if victories are measured in the finer details of the process nothing quite compares to a win on the scoreboard. Warm embraces and huge sunny smiles were incongruous…
Success pride in recent loss for Red Hawks…
By Darren Lum Published Oct. 18 2016 Amid the jubilant gathering and the smiling faces on players sitting and crouching on the pitch it would be difficult to know the Red Hawks girls rugby team…
Hawks undefeated in Kawartha league
By Darren Lum Published Oct. 11 2016 There wasn’t much doubt about the Red Hawks field hockey team and their chance to win after tallying a pair of goals in the opening minutes at their…
Red Hawks football team battle Mustangs tough
Submitted by Judi Paul The following are HHSS sports briefs for the week ending Oct. 6. The senior boys’ football team travelled to Peterborough on Tuesday Oct. 4 to take on the stampeding Crestwood Mustangs.…
Red Hawks rugby reaching for new heights
By Darren Lum Published Oct. 11 2016 The Red Hawks girls’ rugby team’s veterans were near to tears when Kailynn Sikma scored their first try this season. It was an emotional moment for several seniors…
Visiting Falcons vanquish Hawks
By Darren Lum Oct. 4 2016 The junior Red Hawks football team had a 14-6 lead in the first quarter but couldn’t answer when the Fenelon Falls Secondary School Falcons scored 24 unanswered points starting…
Football Canada imposes new game style
By Darren Lum Published Sept. 27 2016 High school football coaches across the country are tackling new ways to make the game safer. The Red Hawks football team’s coaching staff this past pre-season have been…
Lady Hawks welcome Smith back
By Darren Lum Published Sept. 27 2016 When it comes to the Red Hawks field hockey team their trip to the Central Ontario Secondary School Athletics final has been a perennial certainty. This year won’t…