The Highlander and Ed Smolen Family Dentistry Storm Midgets move onto the second round of playoffs by winning Game five against the Shelburne Wolves Sunday Jan. 27. It was a tough start for the Midgets…
Skyline Bonspiel reaches 60th year
By Darren Lum Published Jan. 29 2019 Days before the Skyline Men’s Invitational Bonspiel a small gathering of current and past Haliburton Curling Club members came together for a round-table discussion to talk about the…
Haliburton cadets hit mark advance to regionals
By Darren Lum Published Jan. 22 2019 The 1129 Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps – Haliburton were strongly represented at the South Eastern Ontario Area Cadet Biathlon on Jan. 12…
Hawks soaring higher beat Falcons
By Darren Lum Published Jan. 22 2019 It wasn't pretty by any measure but the Hawks pulled out the 3-2 win over the visiting Falcons of Fenelon Falls. With just five extra players on the…
Hawks topple top ranked Spartans
By Darren Lum Published Jan. 22 2019 When it comes to watching basketball in the Highlands the Red Hawks junior boys basketball team is it. Being the only show in town the team is proving…
Minor hockey updates
The following game summaries were published in the Jan. 23 issue of the Haliburton Echo. Atoms The first round of playoffs began this weekend for the Ridgewood Ford and Cottage Country Building Supplies Atom team…
Hawks tame the Bulldogs 47-24
By Darren Lum Published Jan. 15 2019 A slow start didn't hurt the Hawks in their bid to stay among the best of Kawartha. The junior basketball team returned from the holidays with the expected…
Minor hockey for the week ending Jan. 13…
The Bancroft IDA/Park View Dental Midget Girls Jets won both of their home games this past weekend. On Saturday the Jets hosted the Cold Creek Comets and took the win with a final score of…
New chapter for Cody Hodgson
By Darren Lum Published Jan. 15 2019 Surrounded by parents and their young beaming children wearing Timbits hockey jerseys in the A.J. LaRue Arena's dressing room former NHLer Cody Hodgson looks at ease signing autographs.…
Minor hockey for up to Jan. 6
Published Jan. 8 2019 The following are hockey briefs for the Storm and the Jets. The Park View Dental/Bancroft IDA Midget Girls Jets team won all six of their games this past weekend at the…
Hawks ground Falcons attack
By Darren Lum Published Dec. 24 2018 Coming into Tuesday’s game the Hawks looked like they were going to be in for a test with the visiting Falcons. At least that’s what it looked like…
Hawks make noise at Thunder Tournament
Published Dec. 24 2018 Connie Oh brilliant with gold medal performance Nine representatives of the HHSS Wrestling team competed at the Thunder Wrestling Tournament hosted on Thursday Dec. 13 by St. Mary Secondary School in…
Old skate park repurposed into outdoor skating rink
By Sue Tiffin Published Dec. 24 2018 About a year ago Steve Roberts then president of the Rotary Club of Haliburton and Walt McKechnie Dysart et al’s Ward 5 councillor had the same idea at…
U18 curling team to compete at Canadian Winter…
Published Dec. 24 2018 The U18 Women’s Competitive Curling Team Team Byers comprised of lead Savannah Byers second Lena Haase vice Paige Ballantyne (from Owen Sound) and skip Jessica Byers based out of the Haliburton…
Junior ballers dominate
By Darren Lum Published Dec. 18 2018 The junior Hawks basketball team was at its best for the Titans last week at home. It’s too bad a large contingent of students chose to leave when…
Minor Hockey for the week ending Dec. 16…
Bantam On Friday the Highland Storm Pepper Mill Steak and Pasta House and Dollo’s Foodland Bantams hosted the Lindsay Muskies. The Muskies scored in the first period which was quickly answered by a goal from…
Red Hawks volleyball squad shines
By Darren Lum Published Dec. 18 2018 Less than a week after the Hawks dominated single A schools in their exhibition home opener they continued to show progress on the road. The Hawks varsity girls’…
Adventures by Dogsled
By Jenn Watt Published Dec. 17 2018 I’m tucked into the basket of my sled under a fleece blanket camera around my neck hands clutching the top rail as a team of Siberian huskies pull…
Golden performances for Coles and Graham
The HHSS wrestling team performed very well at the first regional tournament of the season. On Wednesday Dec. 5 15 wrestlers travelled to Peterborough to complete at the 18th annual Kenner Rams Wrestling Invitational. More…
Hawks hockey team lose first game
By Darren Lum Published Dec. 11 2018 The Red Hawks boys’ hockey team finished 1-1 last week. They started with a convincing 5-0 win over the visiting LCVI Spartans on Wednesday Dec. 5. Goals were…
Minor Hockey for the week ending Dec. 9…
This past weekend the Ridgewood Ford/Cottage Country Building Supplies Atoms travelled through whiteout conditions to Norwood for the NDMS 2018 Hockey Tournament. Our opening game versus the hometown Hornets squad would catch us off guard…