By Darren Lum Published Feb. 27 2018 It’s all for the love of hockey. Under the Bancroft Jets Girls Hockey Association which includes a peewee and midget team with Highlands girls the bantams’ 15-member roster…
Pair of silver medals for Hawks teams at…
The following are HHSS sports briefs for the week ending Feb. 23. Published Feb. 27 2018 Congratulations to the Red Hawks boys' curling team for qualifying for the Kawartha finals last week Wednesday. Way to…
Senior Red Hawks basketball team captures silver medal…
Published Feb. 27 2018 At the start of the season in early October the HHSS Senior Red Hawks basketball team identified three goals they wanted to achieve this season: to finish first in Kawartha A…
Students will never forget trip to see Duchene…
By Darren Lum Published Feb. 27 2018 Tears welled up in Barb Davies’s eyes watching the 40 children mostly from Wilberforce Elementary School meet with Haliburton’s Matt Duchene after he helped the Ottawa Senators beat…
FromHaliburton with love
By Darren Lum Published Feb. 20 2018 Let’sgo Red Hawks! This was the chant shouted in unison from the crowdwatching the Hawks’ senior basketball team in last minutes of theKawartha Championship final on Wednesday Feb.…
Haliburton Curling Club youth team wins Lindsay U15…
by Darren Lum Published Feb. 13 2018 Four local youth curlers are ready for the future after finishing first at the Lindsay Under-15 Bonspiel this past January. Jacob Dobson’s rink which included Micah Aldom vice…
Hawks sending two teams to provincials
By Darren Lum Published Feb. 13 2018 The local curling community has reason to celebrate since two young rinks are heading to the Gore Mutual Provincial High School Curling Championship finals. Both the boys’ and…
Kawartha Snowboarding Championship results
All of the following athletes who competed last week at Sir Sam's Ski/Ride in Eagle Lake have advanced to COSSA. Sir Sam's will be hosting COSSA on Thursday Feb. 15. Races begin at 10:30 a.m.…
Minor hockey dispatches for the week ending Feb.…
The Bancroft IDA/Red Eagle Campground Midget girls’ hockey team advances to the second round of the Lower Lakes Female Hockey League with a win loss win record against West Northumberland Wild. Game 1 on Saturday…
Wilberforce team wins ladies’ bonspiel
Submitted Published Feb. 13 2018 Though halfway around the world from here the Winter Olympics seem to be so near with such great TV coverage. Even at the bonspiel at the Wilberforce Curling Club this…
Wrestlers shine in Uxbridge
Published Feb. 13 2018 The HHSS Wrestling Team returned to the mat on Feb. 8 to compete at the Uxbridge Secondary School Wrestling Tournament. More than 250 athletes from the COSSA and Durham regions attended…
Cold enough for second annual Hardwater Festival
By Sue Tiffin Published Feb. 6 2018 Mild weather melted some of the snow the Hardwater Festival might have wanted for optimum conditions but visitors to the second annual “celebration of ice” on Jan. 27…
Former Minden curler goes for gold at Ontario…
By Darren Lum Published Feb. 6 2018 Going undefeated at the Ontario Winter Games qualifier is sending a former Minden curler to new heights. Alyssa Denyer a former Red Hawks curler and current Laurentian University…
It’s all about the dogs
By Darren Lum Published Feb. 6 2018 Watch the frenzied action up close when the 16th Haliburton Highlands Dogsled Derby comes to Haliburton Feb. 10 and 11 at the Pinestone Resort and Conference Centre. The…
Minor hockey dispatches for Feb. 3/4
Published Feb. 6 2018 The Highland Storm Pepper Mill Steak and Pasta House Dollo’s Foodland Bantam A’s travelled down to Whitby this past Saturday facing a do-or-die situation against the Durham Crusaders in game 4…
Domerchie ‘a great addition’ to boys’ team
By Darren Lum Published Jan. 30 2018 When senior high school student Emily Domerchie is on the basketball court a calm comes over her and her worries disappear. Over the last few years she’s tackled…
Haliburton to host Storm the Trent for the…
By Darren Lum Published Jan. 30 2018 Haliburton will be hosting Storm the Trent for the first time in the adventure race’s 17 year history. Seven hundred competitors are expected to descend upon Haliburton to…
Minor hockey dispatches for the week
The following are submitted hockey dispatches about teams based in the county and area. Published Jan. 30 2018 Midgets victorious The Highlander and Smolen Family Dentistry Midget team finished off the Wasaga Stars by winning…
Bantam girls end regular season with win
The Canadian Tire/Parkview Dental Bantam Girls Jets headed to Keene to take on the Wolverines this past Saturday. The team secured a 5-2 win over Keene and have been given a bye for finishing in…
Hawks hold off Spartans secure second
By Darren Lum Published Jan. 23 2018 Minutes after beating the visiting Lindsay Collegiate Vocational Institute Spartans the Hawks coach Ron Yake said two quick goals in the first period by the Red Hawks proved…
Local teams motivated by home ice advantage
Local teams motivated by home ice advantage By Darren Lum Published Jan. 23 2018 There’s nothing more Canadian than hockey being played on a pond under falling snow. Hundreds of hockey players will get to…