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…
Peewee girls sweep weekend series against the Comets
The peewee girls played a home and home series against the Cold Creek Comets this past weekend. On Saturday they travelled south to the Comets’ stomping grounds where they played the most intense game of…
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…
Pond Hockey championships to return in 2017
By Darren Lum Nov. 8 2016 After a one year absence the Canadian National Pond Hockey Championships is returning to Haliburton with a local owner hoping for a long and prosperous existence here. This will…
Hawks alum wins two cyclocross races
By Darren Lum Published Nov. 1 2016 Ending on a high note is a great way to start a new chapter of racing for one young cyclist with Haliburton roots. Nineteen-year-old Owen Flood who was…
Highland Storm midget A tournament finalists
The Storm spent the weekend in Elmvale and attended the Brian English Memorial Tournament. It began late Friday against the Listowel Cyclones which was an entertaining game and a 7-5 win for the Storm. The…
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…
Cody Hodgson retires from NHL
By Angelica Ingram Oct. 25 2016 Several reports published earlier this month are announcing Cody Hodgson’s retirement from the National Hockey League. This comes after his last two seasons in the NHL where Hodgson scored…
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…
Hockey Haven makes ‘significant’ investment
By Darren Lum Oct. 25 2016 Haliburton Hockey Haven is not just taking over the Lake Kashagawigamog resort Halimar it is building on a legacy of making memories. Three years in the planning Haven’s owner…
Girls bring home silver at Pink the Rink
The Parkview Dental/Canadian Tire Bantam Jets spent this past weekend playing some exciting hockey in the Etobicoke Pink the Rink Tournament. The team started off with their first game Friday against the West Oxford Inferno.…
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…
Duchene savours winning World Cup in Canada
By Darren Lum Oct. 4 2016 Winning is never taken for granted and for Matt Duchene neither is representing his country particularly when he gets to do it for the first time on Canadian soil.…
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…
Peewee Storm hits the ice
On Saturday Sept. 24 the JoAnne Sharpley’s Highland Storm Peewee team hit the ice for the first time for a tournament in Bancroft. The team had an early morning start facing the Bancroft Jets. Bancroft…
Racer recovering from power boat crash in Haliburton
By Angelica Ingram Published Sept. 27 2016 A man who was involved in a boat collision in Haliburton on Sunday Aug. 21 is still recovering according to the president of the Toronto Outboard Racing Club.…