By Darren Lum Coming off the team’s first Kawartha conference loss to rival Falcons of Fenelon Falls Secondary School the senior boys’ Red Hawks basketball team bounced back into the win column with a dominant…
Jr Hawks hang on for win against Norwood…
By Darren Lum Composure and maturity are being added to the characterization of the junior Red Hawks boys’ basketball team after a win over the Norwood Knights in the Kawartha A Interlock game against the…
Losing streak stretches to six for Wolves
By Darren Lum Finding wins in the new year is proving elusive for the Haliburton Wolves. Like any team sport the competition doesn’t care whether you’re the new kid on the block or suffering from…
Red Hawks win streak ends at eight
By Gord Cochrane On Monday Jan. 18 the Haliburton Highlands Secondary School (HHSS) senior basketball team saw its eight game win streak come to an end. The Red Hawks travelled to Fenelon Falls and lost…
Chemistry at core of early curling success for…
By Darren Lum The Red Hawks boys’ curling team’s skip Chris Draper is appreciating his newly formed team after taking the B final in the zone 5 GORE Curling Provincial Championships in the schoolboy category…
Cody Hodgson placed on waivers by Predators
By Darren Lum Cody Hodgson is waiting for another NHL team and another NHL chance after being placed on waivers by the Nashville Predators this past Wednesday as reported by The Tennessean. The Predators’ general…
Lady Hawks relish rematch with Falcons
By Darren Lum An extra end loss to the Fenelon Falls Secondary School Falcons is still fresh in the minds of the Red Hawks girls’ curling team close to two weeks after their first test…
Wolves lose a pair to Lumberjacks
By Darren Lum Late Friday night the Haliburton Wolves returned home with a 10-3 loss after squaring off against the Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks in Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League action at Sturgeon Falls Arena.…
Young Wilberforce curlers lead new trend
By Darren Lum Before two highly publicized curling injuries in the past several months the Wilberforce Elementary School students had already become part of a new wave of curlers who have started wearing head protection.…
Hitting slopes made easy
By Darren Lum Part of embracing winter is to make it fun by participating in winter activities such as skiing and snowboarding which for most can be a costly endeavour. However the Sir Sam’s Ski…
Red Hawks extend winning streak
By Gord Cochrane On Jan. 7 the Haliburton Highlands Secondary School senior basketball team remained undefeated in conference play by defeating Brock High School at Brock 37-24. That win extended the team’s winning streak to…
Midget A lose overtime road game this past…
On Saturday Jan. 9 and 10 the Tom Prentice and Sons/RM Carpentry Highland Storm Tyke team competed in the Millbrook Tyke tournament. Their first game on Saturday was against Ottonabee where the Storm were tested…
Wolves open 2016 with win and loss
By Darren Lum On the heels of a 7-6 win over Bobcaygeon the Haliburton Wolves put up a formidable fight against the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League’s North Division best Muskoka Shield this past…
Nordic ski trails open Jackrabbit to start
Despite a lack of snow Haliburton Highlands Nordic Trails Association hasopened all three of their Nordic ski trail networks. With trails at GlebePark Moosewoods and Twin Lakes there are now 34 kilometres ofgroomed ski trails…
Brine leak cuts curling club’s season short
By Angelica Ingram Darrell McQuigge jokes that he didn’t send in his letter to Santa Claus on time this year. The vice-president of the Wilberforce Curling Club is cheerful and optimistic despite the fact that…
Pond hockey tournament delayed until 2017
By Darren Lum A few months wasn’t enough time to organize the Pond Tourney with Bernie said its organizer John Teljeur. Teljeur the general manager of the Pinestone Resort and Conference Centre with two years…
Galea grapples with gold
The HHSS Wrestling Team wrapped up its pre-Christmas tournament schedule last week. Nine Red Hawks travelled to Port Hope to complete at the Port Hope Wrestling Invitational Tournament on Dec. 15 which hosted more than…
Hawks dominating Kawartha
By Darren Lum After their last two games where both ended in climactic fashion the Red Hawks senior boys’ basketball made quick work of the visiting Lindsay Collegiate Vocational Institute Spartans in its most recent…
Junior Hawks building on experience
By Darren Lum It’s all coming together said the junior Red Hawks basketball coach Paul Longo following a competitive game against the visiting Lindsay Collegiate Vocational Institute Spartans on Wednesday Dec. 16 in Haliburton. Although…
Local football players selected to play U.S.
By Darren Lum A tryout earlier this month for Team Ontario is giving a pair of local teenaged football players an opportunity to showcase their skills south of the border who are looking to further…
Saints show Hawks no mercy at A.J. LaRue
By Darren Lum It was their game the Red Hawks boys’ hockey team coach said after a 7-1 home loss to the St. Peter Catholic Secondary School. Head coach Ron Yake conceded the Saints was…