By Darren Lum Published May 3 2016 When it comes to badminton at Haliburton Highlands Secondary School there is a tradition of excellence. This trend continued this year after the senior Red Hawks returned from…
Wildcats rink resilient at provincials
By Darren Lum Published April 21 2016 Losing a heart breaking quarter final game at the Tim Hortons Timbits Elementary School Provincial Championship did little to shake the focus of the Archie Stouffer Elementary School…
Minden's Owen Smith drafted to OHL
Minden’s Owen Smith isn’t getting ahead of himself just yet even after learning he was chosen by the Flint Firebirds with their 13th pick 244th overall in the Ontario Hockey League’s priority selection this past…
Local skaters proud of provincial achievement
By Darren Lum Talking to the senior bronze dance pairs team it’s apparent the members are as different as night and day. Haliburton’s Isaac Little is very comfortable talking while his skating dance partner Minden’s…
Reid clinches national CSRA title
By Darren Lum A perfect final weekend sealed the deal. Local snowcross racer Izac Reid of Reid Racing Team dominated every final at Horseshoe Valley Resort this past weekend to clinch his first overall national…
Red Hawks win COSSA silver
A few stood while others remained seated applauding the home team following the lopsided loss. Few if any fans left before the conclusion of the Central Ontario Secondary School Athletics championship final between the home…
Junior Hawks lose heartbreaker to buzzer beater
By Darren Lum It always seems like a shame that a basketball game comes down to the lastshot. Particularly when a team works as hard as the Red Hawks junior boys’ basketball team did to…
Passion fuels drive for CSRA racing
By Darren Lum Like the graffiti script on a wall Izac Reid shows his left arm with the tattoo“live to ride.” It drives his passion in life and is part of why he races a…
Hawks dominates Hurricanes 10-3
By Darren Lum Finding the back of the net was easy for the Red Hawks boys’ hockey team once it overcame a 2-1 deficit at the end of the first period against the visiting Holy…
Curlers conscious of their craniums
By Darren Lum Minden’s Pauline Plooard points to the ice where more than a third of the women curling are wearing a variety of headgear protection at the Minden Curling Club on a Wednesday morning…
Hawks return to winning ways over Tigers
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…
New curling team finds success
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…
Denyer rink readies for regionals
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…
Hawks unable to keep pace with Saints
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…
Hawks stun Falcons with buzzer beater
Red Hawks senior basketball player Caleb Schmidt is proving to have ice in his veins. For the second consecutive game Schmidt showed great composure in scoring an important shot when his team needed it on…
Season opens with win against Knights
By Darren Lum The home opener for the Red Hawks boys’ hockey finished like last year: with a win and optimism for the season’s future success. Although the Knights are not regarded as one of…
OFSAA caps off Hawks' successful season
By Darren Lum Knocking off their arch rivals is still a high point for the Red Hawks girls’ field hockey team’s season despite going winless in three competitive Ontario Federation Sports Athletic Associations (OFSAA) championship…
Hawks crowned COSSA champions
By Darren Lum An amazing thing happened at this year’s Central Ontario Secondary School Athletics (COSSA) championship final. It ended in regulation between the Red Hawks varsity A field hockey team and the North Hastings…
Wolves host Dawson memorial game
By Darren Lum While standing at the end boards watching his son Tanner play for the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League’s Haliburton Wolves at the A.J. LaRue Arena Scot Hamilton still remembers the smile…
Hawks strike for three to tie Griffins
By Darren Lum The beautiful game didn’t look very pretty when the Red Hawks varsity soccer team hosted the Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School Griffins on Thursday Oct. 8 at the Gary G. Brohman Athletic…
Hawks rugby a work in progress
By Darren Lum Getting shut out and losing by double digits to the visiting I.E. Weldon Wildcats is not a result the Red Hawks set out to achieve but Haliburton is looking at focusing on…