By Darren Lum Published Sept. 8 2016 It’s all about the attitude – or a lack thereof – for success in golf say two gold medal winning senior athletes. That was at the heart of…

A young ball player from Minden is beaming after winning the Slo-Pitch Ontario provincial championships this past weekend at the Slo-Pitch City and Southwest London Baseball Complex. This past Sunday proved to be not just…

By Darren Lum Published June 21 2016 On a night of goodbyes for graduating student athletes and retiring coaches a poignant hello took centre stage. Nordic ski team and girls’ rugby coach Jennifer Paton put…

By Darren Lum Published May 10 2016 Caleb Schmidt is shining with silver pride after capturing a second in badminton at the all-provincials this past weekend. With a 3-3 record Caleb had a solid performance…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…