Morale boost for Red Hawks rugby team 

By Darren Lum Published Oct. 10 2017 The Red Hawks varsity rugby team left the field this past Thursday Oct. 5 with their hearts full and their heads held high after competing with the top…

Tournament focuses Hawks on fundamentals  

By Jenn Watt Published Oct. 10 2017 The Red Hawks boys’ volleyball team got a chance to test out their skills on the court Oct. 5 during an exhibition tournament at the Haliburton Highlands Secondary…

Hawks win first league game with shutout

By Darren Lum Published Oct. 5 2017 There’s a lot to be said for perseverance and composure when it comes to this year’s Red Hawks varsity girls’ field hockey team. The Kawartha Field Hockey League…

Local runners shine at cross-country

Results from the J. Douglas Hodgson Elementary School Haliburton County Cross-Country Meet Primary girls (top five for local schools) SBES Annika Gervais 1st SBES Alexis Dacey 2nd SBES Alivia Brown 3rd SBES Veronica Heasman 4th…

New details on Hometown Hockey

With Hometown Hockey just more than a week away Rogers has released new details about the schedule of events for the Oct. 14 and 15 weekend in Haliburton. The touring show has stops in 24…

Season opener loss for rugby squad

The following are HHSS sports briefs for the week ending Sept. 29. The girls’ rugby team took on St. Mary’s in their first game of the season on Monday Sept. 25. They pushed through the…

Unexpected costs for Hometown Hockey 

By Chad Ingram Published Oct. 4 2017 The following are brief reports of items discussed during a Sept. 27 meeting of Haliburton County council. There will be some costs for Haliburton County associated with bringing…

Hawks look to repeat as COSSA champs

By Darren Lum Published Sept. 19 2017 Nothing is different this season for the Red Hawks as far as expectations go. Despite the Red Hawks field hockey program only fielding one varsity team this season…

Seagull problems worsen on Mountain Lake 

By Chad Ingram Published Sept. 21 2017 Flocks of seagulls continue to weak havoc on residents of Mountain Lake and the problem is only getting worse one resident says. George Steeves made a delegation to…

Red Wolves parade through the streets

By Sue Tiffin Published Sept. 14 2017 A record number of people raised a record amount of funding and awareness for the Haliburton County Red Wolves on Sept. 9 as 21 athletes together with their…

Cross-Canada ride for the children

By Darren Lum Published July 27 2017 The epic scale of the Sears National Kids Cancer Ride is only matched by the lifetime of challenges that face children with cancer during treatment and long after.…

Local man recovering from softball injury

By Sue Tiffin Published June 29 2017 Friends and family of Kieran Gillooly know the 29-year-old loves playing hockey fastball and softball. The Algonquin Highlands resident’s energy and determination is what he and his loved…

Locke looks to break lifting record 

By Robert Mackenzie Published June 29 2017 After setting an unofficial record and placing third overall in a national competition Stuart Locke is looking to break a national power lifting record but by his count…

Junior Hawks defeated at home  

By Robert Mackenzie Published May 18 2017 In a warmup to the upcoming single A championship the Haliburton Red Hawks junior girls’ soccer team fell to the Fenelon Falls Falcons Monday. The Red Hawks were…

Senior Hawks fall to Falcons

By Robert Mackenzie Published May 18 2017 The Haliburton Red Hawks senior girls’ soccer team came up just short of the Fenelon Falls Falcons Monday in a 2-0 loss which head coach Amy Klose called…

Hawks endure the cold but lose heart-breaker 

By Darren Lum Published May 11 2017 Oh what could have been. The Red Hawks senior girls’ soccer team easily out-chanced the Spartans of Lindsay Collegiate Vocational Institute but just couldn’t capitalize on its scoring…

Midget B girls compete in provincials

The Bancroft I.D.A./Red Eagle Family Campground midget B girls travelled to Brampton on the weekend for the OWHA All-Ontario Provincial Championships representing Region E of Ontario’s top 24 teams. The Jets made a collective goal…

PeeweeC girls win silver

Wowwhat a season. The Leveque Brothers / Rock Breakers Peewee girls cameto fruition in the spring of 2016 combining girls from BancroftHaliburton Minden Wilberforce and Marmora. When they stepped on theice for their first tournament…

Skating through time

By Sue Tiffin Published April 13 2017 S.G. Nesbitt arena was packed with family and friends of the Minden Skating Club members for the Travel in Time year-end skating festival on April 9. “The people…

Senior Hawks boast full team

By Darren Lum Published March 28 2017 As the snow melts outside under the spring sun the Red Hawks senior badminton players are busy preparing for the season in the gym of the Haliburton Highlands…