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This year's Haliburton Highlands Secondary School Athletes of the Year Sandy Griffith, left, and Darcy Schmidt. Both made their respective teams better and multiple all-provincial championships. DARREN LUM/HALIBURTON ECHO/QMI AGENCY

A celebration of athletic excellence

Some came dressed in their best.Some just came as they are.All of them came to reflect and celebrate strength of character, athleticism and skill this past season by Red Hawks athletes and coaches at the 35th annual Haliburton Highlands Secondary School Athletic Banquet on Tuesday, June 11.

Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron celebrates after scoring against the Blackhawks during second period action in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals in Boston, Monday, June 17, 2013. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)

Bergeron a complete player

They mirror each other in games and style and certainly with the regard to which they are held: So why is it Jonathan Toews is an almost consensus choice as one the truly great players in hockey and Patrice Bergeron doesn't receive similar acclaim?

Bruins defenceman Zdeno Chara and Blackhawks forward Bryan Bickell fight as their teammates pile on during Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final at TD Garden in Boston, June 17, 2013. (ADAM HUNGER/Reuters)

Bruins bowl over Hawks

Some NHL teams will tell you that a playoff series doesn't truly begin until both participants have played a game in front of their home crowd.

Spurs guard Danny Green drives past Heat guard Dwyane Wade during Game 4 of the NBA Finals at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, June 13, 2013. (LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters)

Green unlikely MVP?

Before the NBA Finals began, Danny Green wasn’t even really on the board as a potential series MVP.