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Red Hawks junior player Tamara Berry receives a ball during the home opener against the visiting I.E. Weldon Secondary School Wildcats on Tuesday, May 7. The Hawks of Haliburton Highlands Secondary School lost 3-0. HHSS player Erica Carmount had a strong game, including teammates Kelsey Maracle and goalkeeper Sydney Cameron, who kept her team in the game. DARREN LUM/MINDEN TIMES/QMI AGENCY

Junior Red Hawks hard work not enough

Coach Judi Paul was proud of her team following the home opener against the visiting I.E. Weldon Secondary School Wildcats on Tuesday, May 7.She said, “I came off the field feeling good.”Although the team lost their second in as many games by a 3-0 score, the Red Hawks played well in light of the circumstances.

Haliburton Highlands Secondary School Red Hawks senior forward Casey Pringle, left, watches her shot on net during the home opener against the visiting I.E. Weldon Secondary School Wildcats in Kawartha League action on Tuesday, May 7. The Wildcats beat the Red Hawks 2-0 and remain undefeated, as of May 8. DARREN LUM/HALIBURTON ECHO/QMI AGENCY

Wildcats roar past Red Hawks

It was a day for the shutout. Unfortunately for the home side it was in the favour of the visiting teams from Lindsay.The Haliburton Highlands Secondary School (HHSS) girls’ junior and senior soccer teams were both blanked by the visiting I.E. Weldon Secondary School Wildcats during the home opener on Tuesday, May 7.

Red Hawks senior forward Maia O'Sullivan shoots on the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School Titans net during Kawartha West league game in Haliburton on Thursday, May 9. The Hawks routed the visitors 5-0 and improve to 2-1-0. O'Sullivan scored the first goal and the game winner. The Titans drop to 0-0-3. DARREN LUM/HALIBURTON ECHO/QMI AGENCY

Red Hawks soar beyond St. Thomas Titans

Ominous dark clouds were seen in all directions except above the soccer pitch in Haliburton. Appropriate, as nothing was dark on this day for the home side, who seemed to do everything right.The Red Hawks senior girls’ soccer team beamed under the strong sun, shining at the Gary G. Brohman Athletic Facility in Haliburton on Thursday, May 9.

The Red Hawks senior mixed doubles team of Bin Chun, left, and Jaimie Dack credit their badminton team with their bronze medal win at OFSAA earlier this month. All season, they said, their coach Jason Morissette has reminded them of the importance of support and team work. This pair travelled with Darcy Schmidt, singles, and doubles team Jessica Duchene and Sandy Griffith. DARREN LUM/HALIBURTON ECHO/QMI AGENCY

OFSAA more than just medals

They believed and achieved what only seemed like a dream several weeks ago.Close to a week after the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations championship in Chatham, the mixed doubles badminton team Jaimie Dack and Bin Chun of Haliburton Highlands Secondary School smile, reflecting about feeling “astonished” at winning a bronze medal.

Nicole Cain (right) of Lindsay Collegiate and Vocational Institute (LCVI) battles a Haliburton Highlands Secondary School (HHSS) player for the ball in Kawartha West senior girls soccer action on Thursday, May 2, 2013. The Spartans fell to the visiting Red Hawks 2-0. The juniors followed with a 2-0 win over HHSS. It was the season opener with IE Weldon, Fenelon Falls, St. Thomas Aquinas and Brock also in action. Key dates include the Kawartha finals on May 22, COSSA on May 29 and OFSAA from June 6 to 8. JASON BAIN/The Lindsay Post/QMI Agency

Red Hawks slay Spartans in season opener

The Haliburton Highlands Secondary School won the Kawartha West League season opener 2-0 in Lindsay on Thursday May 2. Red Hawks goalkeeper Jenn Woolacott earned the shutout. Goals came from McKenzie Hill and Maia O’Sullivan. The junior teams competed afterwards with LCVI emerging with a 2-0 win in penalty shots.

The Red Hawks senior badminton team Bin Chun, left, Jaimie Dack, Darcy Schmidt, Jessica Duchene, Sandy Griffith, Ali Hicks, Jessica Bishop, Tanner Ballantyne, Tanner Hamilton, Brigitta Hicks, Rin Shiina and coach Jason Morissette. They won the overall team title at the Central Ontario Secondary School Athletics final at Haliburton earlier this month. Every player and team earned points towards the team total. It's the first outright win since 2005. DARREN LUM/HALIBURTON ECHO/QMI AGENCY

Coach reflects on COSSA success

It’s all about the team.Red Hawks senior badminton coach Jason Morissette loves his team for how it came together and strung a sequence of formidable performances to win the team title at the Central Ontario Secondary School Athletic (COSSA) finals a few weeks ago.

Jr Hawks crowned COSSA badminton champs

It came down to three points, but the junior Red Hawks badminton team pulled through taking the overall team title at the Central Ontario Secondary School Athletic championship at East Northumberland Secondary School in Brighton.

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