Sports
After a successful year in the Huron County Fastball League, the Brussels Tigers nearly captured the International Softball Congress (ISC) Canada East Qualifier - Ontario Challenge Cup over the weekend.
The Goderich Junior C Flyers, a squad that is drawing heavily on communities in central and northern Huron, started off its pre-season with two victories over the Kincardine Bulldogs, who finished third last year.
As part of its celebration of Mental Health Awareness Week earlier this month, Hullett Central Public School held a special pep rally, followed by volleyball games between staff and students.
F.E. Madill School s track and field squad of 33 athletes competed at the Huron Perth championships held at St. Anne s Seco
Huron Christian School held its annual track and field day on Friday, inviting all students to strut their stuff on the track in their pursuit to be stronger, run faster and jump higher than their fellow classmates.
Athletes on F.E. Madill School s track and field team competed at Track Wars in Cambridge last week.
After 11 years of skiing, seven of those as a world-class biathlete, Huron County native Erin Yungblut is hanging up her skis and rifle and moving into the next phase of her life.
As I sat through the most recent North Huron Council meeting, I wondered about the shelf life of a political promise. Apparently, in North Huron, it s less than a year if many campaign promises are to be believed.
Athletes on the F.E. Madill School s track and field team began their season with a competition at an early bird meet at St. James Secondary School in Guelph last week.
Blyth s Carla Pawitch earned two gold Ultimate Fitness Events (UFE) medals and one bronze over the weekend in Cobourg, but her professional card still eludes her.
After taking a trip to the west coast last year, the Matthew Dinning Memorial Cup made its way back to Wingham during the 13th annual tournament last week.
Huron East Councillor and Brussels Leo Club leader Zoellyn Onn says the recently-reinvigorated youth club has some lofty ambitions for the coming years with hopes of refurbishing the village s playgrounds.
The Huron Heat Midget BB squad, one of two Heat teams in the year-end provincial tournament over the weekend, were named Ontario champions, finishing off a great season.
Seaforth took on The Docks in the Matthew Huether Memorial Tournament held on Friday and Saturday in Seaforth. The event, held to benefit the Trillium Gift of Life Network, was the first tournament held in Huether s name
Sheldon Kennedy, an internationally-recognized advocate of violence and abuse awareness programs, was able to reach dozens of people on Friday thanks to a Rural Response for Healthy Children event in Goderich.
Despite great optimism going into the tournament, Shawn and Katie Cottrill failed to make the finals of the 2019 Mixed Doubles Curling Championships held last week.
While most of the Huron Heat and Blyth Brussels Crusader teams have finished up their seasons, some of the former persist on while other Huron County teams push on through playoffs.
The Brussels Curling Club hosted its mixed bonspiel on the weekend.
The club was very pleased to fill the bonspiel with 20 teams after a lot of hard work by spiel leader Steve Knight. There were two draws at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. and things went...
The Wingham Skating Club s year-end showcase called Tribute , honoured modern classics from artists like ABBA, George Michael and Elvis with routines by the club s best and brightest skaters. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
The Brussels Skating Club held its annual year-end showcase last week, celebrating the club s best and brightest skaters, all within the theme of popular music videos from the 1980s and 1990s.
Sixteen-year-old Claire Mitchell from the Walton area is the first member of the Brussels Skating Club in recent memory to achieve quadruple gold status with the CanSkate program.
Playoffs continue throughout the area with some teams facing their last matches while others fight to stay alive in the postseason.
Local teams continued with their playoff drives over the past week, with Blyth Brussels Crusaders and Huron Heat squads fighting to stay in the postseason.
Shawn and Katie Cottrill of Belgrave will be competing in their fourth national mixed doubles championship later this month; their first time representing their home province of Ontario.