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This weekend will be a fun one for the youngest Blyth Brussels Crusaders of the bunch as the association hosts its annual Jamboree for U6, U7 and U8 teams in both Blyth and Brussels.

New life will be breathed into what used to be known as the Wingham Golf and Curling Club this year with new owners coming aboard to create the Maitland Links Golf Club and the Maitland Granite Curling Club.

When Huron Perth Flag Football (HPFF) launched its inaugural season in the fall of 2024, the new league became an instant hit with local families.

The weekend ahead will be a busy and exciting one for the Huron Heat organization, between sending teams to the annual London Devilettes Tournament and the continuing playoffs.

This weekend, the U11 Rep Blyth Brussels Crusaders will be in Teeswater for the annual South Bruce Blades Tournament, while the U9 LL team will head to Drayton for the Defenders' annual Jamboree.

Hosting both games over the weekend at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex, the Wingham Ironmen beat the Walkerton Capitals and fell to the Mount Forest Patriots, treading water in the North Pollock Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League.

This weekend will be a busy one for many Blyth Brussels Crusaders teams, with plenty of games on the schedule, many of them at home.

Over the weekend, the U11 C Huron Heat fell in the semi-finals of the annual B.A.D. Blazers Winter Tournament, losing by a score of 2-0 in the second-to-last round to the Wingham 86ers, the eventual tournament champions.

Next Saturday, Feb. 1, organized hockey will return to the Belgrave Community Centre's storied natural ice service for the first time in 20 years.

The Wingham Ironmen only had one game of Provincial Junior Hockey League play this weekend, but made the most of it with a 3-2 win over the Walkerton Capitals at home.

This weekend, the U9 MD Blyth Brussels Crusaders will be in Parkhill for their regional Silver Stick Tournament, beginning with the first game of the whole tournament on Friday morning against the Lambton Shores Predators.

This weekend, three Huron Heat teams (U13 C, U11 C and U9 C) will be heading to Belmont for the annual B.A.D. Blazers Tournament. The action gets underway on Friday.

In his first presentation of the draft 2025 budget for Huron County, Treasurer Michael Blumhagen is proposing a year-over-year levy increase at the county level of 8.39 per cent, representing $4,434,779.

Eight sledges and accompanying sticks have been purchased for the Central Huron Community Complex courtesy of Carson Hymers, right, and a fundraising sledge hockey game he and his family organized last fall.

This weekend will be a fun one for some of the youngest Blyth Brussels Crusaders teams, as they head to Wallace for its annual Jamboree.

The Wingham Ironmen have come into 2025 ready to play, winning on Friday night against the Mitchell Hawks and losing on Sunday afternoon, in overtime, to the division-leading Mount Forest Patriots.

This weekend, the U11 HL and U13 HL Huron Heat teams will be in Wilmot to take part in the annual Kyla Kowalik Tournament, while the U11 A Heat will be in New Tecumseth for the annual ODR Winter Classic.

Seaforth Junior Broomball held its first-ever tournament over the weekend, hosting dozens of games in both Seaforth and Brussels, in what has been deemed a true success.

After a two-win weekend to begin the month of December, the Wingham Ironmen lost both of their games this past weekend, scoring just one goal to their opponents' nine.

The U13 A Huron Heat found success in the Guelph Winter Classic over the weekend, hosted by the Guelph Junior Gryphons, winning gold after an undefeated six-game run during which the team only allowed one goal.

This weekend, four Huron Heat teams will head south to Exeter for the annual Pink on the Rink tournament, while two teams will move east to Guelph for that association's annual tournament.

The Wingham Ironmen split their two games over the weekend, winning one and losing one, both at home in Wingham, both in overtime and both by the exact same score: 3-2.

This weekend, the U11 HL Huron Heat will be in Durham for the annual Durham West HL Tournament beginning on Friday, Nov. 29.

Allan Dickson and his grandson, Max Staines, made the news recently when they hit the ice together as a pair of referees at local hockey games.