By Brian Smiley The AABHN senior boys volleyball regular-season finale between Pauline Johnson Collegiate and North Park Collegiate featured two teams at the opposite end of the standings. Knowing his team would be in tough, PJC coach Mike Michaelides has some words of advice for his players, which they seemed to take to heart. “Basically I said to them, it’s their last game and we haven’t had a whole lot…

By Brian Smiley Brantford Collegiate Institute and Paris District High School will play for the Athletic Association of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk junior football championship. Playing in semifinals on Friday night at Bisons Alumni North Park Sports Complex, BCI defeated Assumption College 35-0 while Paris beat St. John’s College 13-8. The junior final will take place on Nov. 3 at Bisons Alumni at 5 p.m. CLICK TO READ FULL STORY

By Brian Smiley St. John’s College is heading back to the AABHN senior football final after surviving a scare from the defending champions from Paris District High School. Trailing 22-0 early on in the Athletic Association of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk semifinal on Thursday at Bisons Alumni North Park Sports Complex, the Eagles (5-0) wound up winning 32-28 after converting three, third-down touchdown strikes while also scoring 15 points in…

By Brian Smiley After coming up just short in last season’s AABHN boys baseball final, Simcoe Composite School reversed its fortunes this season. Facing Paris District High School for the Athletic Association of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk championship on Wednesday at Cockshutt Park, the Sabres scored a come-from-behind 11-10 victory versus the Panthers. Last season SCS went undefeated before losing to Brantford Collegiate Institute in the final. “It feels great,”…

By Brian Smiley Pauline Johnson Collegiate senior girls basketball coach Felicia Thompson has yet to see her Thunderbirds win a game this season but she has seen something else as important. PLEASE CLICK TO READ THE FULL STORY

By Brian Smiley St. John’s College left no doubt who the favourite is heading into the Athletic Association of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk senior football playoffs. Facing Assumption College on Friday at Kiwanis Field in the final game of the regular season, St. John’s (4-0) scored a convincing 42-7 win over the Lions (3-1) in a battle for first place. St. John’s will now face fourth-place Paris District High School…

By Brian Smiley four-decade wait is over for former W. Ross Macdonald School residence counsellor Mick Ferras. Ferras started running the Athletic Association of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk cross-country championship as a guide runner for para athletes from WRMS when he was 22-years-old. Now 66 and retired, this was the first time he has guided one of the runners from the school to victory as he and Jackson Rukundo captured…

By Brian Smiley The Brantford Collegiate Institute Mustangs may have been eliminated from the AABHN senior football playoff picture Thursday night but they certainly didn’t go down without a fight. Facing North Park Collegiate at Bisons Alumni North Park Sports Complex, BCI lost 18-13 to the Trojans. The Mustangs (0-4) needed a win against the Trojans (2-4) to get into the Athletic Association of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk playoffs but…

By Brian Smiley As the Athletic Association of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk senior boys volleyball league winds its way to a conclusion, the Paris District High School Panthers have left little doubt that they’re in the mix for a championship. Paris (8-2) defeated Brantford Collegiate Institute (3-6) 25-21, 25-16, 18-25, 24-26 and 15-11 on Thursday at BCI to solidify its hold on second place. Panthers coach Rich Dela Rosa was…