By Brian Smiley The St. John’s College senior girls basketball team overcame a shaky start at home on Wednesday to advance to the Athletic Association of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk championship game. Hosting McKinnon Park Secondary School in a semifinal, the Green Eagles defeated the Blue Devils 42-33 despite scoring only six first-quarter points. PLEASE CLICK TO READ THE FULL STORY
By Chris Abbott Holy Trinity Titans are 2023 secondary school football champions. The team lifted the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Non-CWOSSA Varsity football championship trophy Saturday after defeating Simcoe Composite School Sabres 22-15. The home team took a 7-0 first-quarter lead, but Simcoe Composite equalized in the second. Holy Trinity regained the lead late in the second quarter, then added a decisive short-yardage touchdown in the third – and convert…
By Brian Smiley Brantford Collegiate Institute continues to dominate junior football in the Athletic Association of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk league as it captured its third straight championship on Friday. Facing Paris District High School in the final at Bisons Alumni North Park Sports Complex, the Colts defeated the Panthers 57-0. With 249 points scored and only eight against this season – two of those were on a safety the…
By Brian Smiley It may not have been the biggest upset in AABHN football history but Assumption College’s victory in the senior championship game on Friday will certainly go down as one of the biggest shockers in recent memory. Facing an undefeated St. John’s College team that averaged 40-plus points per game during the season, the Lions scored a 13-9 Athletic Association of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk win at Bisons…
By Brian Smiley St. John’s College got through its first Athletic Association of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk senior boys volleyball playoff game without being at the top of its game. The Eagles will need to be sharper for their next test. “It will be a tough game,” SJC’s Levi Hirst said of a semifinal matchup SJC will play against Paris District High School after the Eagles defeated Assumption College 25-20,…
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