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Nail-biter hockey for Panthers heading into break for exams
By Mike Pothier Girls Hockey Panthers were back in action after poor weather cancelled the Bayside Red Devils game last week. The 2014-2015 Bay of Quinte Champions and “AAA” OFSAA Silver medalist, St. Theresa Titans, ended up winning 2-0 in a nail-biter against the Panthers. The Panthers and the Titans matched up perfectly as the […]
County Clippers host first classic tournament
The County Clippers U12 Girls team hosted the first ever County Classic tournament last weekend at PECI with teams coming from Timmins, Belleville and Peterborough. Coach Lesley Lavender reports: It was an exciting weekend for the County Clippers, where the U12 Major Atom Girls team hosted the Clippers’ first ever OBA Sanctioned tournament. We had […]
Picton woman’s bike ride rolls into $3.2 million for female farmers in Ghana
When a Picton woman and her friend wheeled out plans to raise $150,000 to help rural women in Africa, they didn’t even imagine it would result in a multi-million dollar contribution. Sarah French and her friend Mary Fehr biked their way across the country last summer and were thrilled to have raised more than $320,000 […]
PECI athletic teams undefeated in week’s league play
A perfect week for PECI Athletics. Boys hockey, girls hockey and boys basketball all went undefeated this week in league play!
PECI Panthers pounce on Falcons
UPDATE: Today’s game cancelled Story by Mike Pothier PECI Panthers are back to their winning ways as they trounced the St. Paul’s Falcons 10-1 in girls hockey action Tuesday in Trenton. Today’s home game against Bayside has been cancelled along with the buses following last night’s snow storm. It will be rescheduled. The next home game is […]
Cheer on PECI athletes this week
PECI’s athletes are back in action this week with a boys hockey home game Wednesday at the Picton arena and basketball Thursday with a 4p.m. tip. Girls hockey continues Thrusday at the Picton Arena. Puck drop 3 p.m.
Students help PEPtBO count County bird species
Early Saturday morning, intrepid members of the PECI environment club, and a parent, joined Mark Read, Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory’s NatureHood Coordinator for a “Kids’ Christmas Bird Count”. Like the traditional Christmas Bird Count, the event for youth gathers birdwatchers for a count, and provides valuable winter bird population data for bird conservation. […]
Panther Girls hockey takes win streak into the holidays
By Mike Pothier PECI Panthers Girls Hockey is heading into the holidays with their winning streak (4-0) intact after beating the Moira Secondary School Trojans 5-4. Captain Alex Staley was on fire with two goals and an assist in the winning effort. The Trojans opened the scoring early in the first period and held the […]
PECI talents kick off Christmas holidays
Students at Prince Edward Collegiate welcomed the holidays with dancing, donating and singing in a Canada-wide social media singalong to brighten up the holidays for children in hospital. Included in Friday afternoon’s annual talent show were performances by teachers, the Improv Team, arts council, athletic council and by County band Instant Rilvary – composed of […]
PECI students show their artistic side
Story and photos by Roanna Kitchen Prince Edward Collegiate students celebrated their artistic side earlier this week during the high school’s annual Arts Night. “Arts night is a great opportunity for the community to come out and see what the teens of the county are doing,” said student Alyssa Roche. Shannon Andrews agreed the evening […]
