All Entries in the "Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board" Category

Panther pride beams at first tournament
By Mike Pothier A proud, jubilant but exhausted Panthers team had a remarkable week in high school girl’s hockey. After beating the rebuilding Nicholson Catholic College Crusaders 11-0 in league play, the team headed to the regional finals warm up tournament in Napanee the next morning. The day-long tournament is an important stop on the […]

Panther Boys Consolation Champs at Ottawa tournament
Another great week in Panther’s Athletics which was capped off with the Senior Boys Basketball team winning the Consolation Championship at the Garnet and Gold Classic tournament in Kingston this weekend. They defeated Mother Theresa school from Ottawa 50 – 40 in the championship game. In league play, girls hockey, junior girls volleyball, junior boys […]

PECI students making Christmas merry for County children in need
By Roanna Kitchen Prince Edward Collegiate Institute students are working to make a merry Christmas for County families – one child at a time. Their mission is to gather donations that allow children of families in need to enjoy traditions and experiences the holidays bring. Teacher Greer Koutroulides co-ordinates the giving, integrated within the school’s Venture […]

County’s Dwayne Inch re-elected as school board chair
Dwayne Inch and Lucille Kyle were re-elected chair and vice-chair of the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board. Inch expressed appreciation to fellow Board members for placing their trust in him, once again. “It is an honour to be chosen to lead the board for another year. Serving students through public education is our […]

Panther Girls Hockey rolls out second win
Story by Mike Pothier PECI Girl’s Hockey Panthers downed the Central Hastings Secondary School Centurions 5-1 to extend their league play to 2-0. Sam Ward had a pair of goals while Tynika Williams, Alex Staley, Abby Terpstra tallied singles. Assisting on the goals were Kendra Marion, Abby Terpstra (2), Sarah Young (2), Kellie-Anne Maycock, Celina […]

PECI honours its athletes
Another busy week with PECI’s girls volleyball teams playing their first games of the year. The teams showed potential in the early action. Girls hockey and boys basketball won their games this week. Boys hockey earned one out of four points this week. Congratulations to the Pinecrest Pride Boys team and the Sophiasburgh Spartans Girls […]

PECI Panther Girls Hockey starts season with a win
By Mike Pothier PECI Panthers didn’t take long to continue last year’s winning ways this season by downing the Centennial Secondary School Chargers 5-1 at the girl’s hockey home opener Thursday. Abby Terpstra and Sam Ward both had a pair while Alex Staley rounded out the goals. Terpstra added a pair with Ward’s single assist […]

Dramatic performances focus on bullying awareness
By Roanna Kitchen A dramatic presentation last week at Prince Edward Collegiate Institute focused on bullying, awareness and prevention. The sixth annual Bullying Awareness Assembly included a dramatic presentation organized by teacher Matthew Sheahan to encourage learning about the effects, forms, causes and solutions to bullying. Sheahan explained how he was once, “both the bully […]

Silver medal PECI Panther athletes caps successful autumn season
Another silver-lined week in PECI Panther’s Athletics capped an award-winning autumn season of excellence in high school sports. The senior boys volleyball team won a AA COSSA silver medal at Marc Garneau Ecole Secondaire in Trenton on Wednesday. “The boys battled hard but were beat in a third game tie-breaker,” said Coach Holmes who praised his […]

PECI triple play at COSSA this week
Both PECI’s senior boys volleyball and senior birls basketball teams playing in the Bay of Quinte Championships won silver medals. Junior Boys volleyball will also play at the COSSA level this week. See below #gopanthers