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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.
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 […]
Hockey celebrates 25 years of PECMHA
Hundreds were at the Essroc arena in Wellington for a day of celebrating the Prince Edward County Minor Hockey Association’s 25th. A special banner was unveiled marking the milestone year since the Picton and Wellington hockey associations combined. “Everyone said this wasn’t going to work,” said Mayor Robert Quaiff before a ceremonial puck drop. “But it did. And […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Swimmers dive into competitions
The Belleville Youth Swim Team (BYST) saw 22 swimmers compete in Barrie at their first qualifier meet of the season, plus another 34 swimmers race in Ernestown. This was the largest group ever to swim at an out of town competition. “The coaching staff was very proud to see the hard work and commitment pay […]
