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Senior Boys basketball on a mission for championship
The PECI SR Boys Basketball team made a statement to the rest of the league this week that players are on a mission for the Bay of Quinte Championship. The boys matched up with rival NCC Crusaders Thursday evening in front of a packed gym at PECI. The boys were coming off a big 64 […]
Ribbon cutting officially opens PEFAC’s new accessible cardio space
A ribbon-cutting ceremony showed off how $120,000 in grant funding increased accessiblity for the new cardio space at the Prince Edward Fitness and Aquatic Centre (PEFAC) in Picton. Friday, PEFAC welcomed members, staff, board members and government officials to see how the $100,000 Ontario Trillium Foundation grant, and a $20,000 grant from the County, was […]
Panther Sr. Girls are Trinity College tourney championships
Mission accomplished! The PECI senior girls basketball team won its first tournament championships in more than five years at the Trinity College Invitational Tournament this past weekend in Port Hope. “One of our goals all season was to win a tournament. We’ve had great success over the past five years winning multiple Bay of Quinte, […]
Panther girls ready for weekend’s elite tourney at Trinity
The PECI Panthers senior girls basketball team faces a tough test in Port Hope this weekend at the Trinity College Tournament. “This is an elite tournament attended by both private and public school teams,” said coach Rob Garden. And the goal is a title. “We want to win the tournament. We’ve won a lot over […]
Ontario hockey families County bound Oct. 24-26
Some 700 players and 1,500 parents and siblings are expected to descend upon the County Oct. 24-26 for the 10th Annual Milk Hockey Tournament. “The event features 44 teams from all over Ontario arriving in the community to play hockey, eat and drink, buy gas, drink coffee, and generally soak up PEC life,” reports the […]
You can run but you can’t hide on the Eve of Destruction
By Nicole Kleinsteuber Hundreds of brave race fans stared chaos in the face and screamed for more on the Eve of Destruction at Brighton Speedway. The 52nd season ended with madness as the pits roared with more than 130 engines Saturday. Monster-Enduro A crowded field of 107 cars buckled in, cramming the track for the […]
Tannis Reddy makes history as first female to win County Marathon
Story and photos by Olivia Timm Tannis Reddy made history as the first female to win the County Marathon. The Toronto resident completed the 16th annual full marathon in 2:50:19 with a beaming smile. “I’m really excited and happy. Being the first female is pretty cool and all of the ladies that I passed, everyone […]
McPherson makes Applefest history with Speedway sweep
By Nicole Kleinsteuber Cody McPherson became the first driver in the Applefest Shootout’s 15-year history to sweep Brighton Speedway’s premier double-header weekend. In front of large crowds dialed in for high octane racing, McPherson, a semi-retired DIRTcar sportsman driver from St. Catherine’s, wheeled team Farraday’s No. 66 DIRTcar sportsman to the victory lane both Friday […]
Dirt track kings at speedway’s final championship sports night
It was a wild show down to the finish line with 97 Stock Cars dialed in for the final 2019 championship points night at Brighton Speedway, Saturday night. Sandercock scores 7th Late Model championship It was a tense action-packed night with No. 57 Charlie Sandercock claiming his seventh Vanderlaan Building Products Late Model Division championship. […]
Speedway’s Sprints a caution-riddled main event
The Southern Ontario Sprints invaded Brighton Speedway Saturday night to send the last long weekend of summer off in style. Westbrook wins night 1 Polesitter No. 91 Ryan Turner dominated over half of the Southern Ontario Sprints caution riddled 25-lap main event. A series of yellow flags didn’t deter Turner from taking off at the […]
