WHILE the Queensland Maroons was sweating out a “flu-like' virus infiltrating the squad in the lead-up to tonight's State of Origin opener in Melbourne, Blackwater's Dave Taylor was sweating on the outcome of another battle in the NRL.
THEY don't come much tougher than the Capricornia zone's polocrosse playing contingent, if the report of one battered and bruised Wandoan umpire is anything to go by.
YOUNG Emerald netballers have made an impressive start to their representative careers by earning the runners-up title in their division at the Queensland Challenge Carnival in Brisbane over the May long weekend.
COMPETITORS will be putting their fitness to the ultimate test during a triathlon and duathlon being held by the Central Highlands Triathlon Club at the Capella Aquatic Centre this Sunday.
SEVEN athletes from the Central Highlands travelled to Townsville to represent their schools and clubs at the 2012 Athletic North Queensland Student Games in Townsville.
THE representative prospects look bright for the region's under-12 junior rugby players, after some big performances at the Central Highlands trials in Emerald on Sunday.
WITH more squash juniors playing in Emerald than just about anywhere in the Central Region, it's little wonder the relatively small Central Highlands club is quickly making a name for itself on the state stage.