Area sports Feb. 15: NCAA All-Star night; DM basketball; Junior hockey roundup; Fairview bowling
The best of the best in the Niagara Catholic Athletic Association will square off in the 2019 NCAA Senior Girls Basketball All-Star game.
The top players from Zone 4 will take on the best from Zone 3 Thursday, Feb. 21 at Brock University at 6:15 p.m.
Team North will be composed of players from Zone 4 while Team South will be made up from player from Zone 3.
The following are the rosters for both teams.
North Zone 4: Mia DiPasquale, Blessed Trinity; Ella Muraca, Blessed Trinity; Lexie Poitras, Blessed Trinity; Lexxus Bell, Denis Morris; Jordyn Britton, Denis Morris; Sarah O’Rourke, Holy Cross; Maddie Caughill, Holy Cross; Viktoria Cubelic. St. Francis; Ava Lannan, St. Francis; Rachel Bufalino, St. Francis.
Coaches: Aleesha Harris, Blessed Trinity and Kiki DiPasquale.
South Zone 3: Julie Manlow, St. Mikes; Aliyah Glaze, Lauren Carter, St. Mikes; Emma Koabel, Lakeshore Catholic; Angeline Galati, St. Paul; Julianna Fabiano, St. Paul; Emily Foest, Notre Dame; Alissa Mete, Notre Dame; Abby Phillips, Notre Dame; Jamira Rousseau, Notre Dame.
Coaches: Leanne Bizley, Lakeshore Catholic and Lucy Malcom, Lakeshore Catholic.
JUNIOR B
The St. Catharines Falcons moved back into first place with a 6-4 win in Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League, Golden Horseshoe Conference action at Thorold Thursday.
The Falcons lead the Niagara Falls Canucks by one point. Each team has six games remaining including their final matchup of the regular season Monday, Feb. 18 at Niagara Falls at 3 p.m.
Mike Masotti and Jacob Roach, into an empty net, scored for the Falcons in the third period to break a 4-4 tie.
Masotti and Roach also scored earlier for St. Catharines as did Christian Girhiny and Xavier Drummond.
Nicholas Rubino, Riley Sutherland, Trevor Neumann and Evan Miller replied for the Hawks, whole to 18-21-1-4.
The Hawks visit the Falcons Friday.
BLESSED TRINITY ADVANCES
The Blessed Trinity Thunder knocked down 10 three-point shots en route to a 61-50 victory over the Denis Morris Reds.
The win propelled the Thunder to the Zone AAA Senior Boys Basketball finals against the Governor Simcoe Redcoats.
“To their credit, they knocked down a couple of key threes at crucial times,” Reds coach Randy Conlon said. “Twice we got the lead down to two points and both times they hit three-pointers – those are back breakers.”
Blessed Trinity opened up a first quarter lead of 18-14 and carried a 32-37 lead into the half-time break.
“Other than not winning, I couldn’t be more pleased,” Conlon said. “Our guys battled for all four quarters today and lost to a team that just played better.”
Josh Ens led the way for the Thunder with 18, while Lucas Cino and Noah Monteforte each added 14.
Noah Honsberger led all scorers for the Reds with 21. Michael Conlon tossed in 14 and Zubeer Liban had 11.
JUNIOR C
The Niagara Riverhawks find themselves on the brink of elimination after dropping two games this week to the Hamilton Huskies Jr Blues and now trail their best-of-seven Provincial Junior Hockey League quarter-final series 3-2.
Tuesday night at the Gale Centre the Riverhawks lost 3-2. Josh Urbshott netted both goals for Niagara while Matt Boere made 27 saves in the loss.
Thursday night in Hamilton, the RiverHawks dropped a 6-2 decision, the most lopsided game of the series to date. The Huskies scored twice in the first period. The Huskies extended their lead to 3-0 before Karl Lavoie scored for the Riverhawks. The Huskies added two more before the period was over and had a commanding 5-1 lead after two periods.
Dylan Matos replaced Matt Boere in the Riverhawks net for the third. The teams exchanged third-period goals with Tyler Seguin scoring for the Riverhawks.
Game 6 is Saturday night at the Gale Centre at 8 p.m. Game 7, if necessary, will be back in Dundas Sunday.
In the other quarter-final series, Glanbrook leads Hespeler 3-0 and Grimsby leads Dunnville 3-1.
FAIRVIEW BOWLING
Following are recent top tenpin and fivepin bowling scores, as submitted by the lanes and league secretaries:
Tenpin
Tuesday Morning Mixed: John Osborne 618, Gord McCormack 599, Harley Smith 587, Rosemarie Simpell 521, Velma Rutka 492, Kay Slader 451.
Tuesday Afternoon Ladies: Cindy Boles 493, Velma Rutka 479, Sarah DePenning 465.
Tuesday Night Mixed: First Division: Serge Giancaterino 498, Scott Moore 497, Larry Adams 452. Premier Division: Greg Panas 686, Matt Donald 680, Gord Smillie 671.
Thursday Prime Timers: Dave Ryder 554, Mike Johnson 508, Harley Smith 488, Marg Millar 510, Connie Gleza 506, Trish Game 499.
Thursday Night Mixed: Group 1: Codi McMaster 642, Terry Krawec 632, Kyle Brown 625. Group 2: Chris Bodnar 588, Harley Smith 585, Alex Burse 549. Group 3: Chad Bride 582, Jim Price 531, Dave Pattison 490. Group 4: Mike Fastje 512, Laurie Fretz 461, Diana Pierce 446. Group 5: Wilf Burse 491, Debbie Alves 469, Sylvia Pogrebski 462.
Friday Night Mixed: Ian MacPherson 675, Mark Houtby 635, Ken Derosier 635, Terri Panas 521, Sara Henderson 498, Michelle Kuijer 474.
Youth: Bantam: Ben Foster 388. Junior: Armen Menkemnian 441, James Weller 374, Landon DeGlopper 354, Ava Conway 458, Sophia Beaudry 355. Intermediate: Nicholas Langelaan 498, Addison Nye 449, Zachary Beaudry 396, Mya Conway 532, Taylor Whitworth 485.
Monday Morning Men: Good: Brian Green 527, Dave Hale 503, Harold Stubbert 494. Gooder: Rob Balanowski 548, Doug Lawrence 524, Denys Peel 463. Goodest: John Osborne 697, Ralph Barnim 640, Wayne Dolinski 627.
Monday Majors : Bruce Scott 660, Dan Priolo 660, Gord Donald 643, Trena Sieber 600, Lisa Morabito 593, Sandi Burse 551.
Fivepin
Tuesday Prime Timers: George Brown 637, Martin Lanteigne 583, Norm Cooke 536, Rachel Stanley 517, Gaetane Papineau 514, Helen Black 506.
Tuesday Night Mixed: Brayden Girard 674, Joseph Bos 592, Bill Steinhoff 587, Sarah Steinhoff 517, Mandy Jenkins 469, Kathy Fillipchuk 398.
French Club: Jacques Vaillancourt 640, Jean-Claude Aube 595, Richard Montpellier 580, Cecile Hungerford 477, Pierrette MacDougall 473, Suzanne Theriault 421.
Friday 55 and Uppers: Jim Robinson 608, Randy Thomas 462, John Reynolds 413, Dianne Siegel 512, Nan Brogden 479, Sandra Thornhill 467.
Youth: Little Tykes (one game): Tyson Amadasu 96, Duncan Hilborn 93, Gavin Booker 92, Madalynn Spence 109, Charlotte Spence 108. Peewee: Liam Boles 379, Sasha Dykyi 252, Jaymes Booker 208, Evelyn Hilborn 207. Bantam: Joseph Best 304, Christopher Chagnon 270, Scotia Edwards 298, Katie Adgey 225. Junior: Aaron Goertzen 478, Garrett Fisk 437, Cameron Mitchell 403, Felicia Currie 495, Olivia Prudhomme 493, Erica Boles 485. Senior: William Cooper 557, Chanzen Krafve 550, Madyson John-England 496, Sarah Malott 452.
Sunday Sport: Bill Booker 691, Shawn Quesnel 649, Lucas Hall 637, Wendy Bonnette 638, Angi Nesbitt 572, April Ryder 472.
Monday 55 and Up: Jim Copeland 628, Reg Sonnenberg 536, Bob Walsh 523, Toni Ball 589, Donna Potashnyk 582, Marilyn Goulding 484.
CAW Retirees: Tom Astley 598, Jon MacDonald 520, Mike Locke 454, Noreen Locke 439, Dorothy Zacharuk 434, Olga Astley 425.
Beaver Bowlers Club: Fred Henderson 659, George Brown 594, Larry breeze 585, Denise Livingston 526, Jackie Billard 487, Erika Phair 442.
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