Sports

Final leading scorers at Tribune tournament

By Bernie Puchalski

- January 14, 2023

Following are the final leading scorers at the 66th Annual Welland Tribune Basketball Tournament:

Mazen Yagubi, Churchill 76

Caleb Stewart, Eden 69

Mani Maynard, Myer 67

Chad Thorpe, Eden 66

Isaac Jordan, St. Paul 50

Brady Pupek, Churchill 49

Daniel Charest, Brebeuf 61

Malcolm Perrin, Simcoe 49

Lucas Muon, Holy Cross 48

Matteo Scaglione, Churchill 42

Kyle Barrett, GFESS 38

Sam Jeffery, Crossley 36

Dwayne Osbourne. Holy Cross 36

Adam Ponting, Notre Dame 35

Luke Johnson, Eden 33

Matthew Kleinsmith, Crossley 32

Joey Primerano-Williams, St. Paul 32

Sahil Rizwan, Myer 32

Mateo Canakis, St. Paul 31

Caleb Grover, Port Colborne 30

Adam Abboud, Myer 29

Isaiah Vernon, GFESS 29

Owen Phillips, Notre Dame 29

Arin Sayegh, Holy Cross 29

Josh Kaufman, DM 28

Aakash Senthil, Crossley 26

Bennett Pisek, Churchill 26

Michael Akinpetide, BT 25

Dylan Klassen, Westlane 25

Lochlan Belliveau, Simcoe 24

Kolby Kulak, Port Colborne 24

Dante De Benedetti, St. Paul 22

Alex Bray, Centennial 21

Nicholas Capretta, Notre Dame 21

Will McAlpine, Churchill 20

Lucas Burattini, Crossley 19

Terrell Wallace, Holy Cross 19

Arwin Chima, St. Mike’s 18

Aldin Prsic, Westlane 18

Luka Dermott, St. Mike’s 17

Elliot Slack, Centennial 17

Cam Hastings, DM 17

Nate Sansaet, DM 17

VJ Phillips, Eden 17

Shomari Hill, St. Paul 17

Adam Ponting, Notre Dame 17

Riley Stewart, Eden 16

Marco Reyes, Centennial 16

Timi Ijaodola, Centennial 16

Jackson Kalybaba, Crossley 16

Owen Bradford-Andrew, Holy Cross 16

Tavish McMahon, Myer 15

Nate Jones, GFESS 15

Mac Toge, Brebeuf 15

Robert Muir, Simcoe 15

Edson Sanecki. Eden 14

Anderson Blanchard, Simcoe 14

Michael Ukiomogbe, DM 13

Andrew Benko, Notre Dame 13

Benson Angervil, Myer 12

Connor Bleich, Crossley 12

Michael Ventresca, Notre Dame 11

Brandon Bell, St. Mike’s 11

Arnav Sharma, Westlane 11

Graham Midgley, Eden 11

Nicholas Kolenko, BT 10

Charlie McCamley, St. Paul 10

Kevin Schweyer, Notre Dame 10

Luke Midgley, Eden 10

Bernie Puchalski

Bernie Puchalski, a graduate of Brock University and Niagara College, worked in journalism in Niagara for more than 27 years before taking a voluntary buyout from The Standard at the end of 2016. He started his career as a news reporter for the Niagara Falls Review before switching to sports reporting. He was a sports reporter and sports editor at the Niagara Falls Review before joining the Standard's sports department in 1996. He was named the Standard's sports editor in 2000 and became the regional sports editor, in charge of the Niagara Falls Review, Welland Tribune and Standard, in 2015, a position he held until he left the company. During his time in newspapers, he was a multiple winner and finalist for numerous Ontario and Western Ontario Newspaper Awards for sports reporting, spot news reporting and humour writing. He was a member of the Standard Boys Basketball Tournament committee and co-chair of the Standard Girls Basketball Tournament, helping to raise tens of thousands of dollars for bursaries presented to participants in the tournament. He also served on countless local sports committees both in Niagara Falls and St. Catharines.