Standard final leading scorers

By Bernie Puchalski

- December 8, 2023

Following are the leading scorers after Friday’s games at the 60th Annual Standard High School Basketball Tournament:

Matthew Kleinsmith, Crossley 85

Jeremy Talsma, Smithville 81

Chad Thorpe, Eden 75

Andrew Ens, St. Francis 72

Felix Hadzic, Ridley 71

Michael Akinpetide, BT 63

Joshua Kaufman, DM 61

Kai Schatz, Eden 61

Parker Emanoilidis, Ridley 47

Will McAlpine, Churchill 45

Silas Breukelman, Smithville 43

Luke Johnson, Eden 42

Jack Ciocca, Saint Francis 41

Awab Ali, Saint Francis 39

Sean Hill, Collegiate 37

Travis Joyce, Secord 37

Dylan Durlov, Eden 35

Ben Unrau, West Niagara 34

Nathan Sansaet, DM 34

Julian Sobota, West Niagara 34

Tayte Fraser, Thorold 33

Travis Palmer, DM 33

Timi Ijaodola, Centennial 32

Michael Creglia, Ridley 32

Elijah Quissau, St. Francis 30

Amr Fayed, Ridley 30

Noah Budgell, Simcoe 30

Demarco Perry, DM 29

Nate Jones, GFESS 26

Jayden Thompson, Crossley 26

Caleb Olomide, BT 25

Noah Gmoser, GFESS 25

Jared Cook, Churchill 25

Joey Young, Holy Cross 24

Pranav Wadhawan, Ridley 24

Luka Jankovic, Ridley 24

Joseph Attia, Smithville 23

Armann Sandhu, Thorold 23

Owen Bradford-Andrew, Holy Cross 23

Terrell Wallace, Holy Cross 21

Nathan Beveridge, Holy Cross 21

Danial Nunez, Churchill 21

Matteo Scaglione, Churchill 21

Austin Hinds, St. Francis 20

Cole Wiersma, Smithville 20

Christopher Nyakabasa, Smithville 21

Trent Dobson, St. Francis 20

Nick Nymbilli, Ridley 20

Jason Currie, GFESS 19

Lucas Andres, Secord 18

Farouk Akasha, St. Francis 16

Spencer Fluellon, Thorold 16

Isaac Walker,Thorold 16

Luke Midgley, Eden 16

Owen Millar, DM 15

Jakub Labanowicz, St. Francis 15

Nate Perna, Centennial 15

Ben Spittal, West Niagara 15

Durico Winter, Holy Cross 15

Owen Cuthbert, Churchill 14

Josh Sanecki, Eden 14

Marco Reyes, Centennial 14

Abdi Farah, Secord 14

Ryan Zucco, Crossley 14

Carter MacNeil, St. Francis 13

Anderson Blanchard, Simcoe 13

Aiden Taggart, West Niagara 13

Matteo D’Aria, Holy Cross 13

Brodie Heidekamp, West Niagara 12

Owen Corcoran, Holy Cross 12

Jamie Coldwell, BT 11

Noah Mills, Simcoe 11

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.