April 13 local sports: Panthers win D6 OBAs; NCAA badminton; JUEL basketball
The Pelham Panthers under-12 boys basketball team won a gold medal in Division 6 OBA Ontario Cup championships last weekend, beating the Kitchener Waterloo Vipers 49-46 in overtime in the championship game.
In pool play, the Panthers defeated Blessed Sacrament Hamilton 39-26, Sarnia Valhalla 36-26 and Caledon 43-37
Members of the team, coached by Frank Capretta and Andreas Gmoser and managed by Joanne Capretta, were Matthew Kleinsmith, Lucca Zanuttini, Nicholas Capretta, Anthony DiGioia, Alex Bray, Andrew Benko, Adam Ponting, Michael Ventresca, Luca Burattini, Michael Martel, Noah Gmoser and Andy Nawrocki.
NCAA BADMINTON
Following are Niagara Catholic Athletic Association sub-zone badminton results:
ZONE 4
Midget boys singles: 1. Alejandro DeLeon, Holy Cross; 2. Max Riddell, St. Francis; 3. Bradley Zemaitis, Holy Cross.
Midget girls singles: 1. Marina Lafratta, Denis Morris; 2. Bryer Gregoire, St. Francis; 3. Ariane Allas, St. Francis
Midget boys doubles: 1. Eesa Huq and Che Jayawardena, St. Francis; 2. Noah Seca and Chase Newton, Blessed Trinity; 3. Patrick Nash and Abraham Sandy, Holy Cross.
Midget girls doubles: 1. Mabel Kasunic and Alex Phillips, Blessed Trinity; 2. Julia Prescott and Abbey Gooder, St. Francis; 3. Taiya York and Sharon Peiris, St. Francis.
Midget mixed doubles: 1. Julia Testa and Hudson Krawchuk, St. Francis; 2. Jenna Pasquale and Michael Napoli, St. Francis.
Junior boys singles: 1. Cole Carpenter, St. Francis; 2. Matthew Solomon, Blessed Trinity; 3. David Picard, St. Francis.
Junior girls singles: 1. Megan Baranek, St. Francis; 2, Ava Curvelo, Holy Cross; 3. Sunny Tsai, Blessed Trinity.
Junior boys doubles: 1. James Goobie and Chase Cuthbert, Blessed Trinity; 2. Thomas Gualteri and Issac McDonald, Denis Morris; 3. Brayden Thompson and John Luc Pagnotta, Denis Morris.
Junior girls doubles: 1. Ana Tolkacz and Megan Mahoney, Holy Cross; 2. Emma Penner and Marissa Valla, Holy Cross; 3. Sarinia Cacilhas and Shayla Cacilas, Blessed Trinity.
Junior mixed doubles: 1. Bleona DeMiri and Owen Hendsbee, Denis Morris; 2. Avery Penner and Sean Vanderzalm, Holy Cross; 3. Hayleigh Finch and Quinton Duemo, St. Francis.
Senior boys singles: 1. Robert DeJong, St. Francis; 2. Zac Milani, Holy Cross; 3. Kunho Kim, Holy Cross.
Senior girls singles: 1. Julia Schuster, Blessed Trinity; 2. Rebecca Hendriks, Blessed Trinity; 3. Kelsea Swiercz, St. Francis.
Senior boys doubles: 1. Cory Monterosso and Dayton Follick, St. Francis; 2. Ryan Magdic and Matthew Hendriks, Blessed Trinity; 3. Peyton Skeoch and Teagan Taylor-Kanary, St. Francis.
Senior girls doubles: 1. Courtney Ostromecki and Mackenzie Graba, Holy Cross; 2. Lydia Seif and Abby Reutz, St. Francis; 3. Brigilda Avullija and Paige Tepsa, St. Francis.
Senior mixed doubles: 1. Jack Pentesca and Kaitlyn Ostromecki, Holy Cross; 2. Alex Read and Mackenzie Brown, Holy Cross; 3. Callum Bowie and Adriana Erzar, Blessed Trinity.
ZONE 3
Midget girls singles: 1. Rachel Paura, Lakeshore; 2. Rachel Mayer, St. Paul; 3. Mya Diodati, St. Paul.
Midget boys singles: 1. Tyler Delasllagas, St. Paul; 2. Erik Williston, Notre Dame; 3. Adam Caligiuri, St. Paul.
Midget girls doubles: 1. Allie Davidson and Caroline Candeloro, St. Paul; 2. Brooke Heitman and Julia Parperides, Lakeshore; 3. L. Leake and C. Pasco, St. Paul.
Midget boys doubles: 1. Henry Brunnings and Ryan Selman, St. Mike’s; 2. M. Bongers and E. Lee, St. Mike’s; 3. Frankie Aceti and Matt Stranges, St. Paul.
Midget mixed doubles: 1. Jennah Woodfine and Evan Williamson, St. Mike’s; 2. Veronique Long and Nathan Blue, St. Paul; 3. Iris Yip and Nathan Sawyer, St. Paul.
Junior girls singles: 1. Meah Nelbida, St. Paul; 2. Clara Yaromich, Lakeshore; 3. Vanessa Schram, St. Paul.
Junior boys singles: 1. Graeme Staples, Notre Dame; 2. Joey Champa, St. Paul; 3. Joshua Dagan, St. Mike’s.
Junior girls doubles: 1. Cora House and Dhriti Patel, Lakeshore; 2. Susan Santillan and Julia Taras, Lakeshore; 3. Victoria Avelar and Emily Lichty, Notre Dame.
Junior boys doubles: 1. Tyler Decoff and Josh Lennox, St. Paul; 2. Darius Maddalena and Samuel Beiffus, Lakeshore; 3. Vraj Mistry and Shubh Patel, St. Mike’s.
Mixed doubles: 1. Natalie Toppazzini and Dillan Crites, Lakeshore; 2. Marissa Syers and Brandon Ruch, Lakeshore; 3. J. Severin and A. Palmieri, St. Paul.
Senior girls singles: 1. Julia Garisto, St. Paul; 2. Melissa Loeffen, Lakeshore; 3. Megan Fazekas, St. Mike’s.
Senior boys singles: 1. Joe Ye, St. Paul; 2. Josh Scozzafava, St. Mike’s; 3. Trey Moreau, Lakeshore.
Senior girls doubles: 1. Loreana Armenti and Alex Siliecki, St. Paul; 2. Erika Reddon and Cristina Munzo, Lakeshore; 3. Katie Young and Abbey Weaver, Lakeshore.
Senior boys doubles: 1. Joseph Na and Matt Riva, St. Mike’s; 2. Nathan Sousa and Andrew Romaniuck, Notre Dame; 3. Alex Goulbourne and Jesse Raso, Notre Dame.
Senior mixed doubles: 1. Jamie Schmidt and Adam Willick, St. Mike’s; 2. Giulian Berezowski and Jade Bilodeau, St. Paul; 3. Hailey Gawel and Eric Joyce, Lakeshore.
Junior/senior singles alternates are St. Mike’s Jasmeet Bhamra and St. Paul’s Ethan Sitt.
JUEL BASKETBALL
THE Niagara JUEL basketball team sits in fifth place in league standings with a 10-6 record after defeating GTA West 58-43 and losing 93-55 to the unbeaten Scarborough Blues (16-0).
Leading the way for Niagara against GTA West were: Julia Colavecchia, 10 points and five assists; Tatyanna Burke, nine points and 11 rebounds; Elle Cooney, seven points and six boards; Mackenzie Schroeder, seven points; Viktoria Cubelic, five points and nine rebounds; and, Kaley DeMont, six points.
Niagara’s top performers versus Scarborough were: Cooney, 12 points; Cubelic, seven points and eight boards; Colavecchia, six points and five rebounds; DeMont, seven points; Beth Howlett, six points; and, Burke, four points and six rebounds.
