April 5 Local Sports: OHL Draft Combine; Pan Am wrestling; CEBL unveils trophy; Fairview bowling
Diana Weicker, middle, has been named to Canada’s team for the Senior Pan American Championships April 18 to 21 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
WRESTLERS NAMED FOR PAN-AM EVENT
The Brock Wrestling Club will be well-represented at the Senior Pan American Championships April 18 to 21 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Named to the team Wednesday were: Jessica MacDonald, 50 kilograms; Diana Weicker, 53 kilograms; Hannah Taylor, 57 kilograms; Jessica Brouillette, 65 kilograms; Olivia Di Bacco, 68 kilograms; Nicholas Rowe, 70 kilograms; and, Jevon Balfour, 74 kilograms.
Head coach of the team is Beamsville native Tonya Verbeek.
OHL DRAFT COMBINE
Three local hockey players were among the 36 forwards, 24 defencemen and 16 goaltenders invited to last weekend’s OHL Draft Combine.
Goalie Benjamin Bonisteel and forward Blake Hall of the Southern Tier Admirals and forward Parker Hendsbee of the Niagara North Stars received invitations to the event.
“The OHL Combine offers prospective players with a unique experience to enhance their own personal development,” said Joe Birch, OHL Senior Director of Player Development and Special Events. “The skills testing helps identify off and on-ice strengths to help players achieve their peak performance, while the games provide players another platform to showcase their talents in a new environment alongside their peers in advance of the Priority Selection.”
Hendsbee and Hall were on Team Ekblad which won the team event at the combine. The winning team was the one which accumulated the most points based on overall testing results combined with Sunday’s in-game play.
CEBL UNVEILS TROPHY
The Canadian Elite Basketball League recently unveiled its championship trophy that six teams will be fighting for starting May 9.
The CEBL championship trophy was made by Protocole-Trophies of Exception in Montreal, a famed trophy design firm.
“My inspiration was to emphasize the very moment that generates instant pride in basketball when the ball passes through the hoop. To capture something truly special,” said Jean-Philippe Caron, chief creating officer of Protocol.
The task of developing a legendary trophy takes hundreds of hours and complex engineering so it can proudly stand beside other iconic awards around the world.
“It’s an exciting moment when you work with an amazing team to craft a trophy that captures the essence of our game and our country,” said Mike Morreale, CEO of the CEBL. “We are literally writing history together and the journey has been inspiring to think that in a few weeks six cities will be battling it out for the title of CEBL champions.”
FAIRVIEW BOWLING
Following are recent top tenpin and fivepin bowling scores, as submitted by the lanes and league secretaries at Fairview:
Tenpin
Tuesday Morning Mixed: John Osborne 741, Bert Jakobs 667, Harley Smith 613, Velma Rutka 500, Alida Manuel 495, Pat Weir 494.
Tuesday Afternoon Ladies: Sarah DePennng 508, Marie Andrews 474, Lillian Book 458.
Tuesday Night Mixed: First Division: Scott Moore 488, Jason Jasper 479, Charlie Chase 456; Premier Division: Ken Derosier 716, Gord Smillie 708, Matt Donald 686.
Wednesday Morning Ladies: Sandra Plumb 482, Grace Beke 482, Sarah DePenning 420.
Wednesday Night Ladies: Rose Child 526, Colette Williams 503, Muriel Tanner 481.
Thursday Morning Ladies: Carol Sheremetta 447, Heidi Jacobsen 444, Rella Pizzngrilli 436.
Thursday Prime Timers: Harley Smith 573, Mike Johnson 564, Ed Emoff 560, Trish Game 502, Marg Millar 489, Connie Gleza 483.
Thursday Night Mixed: Group 1: Kyle Brown 751, Codi McMaster 706, Terry Krawec 588. Group 2: James Servos 640, Joe Morabito 598, Rob Costantini 567. Group 3: Amanda Cote 535, Chad Bride 534, Diane Scott 522. Group 4: Paul Schankula 472, Jack Hazell 468, Samantha McDowell 447. Group 5: Wilf Burse 460, Amanda Burse 454, Mark 415.
Friday Night Mixed: Chris Rogers 648, Ian MacPherson 621, Mark Kuijer 601, Sara Henderson 546, Sarah Squire 525, Diane Ouwendyk 484.
Youth: Bantam: Ben Foster 471. Junior: Armen Menkemnian 473, James Weller 387, Daniel Jones 335, D.J. Kuijer 448, Sophia Beaudry 377. Intermediate: Nicholas Langelaan 569, Addison Nye 548, Zachary Beaudry 406, Kayley Richardson 387.
Monday Morning Men: Good: Harold Stubbert 503, Harry Hoenig 495, Gary Ward 465. Gooder: Bob Scricca 503, Doug Lawrence 490, Don Hewitt 483. Goodest: John Osborne 695, Ed Yuhasz 664, Ralph Barnim 628.
Monday Majors: Rob Langelaan 711, Dan Priolo 643, Bruce Scott 640, Jamie-Lynn Burse 646, Sandi Burse 636, Lisa Morabito 573.
Fivepin
Tuesday Prime Timers: Martin Lanteigne 586, George Brown 546, Jim Shaw 499, Gaetane Papineau 572, Maureen Cropper 526, Clara Schyff 458.
Tuesday Night Mixed: Joseph Bos 598, Ken McKay 593, Dwight McKay 593, Sarah Steinhoff 554, Angi Nesbitt 490, Lisa Loosemore 466.
Wednesday Morning Ladies: Muriel Estey 561, Carla Sneek 527, Rose Marie Brown 526.
French Club: Bob Walsh 627, Martin Lanteigne 592, Jean-Claude Aube 558, Therese Montpellier 475, Toni Ball 470, Pierrette MacDougall 460.
Friday 55 and Uppers: Kevin Shea 492, Jim Robinson 479, Clive Ashby 462, Sandra Thornhill 504, Nan Brogden 502, Doreen Anzik 475.
Youth: Little Tykes (one game): Duncan Hilborn 146, Gavin Booker 112, Tyson Amadasu 103, Madalynn Spence 102, Charlotte Spence 90. Peewee: Liam Boles 454, Sasha Dykyi 313, Ethan Barker 306, Evelyn Holborn 217. Bantam: Joseph Best 330, Tamara Siconolfi 330, Katelynn Gough 293, Scotia Edwards 243. Junior: Aaron Goertzen 490, Jacob Gough 468, Cameron Mitchell 440, Felicia Currie 527, Erica Boles 494, Katelynn Mitchell 455; Senior: Sarah Malott 542, Madyson John-England 415.
Sunday Sport: Lucas Hall 697, Bill Booker 601, Shawn Quesnel 557, Noella White 626, Wendy Bonnette 562, Joyce Bartlett 483.
Monday 55 and Up: Jim Copeland 696, Bob Walsh 620, Ian Cooper 565, Vivian Buetow 656, Toni Ball 585, Rina Ziraldo 577.
CAW Retirees: Tom Astley 513, Mike Locke 485, Al Perrault 469, Colleen Wiley 490, Noreen Locke 485, Dorothy Zacharuk 455.
Beaver Bowlers Club: Bill Weaver 509, George brown 475, Seaward Billard 474, Denise Livingston 553, Erika Phair 485, Eleanor Manley 450.
