Area sport Dec. 4: Brock athlete of the week; Port athletes of the month; minor hockey results; Merrittville go kart results
Brock female athlete of the week Miranda Smith. Photo by: Bernie Puchalski
Women’s basketball player Miranda Smith earned the Brock University female athlete of the week honours for the week ending Dec. 2.
Smith, a second-year medical sciences student from Welland, scored 17 points and connected on five three-pointers to lift the Brock women’s basketball team to a 75-73 win over the visiting York Lions on Saturday. Smith also contributed 12 points in a 75-63 loss to Queen’s on Friday.
PORT ATHLETES OF THE MONTH
Sydney Vrbanac and Tyson Gingras have been chosen as Port Colborne High School athletes of the month for November.
Sydney is a Grade 12 student who plays basketball and soccer. During the basketball season, she helped lead the Blue Bears to OFSAA (Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations) by playing outstanding defence. On offence, she is a fast break, layup threat and outside shooter. She plans to study interior design after graduating from high school.
Tyson Gingras is also in Grade 12 and was a key player on the senior boys volleyball team where he played the position of power. His described as one of the hardest hitters on the team. Tyson also helped lead the senior hockey team to their 3 on 3 tournament title and scored the game-winning goal in the team’s first exhibition game of the year. Tyson is very coachable and is working hard to improve. He plans to pursue a career in policing after high school.
TIGERS TRIM SAILORS
The Welland Telus Tigers trimmed the sails of the Port Colborne Sailors with an 8-0 victory in Niagara District major peewee action.
Quinten Hemauer and Nicolas DiPietro recorded a pair of goals each while Kaleb Séguin, Carter Kipp, Tyler Rowland and Carter Risto rounded out the scoring as Welland skated to their fifth consecutive victory, improving to 9-2-3 in divisional play.
Brandon Alexander recorded his sixth shutout of 2018, which was also Welland’s fourth in its past five games.
The Tigers are idle until next Wednesday when they host the 8-0-2 Glanbrook Rangers at 7:20 p.m.
TIGERS ON FIRE
The Welland 91.7 Giant FM Country 89 Peewee minor A Tigers continued their winning ways in a home-and-home sweep of the Lincoln Blades.
Friday night, the Tigers crushed the Blades 6-2 at Lincoln. Zach Jansen had a pair of goals with singles going to Jordan Raso, Noah Bovine, Tyler Ray, and Michael Motola, with his first of the season. Gavin Beck was stellar between the pipes.
Home ice was kind to the Tigers on Saturday as they dominated from the opening whistle en route to a 6-2 victory.
Scoring for the Tigers were Ray with two while and Alexander McQuillan, Bovine, Raso, and Jansen had singles. Lukas Biggar was solid in goal.
The Tigers are climbing the standings quickly. This in part to an awesome showing at a tournament last weekend in Pittsburgh where they went undefeated in all four games with victories against Roanoke, Virginia, Pittsburgh and Niagara Falls.
The championship victory against Roanoke was a physical affair in which the Tigers took it to the Virginia team from start to finish and emerged with a 6-2 win.
Josh Lamb led the offence with a hat trick while Ryan Reeves, Ray and Raso also scored. Biggar made some key saves in securing the win.
The Tigers look to make it nine victories in a row as they host the Stoney Creek Minor AE Warriors on Saturday, Dec. 8. Puck drop is at 3:10 p,m. in the main arena.
STILL UNDEFEATED
The Welland Mike Knapp Ford novice A Tigers extended their regular season undefeated string to 11 games on the weekend with a tie on home ice.
The latest opponent to try and knock the Tigers from the undefeated ranks was the Lincoln Blades.
The Blades currently sit in first place in the Niagara District Hockey League novice division by virtue of having played five more games than Welland.
The Blades were the first to get on the scoreboard early in the first period.
Both teams played to a scoreless second period before Mackenzie Welychka found the back of the Lincoln net at the end of a solo break away.
The Tigers regular season record now stands at 10-0-1.
In the Welland net for the tie was Jackson MacLeod.
The Tigers are back in action when they are home to the Glanbrook Rangers on Saturday, Dec. 8 and the Port Colborne Sailors on Sunday, Dec. 9.
TIGERS ROLL ON
After a great tournament in Pittsburgh, the Welland Youngs Insurance Tigers hockey team was back to the grind last weekend with three games on the road.
It all started on Friday night in Beamsville against the Lincoln Blades. The Tigers dominated the game outshooting the Blades 34-6 but played to a 0-0 tie.
On Saturday, the Tigers travelled to Stoney Creek to play the Warriors and came with a 9-0 victory. Lighting up the scoreboard for Welland were Lucas Homan and Blake Marton, each with two goals; Austin Bovine, Joseph Boychuk, Jaxson Beck, Ethan Fortier and Cade Bovine each added one. Helping by way of assists were Maxx Pals, Kyle Zenga, the Bovines, and Boychuk. The defence, as well as goaltender Kaleb Bello, were solid as a rock.
Sunday was the last and final game of the weekend in St. Catharines. The Tigers ran up the score for a second day in a row defeating the Falcons 9-1. Austin Bovine, Marton and Homan each scored two while Boychuk, Matteo Valleriani and Cole McCarthy netted one each.
The Tigers, 8-4-2, the Tigers are in Merritton Tuesday.
KART RESULTS
Following are the final point standings from Merrittville Speedway’s 25thAnniversary Kart Racing season.
CM Racing Equipment Performance Manufacturing Junior 1 Division: (9 Events) Ben Colavecchia, Wayne Swinson, Aiden Lavallee, Gavin Lavallee.
RCM Racing Equipment Performance Manufacturing Junior 2 Division: Nigel Pendykoski, Chris Crowe, Cohen Corbett, Hana Rothwell, Owen Kaiser, Trevor Evans, Madelyn Goulding, Benjamin Colavecchia, Lexi Healy.
Superior PetroFuels Performance Manufacturing Junior Restricted Division: Jaedon Lawson, Austin Nigh, Davis Grocott, Colton Lane, Logan Iliffe, Jacob Mamo, Amber White, Zach Trotter, Joey Priestley, Brennon Wallace, Cameron Lane, Kyle Miller, Jordan Ramsbottom, Lukas Moote..
Wilder Racing Engines Performance Manufacturing Senior Animal Division: Travis Majuery, Devon Rayment, Dylan Culp.
A number of Specialty Awards were handed out as well.
Rookies of the Year: Nigel Pendykoski (RCM Racing Equipment Performance Manufacturing Junior 2), and Austin Nigh (Superior PetroFuels Performance Manufacturing Junior Restricted) and Devon Rayment (Sourthern Ontario Modified Lite Racing Association Senior Animal).
Most Improved Driver Award: Ben Colavecchia.
RCM Racing Equipment Sportsmanship Awards: Cohen Corbett (RCM Racing Equipment Performance Manufacturing Junior 2), Logan Iliffe (Superior PetroFuels Performance Manufacturing Junior Restricted Flat Head) and Dylan Culp (Southern Ontario Modified Lite Racing Association Performance Manufacturing Senior Animal).
Father and son: Dave and Noah Mamo were presented Dedication to Racing Awards for all their efforts in both Tuesday and Saturday Night Racing..
For further information on Merrittville Speedway’s 2019 Kart Racing Season contact the Speedway Office at 905-892-8266 or visit www.merrittvillespeedway.com or via e mail at donspiece.merrittvillespeedway@gmail.com. Race fans and Race teams alike can follow Merrittville on Face Book (Facebook.com/Merrittville Speedway) and Twitter (Twitter.com/Merrittville).
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