Area sport: River Lions tickets on sale; Falcons move into second; Minor hockey roundup; Bowling results
Season tickets for the Niagara River Lions of the Canadian Elite Basketball League go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m. at www.riverlions.ca/seat-map.
Season tickets are priced from $165 to $275 in the seating bowl and $450 to $850 for court side seats on the floor. Individual game tickets are expected to go on sale next spring.
The River Lions open their season Thursday, May 16 at 7 p.m. against the Edmonton Stingers. Modelled after top international professional leagues, the CEBL is composed of teams in Hamilton, Edmonton, Guelph, Niagara (St. Catharines), Fraser Valley (Abbotsford), and Saskatchewan (Saskatoon).
Each team plays 10 home and 10 road games using FIBA (International Basketball Federation) rules, and player and referee standards set by Canada Basketball. Rosters will be composed of at least 70 percent Canadian players, many playing professionally in North America and overseas during the traditional basketball season.
The 15-week schedule will see each team play each other twice at home and twice on the road. Four teams will advance to a championship weekend tournament at a location to be announced at a later date.
For more information on the Niagara River Lions, visit www.riverlions.ca or www.cebl.ca
FALCONS MOVE INTO SECOND
The St. Catharines Falcons moved into second place with a 4-1 win over the Hamilton Kilty B’s Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Golden Horseshoe Conference action.
The Falcons, 13-3-0-1, trail the league-leading Niagara Falls Canucks by six points with two games in hand.
St. Catharines, which last loss in regulation 4-2 Sept. 24 in Hamilton, have earned points in 13 straight games.
Carson Edwardson led the Falcons with a pair of goals while Kyle West and Andrew Somerville added singles.
The Falcons host the Kilty B’s Friday.
TIGERS TAKE TITLE
The Welland Niagara Street Pharmacy/Gene’s Skate Sharpening Tigers ran the table in Orillia capturing their third title for the 2008 age group in four seasons at the Jim Wilson Chevrolet Winter Classic.
The Tigers begun by shooting down the Erindale Spitfires 8-1 on Friday with Townes Bestward netting three and Brennen Hagar, Julian Belcastro, Tanner Cutler, Matteo Mete and Carson McComber adding singles.
Saturday saw the Tigers defeat the Temiskaming Shores Puckhounds twice by identical 3-1 scores. Mason Risto, Colby Franchetti and Hagar would score in the morning contest while Hagar, Franchetti and Mete would find the mesh during the afternoon quarter-final.
The Tigers defeated host Orillia 5-3 in the semifinals on Sunday with Tanner Culter picking up a pair and Franchetti, Belcastro and McComber rounding out the scoring.
Mason Risto and Hudson Kipp would score in Sunday’s 2-1 win over the Barrie Colts in the championship final.
Welland returned to Niagara District Major Atom A league play on Monday night at home and had their seven-game winning streak snapped by the larger Stoney Creek Warriors, who skated off with the 5-1 victory.
Franchetti scored the lone Welland goal while Deson Moriarity (2), Jacob Whitlock, Cayden Sheculski and Joseph Carvalho answered back for Stoney Creek.
Welland will look to regroup against the Pelham Panthers at 1:35 p.m. on Saturday in Pelham.
SAILORS SINK TIGERS
The Welland Mike Knapp Ford novice A Tigers advanced to the finals of the Jim Wilson Chevrolet Holiday Classic Hockey Tournament in Orillia on the weekend before being eliminated by the Port Stanley Sailors 5-2.
The Tigers opened the tournament with a 7-4 loss to Sailors. The Tigers then went on to beat the Orillia Terriers 10–0 and the Durham Warriors 6–0 in round-robin action. In their fourth game the Tigers met their Niagara District Hockey League rivals, the Grimsby Peach Kings, in what was essentially a semifinal game matchup.
Both Welland and Grimsby entered the fourth game with exact 2 – 1 win/loss records and the winner of this matchup would advance to the tournament finals. Welland beat the Peach Kings by a score of 5–2 and earned them a date in the finals against the Sailors.
Liam Seguin had two goals while Mackenzie Welychka and Dylan Wood scored in the opening game. Brady Matte took the loss in net.
Wood and Seguin each had two goals in the 10-0 win over Orillia. Ryan Rousseau, Sebastien Boucher, Jordan Hotham, Blake Hudak and Noah Rousseau added singles. Jackson MacLeod earned the shutout.
Welychka had two goals to lead the Tigers past the Warriors. Seguin, Noah Rousseau, Wood and Hotham added singles while Matte registered the shutout.
Seguin came up bit with the hat trick in the victory over the Peach Kings. Ethan Rousseau and Hudak also scored while MacLeod earned the win in goal.
In the final, Welychka and Seguin scored while Matte was in goal.
TIGERS EDGE KINGS
The Welland Youngs Insurance Tigers minor atoms scrambled to defeat the Grimsby Kings 2-1. After a barrage of missed opportunities, Austin Bovine finally found the net midway through the second scoring their initial goal. After another period and many attempts, Ethan Fortier then scored the wining goal late in the third, assisted by Lucas Homan and Kalen Sumbler.
The Tigers then dropped a 6-1 loss to the West Lincoln Wrath with very little effort put forward. Bovine scored with Sumbler earning the assist.
With their regular season record now at 5-4, the Tigers are hoping to regroup this week before heading in to Glanbrook on Tuesday night to battle the Rangers.
BOWLING SCORES
Following are recent top tenpin and fivepin bowling scores, as submitted by the lanes and league secretaries:
FAIRVIEW
Tenpin
Tuesday Morning Mixed:Gord McCormack 584, Denys Peel 546, Harley Smith 505, Pat Weir 497, Ruth Reimer 486, Janny Haverkamp 462.
Tuesday Afternoon Ladies: Sharon Walsh 509, Sarah DePenning 485, Stella Slavinjak 476.
Tuesday Night Mixed: Greg Panas 684, Jordan Klassen 680, Ron Verkuyl 646.
Wednesday Morning Ladies: Janet Guy 438, Judy Coote 405, Barb Mawhood 401.
Wednesday Night Ladies: Janice Osowiec 520, Sue Brisbois 494, Rose Child 479.
Thursday Morn Ladies: Linda Holierhoek 420, Carol Sheremetta 410, Cathy Jackowitz 409.
Thursday Prime Timers: Mike Johnson 602, Dave Ryder 531, Ed Emoff 491, Velma Rutka 486, Marg Millar 465, Ruth Reimer 455.
Thursday Night Mixed: Group 1: Terry Krawec 656, Bernie Wieler 649, Brad Fretz 649; Group 2: Joe Morabito 619, Rob Costantini 568, Nikki Hedden 564; Group 3: Amanda Cote 542, Brad Green 521, Jim Price 520; Group 4: Sue Bride 489, Mike McGrath 466, Bridget Carroll 463; Group 5: Debbie Alves 468, Sylvia Pogrebski 399, Wilf Burse 379.
Friday Night Mixed: Mark Kuijer 655, Don Barker 647, Greg Panas 642, Sara Henderson 577, Elaine Houtby 513, Wendy Herweck 487.
Youth: Bantam: Ben Foster 402; Junior: James Weller 419, Armen Menkemnian 376, Daniel Jones 283, Sophia Beaudry 424, Ava Conway 416, D.J. Kuijer 358; Intermediate: Addison Nye 418, Zachary Beaudry 341, Seth Edwards 314, Mya Conway 553, Kayley Richardson 306, Melissa Langelaan 244.
Monday Morning Men: Good: Harry Hoenig 474, Bill McLean 447, Ervin Barnes 445; Gooder: Don Hewitt 523, Brad Dalgleish 518, Bob Scricca 499; Goodest: Dave Brown 663, Ralph Barnim 644, Gord McCormack 627.
Monday Majors: Kyle Brown 707, Rob Langelaan 700, Terry Krawec 671, Trena Sieber 613, Sandi Burse 504; Week 2: Brad Fretz 664, Dan Priolo 626, Ralph Barnim 616, Miranda Panas 641, Trena Sieber 562, Sandi Burse 509.
Fivepin
Tuesday Prime Timers: Martin Lanteigne 621, Jim Shaw 502, Kelvin Thornhill 483, Sandra Thornhill 563, Gaetane Papineau 514, Rachel Stanley 456.
Tuesday Night Mixed: Dwight McKay 691, Joseph Bos 622, Brayden Girard 581, Mandy Jenkins 468, Lisa Loosemore 446, Lani Hildebrandt 400.
Wednesday Morning Ladies: Carla Sneek 548, Karen Green 511, Colleen Wiley 481.
French Club: Jacques Vaillancourt 738, Robert Bertrand 659, Martin Lanteigne 619, Pierrette MacDougall 476, Toni Ball 475, Marie-Josee Vaillancourt 416.
Friday 55 and Uppers:J im Robinson 458, Clive Ashby 449, Kevin Shea 427, Nan Brogden 430, Gloria Shea 409, Clara Schyff 398.
Youth: Little Tykes (one game): Duncan Hillborn 128, Joey Parr 93, Tyson Hebbard 91, Madalynn Spence 101, Charlotte Spence 90; Peewee: Liam Boles 354, Ethan Barker 235, Jaymes Booker 168, Evelyn Hilborn 167; Bantam: Joseph Best 259, Tamara Siconolfi 251, Scotia Edwards 229, Katelynn Gough 184; Junior: Aaron Goertzen 455, Cameron Mitchell 449, Henry Soares Jr 403, Felicia Currie 571, Erica Boles 459, Olivia Prudhomme 453; Senior: William Cooper 542, Madyson John-England 594, Madison Crowthers 491, Sarah Malott 410.
Sunday Sport: Scott Bartlett 703, Bill Booker 635, Lucas Hall 509, Wendy Bonnette 649, Noella White 638, Joyce Bartlett 449.
Monday 55 and Up: Ian Smart 588, Jim Copeland 516, Reg Sonnenberg 515, Marilyn Goulding 529, Toni Ball 521, Marjie Rylett 516.
CAW Retirees: Tom Astley 640, Terry bryan 505, Dave Wintle 503, Irene Charkowy 470, Dorothy Zacharuk 447, Audrea Frizell 425.
Beaver Bowlers Club: Larry Breeze 643, George Brown 590, Pete Peters 518, Denise Livingston 472, Erika Phair 459, Jennifer Williams 431.
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