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Aug. 31 Local sports: Juel and Juel Prep tryouts; Champions of Champions

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FINAL JUEL, JUEL PREP TRYOUTS

Final invitation-only tryouts are being held for the Niagara JUEL and JUEL Prep basketball teams.

The Juel team’s tryout will be held Thursday, Sept. 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Pelham community centre and the Juel Prep tryout will be held Tuesday, Sept. 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. also at the Pelham community centre.

If you have missed the first tryouts and would like details on an invitation or would like more information on Niagara JUEL and JUEL Prep, contact niagarajuelbasketball@gmail.com.

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

The 73rd Walt McCollum Niagara District Champions of Champions Golf Tournament will be played Saturday, Sept. 24 at St Catharines Golf and Country Club.

The tournament will have a 1:30 p.m. shotgun start and include Niagara’s top eight professionals competing for the Niagara PGA Championship.

After golf, there will be an awards presentation, food and drinks and the presentation of Niagara’s Wall of Recognition 2022 class.

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.

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