Chase Grsic wasn’t going to take no for an answer in his quest to crack the roster of the Thorold Blackhawks. “I wanted to make the team and get a...
Nicholas Kidd, left, and Brandon McCorriston, right, give the Pelham Panthers a solid duo in goal. Photo by: BILL POTRECZ The Pelham Panthers have a luxury few teams can match....
Lauren Frasca was named Niagara's female athlete of the week after helping her team secure a 2-1 victory against the Redeemer Royals. Photo by: RYAN McCULLOUGH. The...
Jacob Roach managed to turn a negative into a positive. The 17-year-old Brooklin native was pretty much fed up with hockey when he was cut by the Sudbury Wolves this...
The following are the award winners from the Greater Niagara Baseball Association for the 2018 season: Junior Rookie Ball Most valuable player: Riley Dumas. Most sportsmanlike: Nicholas New. Senior Rookie...
Johnathon Schaefer isn’t a typical overage player in the Ontario Hockey League. With teams permitted to only carry three players in their 20-year-old season, OA slots are often occupied by...
Persistence has paid off for Dillon Hill. The 19-year-old Niagara Falls native was told by Niagara Falls Canucks head coach Frank Pietrangelo at the end of last year he was...
Wyatt Brown reaches and just misses catching a pass as the Niagara Generals bantam Tier 2 football team tied Cambridge 6-6. Photo by SCOTT WOODLAND. OUA FOOTBALL Lakeshore Catholic alumnus...
Niagara College associate director of athletics and recreation Michele O'Keefe was awarded the Leadership in Sport Award recently at the 41st Annual Canadian Sport Awards in Ottawa. The country's premier...
Akil Thomas served early notice he could be in for a monster season. The slick centre collected five points on a goal and four assists as the Niagara IceDogs topped...
The Welland major peewee A Tigers posted three shutout victories in six games to capture the St. Catharines Early Bird Tournament championship. Welland outscored their opponents 15-5 as they compiled...
The sky is the limit for Jaleel Adams, as far as Frank Girhiny is concerned. The head coach/general manager of the St. Catharines Falcons feels the sophomore winger may be...
Eric Neilson wasn’t going to let the flu stop him from taking the field Friday. The 17-year-old Grade 12 student was seriously under the weather, but still managed to find a...
Dylan Latty has some unfinished business with the Thorold Blackhawks. The 19-year-old Pickering native played the 2016/17 campaign in Thorold, but didn’t get to finish out the year when the...
The St. Francis Phoenix are going to ask much more from Viktoria Cubelic this season. Not only has Phoenix head coach Jono Marcheterre asked Cubelic to add playmaking to her...
Emily Slota, left, Morgan Fenton, middle, and Payton McLeod, right, have been selected to play for a developmental squad of the Empire United Soccer Academy in Rochester of the U.S. National...
It's Memorial Cup or bust for the Niagara IceDogs this season. From Day 1 of training camp, the organization has made no secret its mission this year is to become...
The St. Catharines Falcons are off to an 0-2 start to the season. PHOTO BY: Michael DiBattista The St. Catharines Falcons are off to an uncharacteristic 0-2 start to the...
The Niagara IceDogs wrapped up their pre-season schedule with a 6-3 loss to the Kitchener Rangers at the Fleming Centre in Beamsville. The Dogs were without Ben Jones, Akil Thomas,...
The Niagara Falls Canucks topped the St. Catharines Falcons 6-3 Friday at Jack Gatecliff Arena. PHOTO: SPECIAL TO BPSN. Justin Kyle appears poised for a breakout season with the Niagara...
The Thorold Blackhawks have big plans for Michael Craig. The 16-year-old defenceman is expected to receive a significant amount of playing time after playing in nine games for the Hawks...
The Niagara Falls Canucks head into the 2018/19 season with high expectations. The Canucks haven’t won a Golden Horseshoe championship since 2006 and head coach/owner Frank Pietrangelo would love nothing...
Jeff Wittig is primed to make the move to the National Lacrosse League. The 21-year-old St. Catharines native recently agreed to a two-year contract with the Colorado Mammoth. Wittig was recommended...
Kyle West was called into general manager/coach Frank Girhiny’s office before practice this week and emerged a few minutes later as the captain of the St. Catharines Falcons. West admitted...
Colton Incze has provided the Niagara IceDogs with a reliable insurance policy for the past couple of seasons as the back-up for starting goaltender Stephen Dhillon. But now that he...
Former Badger Dani Elgadi, shown in this file shot, has signed a contract with a pro basketball team in Germany. ELGADI INKS DEAL Former Brock basketball player Dani Elgadi has...
The Thorold Blackhawks are in good hands in goal with Anthony Tremonte. The 18-year-old Thorold native proved he could play in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League last season, tending...
Mark Barrick isn’t interested in the history of the Pelham Panthers. The head coach of the Panthers is well aware of the struggles of the organization in previous seasons, but...
Frank Dancevic and Alessio Agostinelli open a newly renovated tennis court at Riverview Park in honour of the late Bruco Agostinelli, Jr. PHOTO BY: BILL POTRECZ The who’s who of Canadian...
Ben Evans may not have been the natural choice as the next captain of the Niagara Falls Canucks, but head coach and owner Frank Pietrangelo has no doubt he’s the...
