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 Governor Simcoe Redcoats girls basketball team will be a work in progress in 2018. “We have a very young team and a lot of people who have only played...
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...
New Denis Morris senior football coach Antony Volante isn’t making any predictions for the upcoming season. “This is a new experience for me and I’m hoping things go well each week,”...
Last season, the Thorold Golden Eagles made a successful debut in Niagara Region High School Athletic Association Tier 1 football. The Dirty Birds, as the team is sometimes known as,...
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...
When Collegiate football coach Nathan Greene assesses his team’s chances this season, his mind goes back to the final game of 2017. Playing against the Grimsby Eagles (5-1) in the...
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...
The Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs football team was hard at work at practice last Friday. Photos by BERNIE PUCHALSKI. The Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs football team is ready...
Riley Hart runs the ball at a Saint Michael's Mustangs senior football practice last week. Photos by BERNIE PUCHALSKI. The Saint Michael’s Mustangs senior football team is eyeing a long...
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...
Ezekiel Langedoen (97) scored three touchdowns as the Niagara Generals atom football team lost 19-18 to the Cambridge Lions. Photos special to BPSN by ED TELENKO. It was a winless...
A pair of St. Catharines athletes were named Niagara College’s male and female athletes of the week. Governor Simcoe graduate Oti Frigole grabbed top male honours, scoring twice and adding...
Twenty Valley's Kyle Stephenson tees off during play at Saturday's 69th annual Walt McCollum Niagara District Champion of Champions held at Rockway Vineyards Golf Club. Photo by BERNIE PUCHALSKI Following are...
Port Colborne's Sandra Billyard putts on the 18th green at Rockway Vineyards Saturday. Billyard placed second in the ladies division at the 69th Walt McCollum Niagara District Champion of Champions...
Robbie Ellis tees off on the 18th hole at Rockway Vineyards Saturday. The St. Catharines Golf and Country Club member won the men's division at the 69th Walt McCollum Champion...
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...
Thursday marked the fourth day of the Westlane/Stamford senior football training camp. Photos by BERNIE PUCHALSKI. Things are shaping up nicely as Westlane and Stamford enter their second year of...
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...
Prior to competing at his first Canadian senior amateur boxing championships in April, Antonio Napolitano fully intended to turn pro. But there was a certain amount of hesitancy as the...
Goaltender Anthony Tremonte is one of a dozen returning players for the Thorold Blackhawks this season. BPSN file photo. What a difference a year can make. Last year at this...
Timing is everything. The last place Murray Nystrom expected to be coaching this season was at the University of Lethbridge, but when incumbent bench boss Spiros Anastas abruptly resigned last...
Bruno Agostinelli Jr. is being remembered this week with a pro tennis tournament and the dedication of newly renovated tennis courts in Chippawa in his honour. Photos special to BPSN. Bruno...
It has been an unusual off-season for the St. Catharines Falcons. Not only has general manager/coach Frank Girhiny had to plug holes on the roster due to several top notch...
The Eden Flyers football teams are shown at practice Wednesday. Photos by TESS PUCHALSKI. Jordan Smith is eagerly anticipating the start of the high school football season. “We’re feeling very...
The Walt McCollum Niagara District Champions of Champions golf tournament is returning to its roots. This Saturday’s tournament, a 12:30 p.m. shotgun format at Rockway Vineyards, features the club champions...
The Niagara IceDogs don’t open the 2018-19 Ontario Hockey League season until later this month, but have already pretty much locked up their opening night roster. Pending any last minute...
