Jaylee Bijakowski has made a spectacular debut in competitive gymnastics. The nine-year-old Gymnastics Energy member went undefeated this season at Level 4, capturing all four provincial qualifiers and then placing...
Aidan Reynolds is a quick study when it comes to baseball. The 13-year-old, Grade 8 student at St. Theresa Catholic Elementary School registered for baseball this season for the first...
The calendar doesn’t even read summer yet and the St. Catharines Falcons are already busy building for next season. The Falcons have added several pieces for the upcoming Golden Horseshoe...
A glimpse of the future of the Niagara College’s men’s soccer team was on display Wednesday night at the Fifth Annual Niagara College Knights Niagara Region Soccer Showcase at Youngs...
Sophia Al-Kayed’s decision to attend Niagara College this fall gives her the best of both worlds. The 18-year-old, Grade 12 student at St. Francis had a shopping list of wants...
Alex Simmons hasn’t taken long to make his presence felt with the St. Catharines Athletics. After missing the first seven games of the season while he was away at Culver...
No more Mr. Nice Guy. That new and surly attitude has come in handy for 6-foot-8, 286-pound Niagara Spears offensive tackle John Avery. “I was always the biggest and I...
Earlier this spring, the St. Francis rowing program christened the stern of a double/pair in honour of head coach Greg (Smitty) Smith. This past Sunday, the St. Catharines Rowing Club...
It’s Summer 19 without pro baseball in St. Catharines and even the biggest supporters of the St. Catharines Stompers and St. Catharines Blue Jays must admit it feels like a...
The St. Catharines Athletics saw their four-game winning streak come to an end Monday night with an 8-6 loss at Burlington in Ontario Lacrosse Association junior A action. The A’s,...
On the day a straight four/quad was christened in his honour by the St. Catharines Rowing Club, John Gleddie reminisced about a conversation he had with a coach during his...
Football player Tal Ibrahim jumped at the opportunity to try out for Team Ontario. “Everyone knows what Team Ontario is. Who doesn't when it comes to football?” the 15-year-old Niagara...
Niagara Spears Junior Varsity Tier 1 football player Owen Tofano straight arms a defender in a game versus the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Photo Special to BPSN by WILLIAM VANDERLAND. TIGER-CATS...
Jimmy Neill’s lifetime involvement in the sport of boxing will see him honoured at the 12th Annual Niagara Legends Boxing Show Friday, July 20 at the Merritton Community Centre. St....
The Niagara Tigers Grade 10 team won the King of the Land AAU basketball tournament in Cleveland, Ohio. The Niagara Tigers Grade 10 team made organization history at the King...
Logan Lammerant is obviously a fast starter. The 21-year-old Niagara College student won the first event on last year’s Niagara Men’s Golf Tour and followed that up Sunday with a...
Dedicated, successful, kind and caring were just a few of the words used to describe St. Catharines Rowing Club athlete, coach and administrator Scott Anderson. Tom Kent, a former St....
The St. Catharines Athletics are on a roll. The A’s made it four wins in a row with a 12-9 overtime triumph over the Orangeville Northmen Friday and now sit...
Trinity Tutti of Eastdale earned a gold in the senior women’s discus with a throw of 52.77 metres at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) track and field...
Michael Brettell is living the dream. The 21-year-old has dreamed of playing professional baseball for as long as he can remember. Now he'll get that chance, as a member of...
The top high school players in the area will be under one roof when the fifth annual Niagara Region High School Soccer Showcase, sponsored by the Niagara College Knights, takes...
Growing up in Niagara Falls, Fred Bassi always had a pair of boxing gloves in his basement. “I used to fight guys when I were younger. We would pound at...
D.J. Shannon was a little disappointed when he received an email telling him he had been selected as an alternate for the Team Ontario football squad. “They also said in...
In about three weeks, Frank Cappelletti will walk out of work for the last time and into a world without Denis Morris. The 56-year-old St. Catharines resident will end his...
Brett Erskine’s first season at the University of Detroit Mercy couldn’t have gone much better. The 19-year-old St. Catharines native had a memorable freshman campaign with the Titans, racking up...
Members of the Niagara Falls Lightning Gymnastics Club performed well at the Level 3-5 Ontario Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Recording top 10 finishes for the team, coached by Andrei Gorodetskii, Valentina...
More than a few eyebrows were raised when Welland native Michele O’Keefe stepped down from her role as the president and CEO of Canada Basketball to become Niagara College’s associate...
Landing a golf scholarship wasn’t at the top Susan Leone’s wish list. “At first, I wasn't keen on getting one because I wanted to focus on school,” the 18-year-old Niagara...
Campbell Lee, middle, is shown at the Zone 4 track and field meet. Holy Cross’s Campbell Lee and Eastdale Trinity Tutti were awarded the Daryl Mahler Outstanding Performers of the...
Three year ago, the Niagara Christian Collegiate Navigators decided to put in a bid to host the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations A boys soccer championships. It is the...
