The road to the basket goes through Alec Young for the Thorold Golden Eagles. The 18-year-old, Grade 12 student is the Eagles’ primary distributor, a role he relishes and fills...
Jessie MacDonald left no doubt that she was top wrestler in the women’s 50-kilogram division at the Canadian Commonwealth Game trials in November. Competing at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby,...
The St. Catharines Falcons will represented at the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League Top Prospects and Future Stars games by, from left: Arber Xhekaj, Tristan deJong, Jaleel Adams and Carson Eden. PHOTO...
Saint Paul Patriots captain Alex Sielicki. PHOTO BY: BILL POTRECZ Alex Sielicki does it all for the Saint Paul Patriots senior girls volleyball team. The former Niagara Rapids player is the...
The St. Francis Phoenix defeated the visiting Notre Dame Fighting Irish 90-58 Tuesday in NCAA senior boys basketball action. Photos by TESS PUCHALSKI. No one handed a starter’s role to...
Toronto Argonauts offensive lineman Chris Van Zeyl shows off his 2012 Grey Cup ring to members of the Notre Dame football team. Photos by BERNIE PUCHALSKI At 9 a.m. Monday,...
Frank Pietrangelo took a chance on Matthew Caruso sight unseen, a calculated gamble that has more than paid off for the Niagara Falls Canucks. The head coach of the Canucks...
Kristen Kit is shown in action at the world rowing championships. Photos by MERIJN SOETERS. After coxing Canada’s legs, trunk and arms mixed coxed four to a bronze medal at...
St. Francis' Sam Brathwaite will be one of four Phoenix players competing in Monday night's Second Annual Niagara Region High School Basketball Showcase at Niagara College. Niagara College continues to showcase...
The Niagara River Lions completed a three-game Maritimes road swing Sunday afternoon with a 113-109 overtime victory over the Cape Breton Highlanders in National Basketball League of Canada action. Earlier...
The Niagara IceDogs are 16-11-3-2 heading into the Christmas break. PHOTO BY: OHL IMAGES The Niagara IceDogs head into the Christmas break at the unofficial halfway point of the Ontario...
The Niagara IceDogs had a handful of ready-made excuses to explain a sub-par effort Friday and head coach Billy Burke wasn’t buying any of them. The IceDogs had won seven...
Notre Dame guard Maddie Picton was one of the players elected to the Niagara Catholic Athletic Association senior girls all-star basketball team. The end of every sports season is a...
Alex Mrkalj made his final appearance as a high school volleyball player in Niagara a memorable one. The outside hitter for the Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs was named Team Blue’s...
Mason Howard would love nothing more than to follow in the footsteps of Vince Dunn. Like Dunn, Howard is a defenceman who was drafted by the Niagara IceDogs, but wasn’t...
Jevon Balfour has made tremendous strides since arriving six years ago to train with the Brock Wrestling Club. “I am more disciplined and Marty (Brock head coach Calder) has made...
Thirty-nine of the region's top high school boys volleyball players will be in action Thursday when the Niagara Knights men’s volleyball program hosts The Fourth Annual Niagara Region Boys Volleyball...
Dillion Lamarche made 51 saves but it still wasn’t enough as the St. Catharines Falcons dropped a 5-2 decision to the Caledonia Corvairs Wednesday night in Greater Ontario Junior Hockey...
Alexandre Hebert had her future mapped out at a young age. The St. Catharines resident is now in Grade 12 at Jean Vanier, but two years ago already had a...
Zach Morningstar checks off all the boxes for the Governor Simcoe Redcoats. The 17-year-old, Grade 12 student has developed into one of the Redcoats most reliable and consistent all around...
As Stephen Dhillon goes, so go the Niagara IceDogs. The 19-year-old netminder is playing perhaps as well as he ever has at the Ontario Hockey League level and is a...
It’s going to be an ugly night Saturday at the Meridian Centre. The Niagara IceDogs take on the Barrie Colts in an Ugly Christmas Sweater Game in support of Community...
Sir Winston Churchill's Ally Sentance is one of 40 players selected to participate in next week's high school all-star games. File photo by BERNIE PUCHALSKI Niagara’s abundance of talented high...
It has been a whirlwind 2017 for Conor Timmins. Not only did the 19-year-old Thorold native fulfill a dream when he was selected in the second round of the National...
Randy Gazzola made it his mission to be part of the U Sports All-Star team. The all-stars will take on Team Canada Wednesday at 7 p.m. and again Thursday afternoon...
Hunter Garlent is looking forward to a rare opportunity to play a hockey game in front of hometown fans. The 22-year-old Thorold native is a member of the U Sports...
Devon Maltby was anything but cocky heading into his first season of senior basketball with the Thorold Golden Eagles. “It was kind of scary going into it but it hasn’t...
Maintaining his focus has never been a problem for Owen Savory. Through all the ups and downs of minor and junior hockey, the 20-year-old Cambridge native has always been able...
Soaked and splattered with mud, St. Catharines native Campbell Lee crossed the finish line first at the recent national cross country championships in Kingston. “It was really exciting and I...
The Niagara Knights men’s basketball team improved to 6-3 on the season, defeating the Humber Hawks 102-97. The victory gives the Knights sole possession of fourth place in the Ontario...
