The Standard High School Basketball Tournament is a fixture on the local sports scene. For the entire week, the city’s attention focuses on boys high school basketball as teams vie...
It’s no secret the puck hasn’t been going in for Oliver Castleman this season. After scoring two goals in the first two games of the season, the shifty winger went...
Harness racing has been a part of Tim Twaddle’s life for as long as he can remember. “My mom would park on the back road at Garden City (Raceway) and...
A pair of A.N. Myer Marauders swept the top two awards in the Niagara Region High School Athletic Association Tier 1 Football League. Rico Charbonneau was named the offensive MVP...
Evan Miller is a prime example of good things coming in small packages. The diminutive winger is listed at 5-foot-7, 130 pounds, and even that might be an exaggeration. But...
Dani Elgadi, shown in this file shot, had 26 points and 11 rebounds as Brock lost 78-69 to Ottawa Friday night. The second-ranked Brock men’s basketball team saw its nine-game...
The Caledonia Corvairs scored early and often en route to a 10-3 victory over the Thorold Blackhawks in a Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League, Golden Horseshoe Conference game Thursday at...
Omar Strong has chased his pro hoops dreams for the past four-and-a-half seasons. The latest stop for the 27-year-old Baltimore, Md., native is with the Niagara River Lions of the...
Justin DeFaria was an easy choice as the most valuable player of the Niagara Region High School Athletic Association Tier 2 Football League. “We all agreed the league-wide MVP was...
Following his first season in the Ontario Hockey League, Liam Ham was at a crossroads. The 18-year-old Newmarket native had a respectable rookie season as a 17-year-old with the Niagara...
The Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs came home with a lot more than they bargained for at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) boys AAA volleyball championship in Waterloo....
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish senior football team’s dream season ended with a bit of a Knightmare. Notre Dame fell 57-7 to the St. Thomas More Knights in Tuesday night’s...
With the Golden Horseshoe season at about the halfway mark, it’s time for the always highly anticipated mid-term report card. Teams will be graded in the old fashioned letter system...
The Eden Flyers felt no shame bringing home silver from the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) AA boys volleyball championship. The Flyers dropped a 3-0 (25-13, 25-18 and...
Will Anderson (26) will be one of the key returning players for the A.N. Myer Marauders junior football team next season. Myer lost 46-0 to Lorne Park Saturday in the...
Cole Majoros caught three passes for 92 yards and a TD in Western's Vanier Cup victory over Laval. Photo by PETER METHNER. Niagara athletes were front and centre as the...
This February’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts in St. Catharines was a roaring success. More than 60,000 tickets were sold for the national women's curling championship, representing $800,000 in ticket sales;...
The Brock athletes of the week for the week ending Nov. 26 are men's swimmer Gokhan Bozyigit of St. Catharines and women's swimmer Maggie Smith. Bozyigit, a second-year physical education...
Max Hooper was one step closer to the dream of every basketball player after making the lineup of the Westchester Knicks. But one game into the season, the 25-year-old Carmel,...
Chris Critelli gave Diane Hilko a good reason to sort through her many boxes of awards. Critelli, Brock’s assistant athletic director, contacted Hilko and told her to put together a...
The Jean Vanier Lynx earned silver at the OFSAA A girls basketball championship. PHOTO: SPECIAL TO BPSN. The Jean Vanier Lynx senior girls basketball team came home with silver from...
Akil Thomas scored as the Niagara IceDogs topped the Mississauga Steelheads Saturday at home. PHOTO BY: TERRY WILSON/OHL IMAGES The Niagara IceDogs received scoring from a couple of unexpected sources...
The St. Catharines Falcons fell behind early and never quite recovered as they dropped a 5-2 decision to the Caledonia Covairs in Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League, Golden Horseshoe Conference...
After two years of playing junior college basketball in California, 7-foot-1 Donald Mims decide to venture into the Great White North. “I figured it would be a real good transition...
Ana Caldeira Rua was considering England, the United States, Australia and Canada to pursue her university hoops career. “England was going through the Brexit process, Australia was really far away...
Stephen Dhillon made 29 saves to lead the Niagara IceDogs to victory Friday. PHOTO BY: TERRY WILSON/OHL IMAGES There’s been no stopping Kirill Maksimov lately. The 18-year-old winger has been...
The St. Catharines Falcons made it six wins in a row with a 9-4 victory over the Fort Erie Meteors in a Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League, Golden Horseshoe Conference...
Following are top three results from the Niagara Catholic Athletic Association Zone 3 and 4 qualifying swim meet: 14 AND UNDER GIRLS 200-metre medley relay: 1. Holy Cross (Linsy Kester,...
Dave Gorman was inducted into the St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame Thursday. PHOTO BY: BERNIE PUCHALSKI For most kids growing up in Canada, making it to the National Hockey...
Harry McMaster’s university career will end with a flourish. On Saturday afternoon at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, the 23-year-old Niagara Falls native and his University of Western Ontario Mustangs...
