The St. Catharines Falcons defeated the Welland Junior Canadians Friday. FILE PHOTO BY: COLIN DEWAR Convinced his team needed a wake up call following a disappointing and undisciplined effort in...
Each time the Blessed Trinity Thunder and Saint Paul Patriots met in high school senior football this season, there was a dramatic ending. When the two Niagara Catholic Athletic Association...
On every football team, there a player or two that wants the ball in their hands on every possession. Then there’s Eden’s Evan Langendoen who wanted no part of taking...
Thursday’s semifinal football game between the Grimsby Eagles (5-1) and the visiting St. Catharines Collegiate Saints (1-5) wasn’t like anything one would expect from teams with opposite records. That it...
The Thorold Blackhawks dropped a 5-3 decision to the Niagara Falls Canucks Thursday. PHOTO BY: COLIN DEWAR In a season marked by overall team inconsistency, Brendan Charlton’s offence has been...
The Blessed Trinity junior football team followed up an 8-7 semifinal victory over the Saint Paul Patriots by defeating Notre Dame 29-19 in the Niagara Catholic Athletic Association championship game....
Dani Orlando did everything she could to prolong her high school basketball career. The Grade 12 guard at Denis Morris hit two threes in the third quarter to give her...
Reports of the demise of the A.N. Myer senior football team have been greatly exaggerated. Despite losing several members of a star-studded cast that won three straight Ontario Federation of...
Kate Raso is one of three co-captains for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. PHOTO BY: BILL POTRECZ Kate Raso gets the job done in more ways than one for the...
In his final year at UC San Diego, Adam Klie was named California Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year after averaging 15.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 4.7 assists per...
It was a crowded Day 2 of Niagara River Lions training camp at Ridley College with 16 players trying to catch the eye of the coaching staff. “There is a...
IceDogs rookie defenceman Billy Constantinou. PHOTO BY: BILL POTRECZ Billy Constantinou is well aware his playing time comes down to numbers, at least for the time being. The 16-year-old rookie...
A familiar face returned to Niagara last Wednesday when the Western Mustangs men’s basketball team arrived at Brock University to take on the Badgers in the Ontario University Athletics season...
Brock Badgers forward Chris Maniccia. PHOTO SPECIAL TO BPSN SPORTS Marty Williamson is thrilled to see the selfish side Chris Maniccia surfacing a little more often. The coach of the...
Niagara Falls Canucks defenceman Ryan Mooney. PHOTO BY: BILL POTRECZ Were it not for fluke opportunity to play defence a few years ago, Ryan Mooney’s career may have taken a...
Call it what you want, but local high school football convenors are dealing with a shortage of officials this season. “I try to explain this to all the convenors, that...
The Brock men’s rowing team started thinking about capturing an Ontario University Athletics rowing championship after hosting the Brock Invitational Oct. 14. “We knew that winning a men’s championship was...
The Niagara IceDogs dropped a pair of games this weekend. PHOTO BY: TERRY WILSON/OHL IMAGES It was a rough weekend for the Niagara IceDogs. Less than 24 hours after dropping...
The Pelham Panthers knocked off the St. Catharines Falcons Sunday. PHOTO BY: BERNIE PUCHALSKI Less than 48 hours after knocking off the Caledonia Corvairs to move into first place, the...
Brooke Murdoch had 19 points and seven rebounds to lead the Brock women's basketball team to a 65-60 victory Saturday over the visiting Laurier Golden Hawks. Photo by BERNIE PUCHALSKI...
Former OHL defenceman Tyler MacArthur brings a wealth of experience to the St. Catharines Falcons. PHOTO BY: TERRY WILSON/OHL IMAGES It’s been a week of change for the St. Catharines...
When the Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs and Thorold Golden Eagles last met on Thorold’s football field, the Bulldogs left with their tails between their legs following a season-opening 43-19 loss....
In a game that was much closer than the final score indicated, the visiting Lakeshore Catholic Gators defeated the Denis Morris Reds 28-21 Friday in Niagara Catholic Athletic Association senior...
The SOSSA cross country championships were held Thursday at Christie Lakes Conservation Area in Dundas. Photos by Bernie Puchalski After placing third last year, Holy Cross runner Campbell Lee cruised...
Governor Simcoe student Sadie Dick has high aspirations on the volleyball court. PHOTO BY: BILL POTRECZ Sadie Dick is all volleyball, all the time. The 16-year-old, Grade 11 student at...
A strong third period lifted the Thorold Blackhawks past the Pelham Panthers 5-2 in a Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League, Golden Horseshoe Conference game Thursday at the Thorold Arena. James...
BOWLER OF THE YEAR Jamie-Lynn Purse and Tony Lucciola emerged victorious when Fairview Lanes hosted the Niagara Ten Pin Bowlers Association’s Bowler of the Year Tournament. The top five ladies...
IceDogs winger Joshua Dame made his season debut Thursday. PHOTO BY: TERRY WILSON/OHL IMAGES Joshua Dame couldn’t have asked for a better 2017/18 debut. After spending the first month of...
Football teams in Tier 2 of the Niagara Region High School Athletic Association consider it a triumph when they hold Grimsby running back Justin DeFaria to a single touchdown. “Number...
The Brock men's basketball team opened its regular season with an 83-58 victory over the visiting Western Mustangs. Photo by BERNIE PUCHALSKI When Jim Baron retired as head coach of...
