It’s better late than never for the inaugural season of the Niagara Regional Minor Football Association’s new flag football program. The first season was supposed to run from mid-April until...
The Niagara Spears’ skills and drills camp at Kiwanis Field is a big hit with the local players taking part in the Monday and Wednesday sessions. “After the season was...
The Hamilton Hurricanes have been on the radar of Owen Jones for a long time. The recent signee with the Canadian Junior Football League squad first became interested in the...
Like many of his Niagara Spears teammates, Ty Bennett was disappointed when the Ontario Provincial Football League season was cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic. It would have been the 19-year-old...
Ethan Reid’s quarterbacking career will continue in London. The 12B student at St. Francis recently signed with the London Beefeaters, who compete in the Ontario Football Conference, a division of...
Colin Howe is devastated the Niagara Spears football season is delayed and may not happen because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “It is definitely tough,” the 19-year-old Fort Erie resident said....
Chris Gangarossa took an unusual route to achieve his dream. The 23-year-old Fort Erie native played minor football with the Fort Erie Longhorns and then attended Lakeshore Catholic in Grade...
Saint Michael’s Matt Wedler (22) has signed to play football at the University of Toronto. There was no fancy signing ceremony Matt Wedler. The Grade 12 student at Saint Michael...
It seems like a lifetime ago when Lirim Hajrullahu was convinced by coach D’Arcy McCardle to join the Governor Simcoe Redcoats football team in Grade 10. On Monday, the two-time...
The Niagara Regional Minor Football Association (Football Niagara) isn’t letting the COVID-19 pandemic stop its planning for its flag, house league tackle and fall travel league programs. “To be honest,...
With the launch of Football Niagara Flag Football, the Niagara Regional Minor Football Association is getting ahead of the game. “Football Canada has a mandate in either 2021 or 2022...
Thursday was a big day for Zach Melnyk. The star linebacker/fullback for the Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association champion Notre Dame Fighting Irish signed a letter of intent to play...
The Guelph Gryphons announced a big addition to their football program Wednesday. In front of a gathering of teammates, classmates, coaches and his parents at Saint Michael in Niagara Falls,...
The Niagara Spears are already hard at work preparing for the upcoming Ontario Provincial Football League season. Last Saturday marked the third weekend of indoor workouts at Youngs Sportsplex in...
Signing season continued Tuesday for the A.N. Myer senior football program. Putting his name on the dotted line on this occasion was middle linebacker Chris Bechkos, the co-defensive MVP of...
Waterloo has topped Guelph in the recruiting battle to land Saint Paul’s Rielly Sexton. On Thursday, a signing ceremony was held to signify the next step in the football career...
Deciding to return for his 12B year at A.N. Myer Secondary School paid off in a big way Monday for Trent Hunter. The offensive MVP of the Niagara Region High...
A.N Myer's Chris Bechkos (57), shown making a tackle in the Niagara championship game versus Notre Dame, was named the co-winner of the Tier 1 football league's defensive MVP award....
When Kyle Wilson started high school, he was the last person anyone would have expected to be recruited and signed by an Ontario University Athletics football program. But the 18-year-old...
When the Waterloo Warriors come shopping for football players at A.N. Myer Secondary School in Niagara Falls, Jacob Iudiciani isn’t who they normally have signing on the dotted line. “Myer...
Notre Dame fell 47-6 Wednesday to Chaminade in the Metro Bowl. WILLIAM VANDERLAND PHOTO. Alex Golbourne’s high school football career ended Wednesday in the same way as thousands of players...
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish senior football team won its second SOSSA Bowl in the past three years thanks to a 28-13 victory over the Westmount Wildcats Tuesday. Photo by...
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish junior football used a smothering defence Tuesday to defeat the St. John's Eagles 42-6 in the Metro Bowl quarter-finals at McMaster University. Notre Dame had...
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated the A.N. Myer Marauders 35-12 to win their second Niagara senior football title in the past three years. PETER METHNER PHOTOS The Notre Dame...
Westlane Spartans junior quarterback Chris Bettorossi was all smiles Friday night after leading his team to a 12-7 victory over the previously unbeaten A.N. Myer Marauders in the Niagara Region...
Count Matteo Corritore among A.N. Myer’s 12B football players seeking redemption. “We haven't won and we have something to prove because everyone thinks we are the underdogs,” the 18-year-old said...
No one took Notre Dame’s loss to Saint Paul in the 2018 Niagara Catholic Athletic Association senior football final harder than Zack Melnyk. “The screensaver on his phone was him...
NIAGARA GENERALS FOOTBALL Niagara 42 Brantford 26 Ezekiel Langendoen contributed four touchdowns and four converts to power the Niagara Generals peewee football team to a 42-26 victory over the Brantford...
Thirty years from now when members of the Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs football team have far less hair and far more inches around their waistlines, they will remember a cold...
After defeating the St. Francis Phoenix 14-7 in the Niagara Catholic Athletic Association semifinals Friday, it was a joyous bunch of Saint Michael Mustangs senior football players who boarded the...
