Growing up with his family in Port Dalhousie, Andy Van Ruyven received an early introduction to rowing. “I used to sit up on Canal Street overlooking the rowing and I...
From left: St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame chair Peter Partridge, Kate Modolo, Mike Modolo, St. Catharines mayor Mat Siscoe. Photo: BILL POTRECZ It is not an exaggeration that without...
St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame chair Peter Partridge, left, Wally Oprzedek, centre, and St. Catharines mayor Mat Siscoe. Photo: BILL POTRECZ Walt Oprzedek has a lengthy and impressive resume...
When St. Catharines Collegiate held its 100th anniversary celebration, there was a long line of people waiting to talk to Bob Adams. The 2024 St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame...
Bob McLaren, right, with Trent Jackson of the St. Catharines WMKL Athletics in 2001 after the A's had won the Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League championship. Photo: BOB McLAREN. When...
Long-time rowing volunteer Carole Price (left), who is posthumously being inducted into the 2024 St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame, is shown sharing a laugh with Gini Rigby. Photo by...
It would be difficult to find a more deserving member of the Welland Sports Wall of Fame than Jack Ballantyne. Ballantyne, who died in 1995 and was inducted this year...
Steve Latinovich chose books over pucks early on in his life. The 76-year-old Welland native was signed by the Montreal Canadiens when he was 15 and sent to play with...
Doing a great job has landed Ray Sarkis on the Welland Sports Hall of Fame in the builders category. Sarkis started out at Niagara College in 1986 as the men’s...
Welland Sports Wall of Fame coach Mike Rao refuses to be defined by his impressive coaching resume. “It’s not about your accomplishments and all the things you did because those...
Corey Lee is proud to join his father on the Welland Sports Wall of Fame. The 38-year-old Welland native was inducted Sunday at a ceremony at the Seaway Mall where...
There is no doubt Dan Girardi is a proud of his hometown. The 40-year-old Welland native was effusive in his praise of the Rose City Sunday at the Welland Sports...
Sunday’s Welland Sports Wall of Fame induction ceremony was a great day for 2024 inductee Lauren Aiello. “I feel so honoured to be inducted along with such amazing athletes, builders...
Three teams will be honoured this Sunday at 1 p.m. when the annual Welland Sports Wall of Fame induction ceremony is held at the Seaway Mall. Joining the wall are...
The Brock men’s soccer team that won the Canadian Interuniversity Sport title 1-0 in overtime over the Carleton Ravens in 2002 was powered by athletes from Niagara Falls. The only...
Vito Scaringi spent 15 years of his 25-year career with the Niagara Falls parks and recreation department scheduling the city’s athletic facilities for community groups. He dealt with the Niagara...
Andrea Vescio Sherry could have pursued any number of options when it came to pursuing a post secondary sports career. The five-sport athlete at A.N Myer and four-time athlete of...
Niagara Falls 2023 Sports Wall of Famer Donny Gignac received an early introduction to the sport of boxing. “It started with my father, watching boxing when I was very, very...
This past Sunday at the Gale Centre, Sonny Pascuzzi may have delivered the shortest ever acceptance speech at a Niagara Falls Sports Wall of Fame induction ceremony. “I am very...
More than a few happy tears were shed Sunday afternoon at the Gale Centre when the 1972 NFCVI championship football team was inducted into the Niagara Falls Sports Wall of...
Pictured are the 2022 inductees into the Niagara Falls Sports Wall of Fame. The 2023 class will be inducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Gale Centre. Soccer and boxing...
Mike Iggulden will never forget his brief time in the National Hockey League. The 41-year-old St. Catharines native played 11 games for the New York Islanders in 2008/2009, collecting a...
Don Betts received an early birthday present Wednesday when he was one of five inducted into the St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame at the Meridian Centre. “I filled out...
Bob the Builder will be inducted Wednesday into the St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame. Bob Miller will be recognized for his long-time involvement with the St. Catharines CYO Basketball Rebels,...
Jane Stamp, middle, is being inducted into the St. Catharines Sports Wall of Fame Wednesday. Photo: SPECIAL TO BSPN Going from the pool to the pond was the best thing...
A watershed moment in Chris Johnstone’s 35-year hockey coaching career came in the 1982-83 NCAA Division 2 semifinal game between the Niagara Falls native’s RIT squad and Lowell University. The...
Niagara Falls Sports Wall of Fame 2021 inductee Sarah Quaranta found it a near impossible task to pick out a singular career highlight. “I just think that it’s everything that...
Niagara Falls Sports Wall of Fame inductee Chris Johnstone is shown with his son Carson during one of his many coaching stints in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. BPSN...
Two individuals who made significant contributions to the rowing community were inducted posthumously into the St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame Thursday. Daryl MacDonald and Don Thom joined Doug Geddie,...
Barbara Armbrust’s experience of winning a silver medal in the women’s coxed four at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was topped by the event’s opening ceremonies. “Walking in...
