Things didn’t go as planned after Notre Dame’s Chloe Peters signed a National Letter of Intent in November 2019 to play NCAA Division 1 hoops at Canisius. “I signed, rehabbed...
Through last year’s preseason, Niagara College women’s soccer coach Rob Lalama wasn’t sure where Alyssa Arcand would fit in on the Knights roster. “There were a lot of unknowns and...
Kaelyn Emslie capped her college volleyball career in impressive fashion. At the recent Mohawk Mountaineers athletic banquet, the 21-year-old St. Catharines resident was named the co-winner of the Dr. Sam...
Richard DesChatelets Jr. finished his Ontario University Athletics’ wrestling career in the same way he started it. The 23-year-old Niagara Falls native won the 90-kilogram OUA title Saturday at Brock...
The beat goes on for the Brock men’s and women's wrestling programs. Following a one-year absence because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario University Athletics wrestling championships returned to centre...
Multi-sport Mia was up to her usual tricks Saturday afternoon. Last fall, Mia Friesen was named the Ontario University Athletics field lacrosse rookie of the year and Saturday, the Governor...
Brock wrestler Samantha Romano got a lot more than she bargained for when she stepped on the podium Saturday to receive her Ontario University Athletics 50-kilogram gold medal at Brock...
For the second straight time, the Brock Badgers women’s basketball team will be playing for a medal at the USPORTS national championships. The Badgers defeated the Acadia Axewomen 85-74 Friday...
Like father, like daughter. Thirty years after Dave Picton was named the Ontario University Athletics West Rookie of the Year Award playing for Brock, Maddie Picton received the same honour...
Madalyn Weinert was a woman on a mission Wednesday night. “I didn’t get rookie of the year for the OUA (Ontario University Athletics) West,” the Brock women's basketball player said....
There were a number of factors that brought Mackenzie Robinson to Brock University for her final year of basketball eligibility. The 25-year-old Collingwood native was attracted by the school’s Teachers...
The top-ranked Brock women’s basketball team has been an unstoppable force all season. The reigning USPORTS silver medalists have rolled to a 12-0 record in Ontario University Athletics play but...
On the bus ride to Waterloo Saturday, members of the Brock women’s basketball team serenaded head coach Mike Rao with Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds. The lyrics ‘Don’t worry about...
Brock’s first game ever as the top-ranked women’s basketball team in Canada Wednesday was anything but enjoyable for Badgers head coach Mike Rao. “It was ugly basketball tonight,” he said,...
Jenneke Pilling had 14 points Wednesday to lead the Brock women's basketball team to a 67-54 victory over visiting McMaster. Photos by Stephen Leithwood/Brock Athletics. Jenneke Pilling is adjusting well...
Rookie Madalyn Weinert has been all that and more for the Brock Badgers women’s basketball team. The 18-year-old was on head coach Mike Rao’s radar when he took over the...
The next step in Sam Keltos’ basketball journey will take her to Australia. The co-winner of the 2020 St. Catharines Athlete of the Year award has signed a contract to...
For the longest time, Abby Jackson was content to be a multi-sport athlete. “I never considered joining a track club because I have always been so busy playing travel hockey...
Brock's Sarah Slattery won the open women’s division at the Canadian Indoor Rowing Championships. Sarah Slattery’s brief Brock University career is winding down in impressive fashion. The 28-year-old former Port...
Tommy Denison’s long coaching journey has come full circle. The 43-year-old former Beamsville resident started coaching at York University from 2005 to 2007 and in 2020 he returned to York...
Kent State has landed another of Niagara’s best and brightest golfers. One year after signing Luke DelGobbo, the Ohio university, which has graduated Canadian PGA players Corey Conners, Mackenzie Hughes,...
Zorique Olayori made the most of his 12B year of high school football. The 18-year-old Niagara Falls resident, who turns 19 in two weeks, played his first three years of...
In the span of less than a year, Anna Smrek went from being a spectator to the MVP of the NCAA Division 1 women’s volleyball championship. “If I look back...
Forward Christian Girhiny leads the Brock Badgers in scoring. Photo: BROCK UNIVERSITY Christian Girhiny loves competing against the best to be the best. The 23-year-old winger for the Brock Badgers...
One of Chloe Briggs’ most enduring memories from when she was young was being with her family at an airport and seeing a collegiate soccer team passing through on its...
Two weekends ago, St. Catharines Rowing Club member Giancarlo DiPompeo made a triumphant return to the local rowing scene. Competing for the University of Victoria at the South Niagara Rowing...
It was decision time this week for Denis Morris rower Cait Whittard. The 17-year-old St. Catharines resident had four NCAA Division 1 rowing scholarships to choose from and Wednesday she...
Brock's Thomas Markewich and Stephen Harris compete in the men's lightweight double race at the Canadian University Rowing Championships. Photo by Jayson Childs. The Brock rowing team garnered a pair...
Brock’s men’s rowing team won five of 10 races last Saturday in Welland to rule the waters at the Ontario University Athletics championships. The men also won three silvers and...
Carleton's Keaton Bruggeling is tied for third in the OUA with three touchdowns. He is an Eden grad. Anthony Federico had two solo tackles, two assisted tackles and a sack...
