Athletes from the Thorold Elite Track Club brought home eight medals from the 45th Annual Legion Youth Nationals Track and Field Championships held at University of Sherbrooke from Aug. 11-13....
At 5 a.m. on the day of her recent wrestle-off against Linda Morais, Brock Wrestling Club member Olivia Di Bacco was a mess. “I felt sick to my stomach and...
It was a weekend worthy of a recent inductee into the City of Thorold’s Runway of Recognition. Competing at the Athletics Ontario under-14, under-16 and under-18 provincial championship last weekend,...
Something special was brewing the moment Thorold resident Giancarlo DiPompeo, Emerson Crick, Lucas Celia and Brock rower Connor Dodds climbed in a quad together June 17 in Welland at time...
Eden's Grade 12 athletes of the year Max Tywoniuk and Akira Grieve. Eden celebrated a record year for its athletics program at the school’s recent awards banquet. Ten of the...
Al Landoni’s interest in fencing goes back almost 40 years. “I looked into fencing when I was in my 40s but I was too busy with my career and my...
The Niagara Generals atom football team recorded a 42-13 victory over the Waterloo Warriors. The Generals started off the game with a big run by Matthias Aparicio and followed that...
Coco van Nynatten of West Niagara and Saint Michael’s Kalista Elliot were the biggest local winners at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations South Regional track and field meet...
The Saint Francis Phoenix girls soccer team fell just short in stifling conditions at the Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association AA championships Thursday at E.L. Crossley. After regulation time ended...
Eden girls rugby team captains Emma Wylie, Leah Schouten and Roxy Lewis. The Eden girls rugby team has made history. By virtue of its 6-0 penalty kick victory over Blessed...
The Niagara Generals bantam (U12) football team opened its Ontario Summer Football League season at home with a dominating 46-7 victory over the visiting Brantford Bisons. The Bisons scored on their...
Jaret Chipman wasn’t expecting to win Sunday’s opening stop on the Niagara Men’s Golf Tour. “I have been struggling a little bit the last couple of weeks ball-striking wise and...
E.L. Crossley swept the combined, boys and girls team titles at this week’s Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association track and field meet held Wednesday and Thursday at Welland Centennial In...
The District School Board of Niagara’s artificial turf building boom continues. The board announced Thursday it would spend approximately $9 million to install synthetic tracks and turf fields at Laura...
Cassie Kemp had the track to herself Thursday at the Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association track and field meet at Welland Centennial. The 20-year-old St. Catharines Collegiate runner was the...
High school field lacrosse is high on the priority list for Oliver Vanyo. “It is very important to me,” said the starting goalie for the St. Catharines WMKL Athletics junior...
Fenway Breckels was a winner for the first time Wednesday at the Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association track and field meet at Welland Centennial. After winning bronze medals in the...
Ryan Dyck wears two golf hats on the Niagara Men’s Tour. Along with Zach Halborg, the 29-year-old Welland native is the co-organizer of the five-event tour and he heads into...
A well-respected and beloved name will be attached to the new artificial turf field at Notre Dame. The Niagara Catholic District School Board and Notre Dame College School announced this...
Lebron Owusu is a dominant presence on defence for the Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs senior boys soccer team. “He stands tall back there, he is aggressive, he can get to...
Evan Reece’s abilities as a football player are unquestionable. That fact was emphasized in 2021 when the West Niagara offensive guard achieved the rare feat of being named the co-winner...
The Guelph Gryphons football team had a spectacular introduction to West Niagara running back Tyler Foster. Offensive coordinator Mark Surya was on hand last Sept. 29 when the latest recruit...
After leaving Niagara College in 2022 as the women’s soccer team’s all-time leading scorer, Terin Hultink decided to take a bit of a step back from the sport. The 21-year-old...
It’s getting close to go time for the Niagara Spears varsity football team and there are still a lot of balls up in the air. The Ontario Summer Football League...
St. Catharines Athletics general manager Jeff Chcoski, left, with Junior B head coach Alec Tamas, right. Photo by: BILL POTRECZ The St. Catharines WMKL Junior B Athletics plan to serve a dual...
When his oldest sister talks, Matteo Romano listens. The recently crowned Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations wrestling silver medalist at 54 kilograms had sibling Samantha Romano coaching him at...
Photos by Jorja Violette. An impressive list of high school athletes who went on to have stellar collegiate careers were inducted Friday into the Notre Dame College School Athletic Wall...
When St. Catharines Falcons general manager Frank Girhiny wanted to announce to the team the good news that forward Mitch Armstrong had been named the 2022 St. Catharines Athlete of...
The 2022 St. Catharines Sportsperson of the Year can trace his coaching roots back to a September day at the Welland Food Festival. Tyler Bielby, the bench boss of the...
The Waterloo Warriors were a slam dunk choice for Yemi Oladipo to pursue her post secondary basketball aspirations. “There were many, many reasons why I chose Waterloo,” the Grade 12...
