Mark Cruz was thrilled to be named the 2023-24 winner of the George Hillesheim Award which recognizes the top high school boys basketball player in Niagara Falls. The 17-year-old Niagara...
The Niagara JUEL girls basketball team is one of 30 travel teams run by the Pelham Panthers Basketball Association. Registration is in full swing for the Pelham Panthers Basketball Association....
The St. Catharines CYO Rebels Basketball Association opened its registration Aug. 1 for its Junior NBA, house league and travel team programs. The association is eagerly anticipating the start of...
It was an offer Chris Rao could not refuse. When Cape Breton University offered the 29-year-old Welland native a chance to be the school’s interim women’s basketball head coach, he...
Khalil Ahmad’s contested layup in target time Sunday night in Montreal gave the Niagara River Lions a 97-95 win over the Vancouver Bandits and netted the franchise its first-ever Canadian...
How good are you on your worst day? For the Niagara River Lions Friday night in the Canadian Elite Basketball League semifinals against the host Montreal Alliance, the answer was...
Niagara's Aaryb Rai was named the CEBL's Sixth Man of the Year Wednesday. The team plays Montreal in the semifinals Friday night. The Niagara River Lions began their quest for...
The Pelham Panthers Basketball Association has added another element to its Niagara JUEL basketball program. Beginning this August with tryouts, the association has created a JUEL Academy program for players...
Niagara River Lion Jahvon Blair (0) is a finalist for CEBL Canadian Player of the Year. Three members of the Niagara River Lions are finalists for Canadian Elite Basketball League...
The Niagara River Lions are a perfect 10. With a 109-97 victory over the visiting Ottawa BlackJacks Saturday night, the Canadian Elite Basketball League squad finished the regular season with...
The Nigara River Lions’ six-game Canadian Elite Basketball League winning streak came to a crashing halt last Saturday on the road with a 122-113 lost to the Ottawa BlackJacks. Niagara...
The Niagara River Lions clinched first place in the Canadian Elite Basketball League’s Eastern Conference Wednesday night with an 80-71 victory over the visiting Brampton Honey Badgers. Niagara improved to...
Nathan Cayo’s wife, Eva, is hard to miss during the Niagara River Lions’ home games. Accompanied by the couple’s soon-to-be, one-year-old son, Lucas, Eva can be heard shouting encouragement to...
Nathan Cayo hit a contested jumper in target time to lift the Niagara River Lions to a thrilling 105-104 victory over the visiting Edmonton Stingers in Canadian Elite Basketball League...
The road back to the NBA for Scottie Lewis will continue this summer with the Niagara River Lions of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. In July 2022 while practising with...
The Niagara River Lions’ run of three straight blow-out wins in Canadian Elite Basketball League action came to an end Thursday night against the visiting Montreal Alliance. After winning its...
The suddenly red-hot Niagara River Lions continued to roll Tuesday night in Scarborough. Facing the defending champion Shooting Stars in Canadian Elite Basketball League action, Niagara built quarter leads of...
TJ Lall has made a big impact on the fortunes of the Niagara River Lions this season. “I’ve been telling everyone TJ is our breakout player. He is having his...
The Niagara River Lions followed up a dominating performance at home Thursday night with an even better one Saturday night in front of 2,705 extremely loud fans. After thumping the...
Jahvon (Juggy) Blair couldn’t wait to return to the Niagara River Lions for his second season with the Canadian Elite Basketball League club. “I came back to win,” the 26-year-old...
Niagara River Lions head coach/GM Victor Raso got the exact response he was looking for Thursday night after calling his team out following a lacklustre three-game road trip. The River...
Victor Raso has had enough. Following a 105-83 road loss to the Vancouver Bandits on Canada Day, the head coach/GM of the Niagara River Lions expressed frustration with his Canadian...
The Niagara River Lions improved their Eastern Conference-leading record to 7-4 Saturday night with a 94-87 victory over the Saskatchewan Rattlers. Niagara lead 25-21 after one quarter and trailed 53-50...
Bad was how Victor Raso described the visiting Niagara River Lions’ play Thursday night in a 94-82 loss to the Winnipeg Sea Bears in Canadian Elite Basketball League action before...
The Niagara River Lions’ fans can thank a pair of Aaryn Rai’s current teammates for the arrival of the 25-year-old from Markham as a member of the Canadian Elite Basketball...
The Niagara River Lions almost let one get away Friday night in Canadian Elite Basketball League action against the visiting Montreal Alliance. Ahead 91-77 in Elam ending time with a...
Khalil Ahmad wasted little time returning to the Niagara River Lions for his third Canadian Elite Basketball League season. When his season ended with Filou Oostende of the BNXT League...
The Canadian Elite Basketball League’s 2022 Clutch Player of the Year was up to his old tricks Wednesday against the visiting Scarborough Shooting Stars. Khalil Ahmad, the author of 10...
You won’t hear Emma Vendittelli’s coaches arguing with the choice of naming her the winner of the Harold Biggar Award as the best high school girls basketball player in Niagara...
The Niagara River Lions three-game Canadian Elite Basketball League winning streak came to an end Saturday in Ottawa with a 90-86 loss to the Ottawa BlackJacks. Ottawa built quarter leads...
