Jamie Addy (4) scored 18 points to lead the Governor Simcoe Redcoats to a 58-14 victory over the visiting Grimsby Eagles. The Governor Simcoe Redcoats varsity girls basketball team returned...
Emma Hemphill got a big piece of her life back Wednesday. The 16-year-old, Grade 11 student stepped back on the court with her Holy Cross Raiders teammates for the first...
Mike Rao continues to lead a charmed life. The Brock women’s basketball coach and the reigning Ontario University Athletics and USPORTS coach of the year has reaped a bountiful harvest...
The Niagara River Lions saw their Canadian Elite Basketball League season come to an end Sunday with a 101-65 loss to the defending champion Edmonton Stingers in the championship game...
Phil Scrubb’s long three pointer in Elam time gave the Niagara River Lions an 84-82 victory over the Fraser Valley Bandits Friday night in Edmonton and advanced the team to...
There was always going to be a degree of uncertainty with the Niagara River Lions’ roster heading into the Canadian Elite Basketball League’s championship weekend in Edmonton. American players Xavier...
Thomas Scrubb (left) and his brother, Phil, have been key late-season additions to the Niagara River Lions. Thomas Scrubb is his own harshest critic. Moments after recording 15 points, 11...
Lauren Audino is looking forward to a break. The 18-year-old Welland native spent about two weeks at a training camp with Canada’s under-19 national women’s basketball program before heading to...
CYO BASKETBALL REGISTRATION St Catharines Rebels CYO basketball has opened its registration for its Junior NBA program (born 2014 or later cost $160) and the house leagues at the novice...
Bolstered by their home crowd, the Niagara River Lions completed the Canadian Elite Basketball League regular season Sunday afternoon by defeating the visiting Ottawa BlackJacks 89-79. Tommy Scrubb, who...
With an 84-81 road victory over the Hamilton Honey Badgers Thursday night, the Niagara River Lions clinched second place in Canadian Elite Basketball League play. The win was important because...
Frank Keltos was an easy choice to return for his fourth and fifth years as the head coach of the Niagara Juel girls basketball program. “It’s nice to have him...
Familiarity has bred anything but contempt for the Niagara River Lions this season. Head coach Victor Raso played alongside Thomas Scrubb and his younger brother Philip Scrubb at Carleton University...
The Niagara River Lions returned the favour to the Guelph Nighthawks Sunday afternoon in Canadian Elite Basketball League action. Less than 48 hours after losing 92-81 to the Nighthawks on...
Jaylen Babb-Harrison made the cut coming out of the Niagara River Lions’ training camp and since then he has been making a lot more cuts. Since arriving in St. Catharines,...
It’s not surprising that Xavier Sneed has filled up the stats sheet for the Niagara River Lions this season. The 23-year-old St. Louis, Mo., native leads the Canadian Elite Basketball...
Kristy-Anne Wytenburg arrived in Niagara with a burning desire to coach basketball. Living in downtown St. Catharines, the 28-year-old Renfrew County native contacted four high schools in St. Catharines expressing...
The Niagara River Lions are a perfect fit for Philip Scrubb, on and off the court. The 28-year-old native of Richmond, B.C., planned to spend time in St. Catharines this...
Guillaume Payen-Boucard has become a fixture on the Niagara River Lions pro basketball team. The 31-year-old Montreal native is in his fourth season with the Canadian Elite Basketball League team...
Mother knows best, at least when it comes to the play of Niagara River Lions forward Javin DeLaurier. “My mom was my first coach, she’s my biggest fan and my...
A basketball court at Partridge Park in St. Catharines has been named in honour of longtime CYO basketball president Bob Miller. Submitted photo. It was a slam dunk choice to...
Thomas Vaillancourt is about to find out how he stacks up against the best of the best. The 16-year-old Welland resident has been selected to the Nike Elite Youth Basketball...
The Niagara District Basketball Referees Association is looking for a few good men and women. “Realistically, our association is aging and with these past two years of no reffing or...
Ron Sutherland is a 12-month-of-the-year fixture on Niagara’s sporting scene. The 60-year-old Montreal native is the convenor for the Niagara Region High School Athletic Association’s boys and girls basketball and...
Fed up with his inability to play basketball, T.J. Hurley decided to head to the United States. “It was right around the time that school went back to being...
The Pelham Panthers Basketball Association is on the prowl for applicants to serve as head coach of the group’s Juel and Juel Prep girls basketball teams. The Panthers have been...
Cormac McMahon’s comfort level was close to home. The 18-year-old Ridley College student was being pursued by a handful of universities to play basketball next season, but ultimately chose to...
Mike Corcoran’s impetus to start officiating basketball was rooted in his own playing experiences. “I played high school basketball, played at the college level and played men’s league after that,”...
As one of only three of women who regularly officiate games on behalf of the Niagara District Referees Association, Natalie Thomson has obtained a certain degree of celebrity status. “When...
Off the court for more than two months because of the province-wide lockdown to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, Luke Klassen made a joyous return to the Pelham Community Centre...
