Frank Keltos has spent his entire 18-year teaching career as a coach. His motivation for coaching girls and boys basketball, boys baseball and girls slo-pitch was a desire to give...
In Niagara basketball reffing circles, Azlan Bacchus is affectionately known as Mr. Saturday Night. The moniker attached to the 38-year-old Beamsville resident is in recognition of the fact that over...
The Red Rocket has landed. After narrowing her choices down to Brock and McMaster, Madalyn Weinert had decided to pursue her post secondary basketball career in Hamilton. “She is feisty...
If not for the COVID-19 pandemic, Kaitlyn Brophy would have been in the midst of her second season with Niagara Juel Prep girls basketball team. Like all athletes of all...
The defence rests with Taryn Mitchell. The 17-year-old, Port Colborne resident is bringing a strong commitment to her play without the ball to the Niagara College Knights women’s basketball program....
Throughout his 20 years of officiating basketball, Ron Valente has used a common sense approach. “I like to think that my rule book is still in shrink wrap,” the 61-year-old...
Anthony Haughton enjoyed playing for a who’s who of St. Catharines coaches during his five years of basketball at Governor Simcoe. John Dakin was the point guard’s midget coach, Larry...
As an inaugural winner of the Canadian Basketball Officials Commission’s Executive Award of Merit, Michele O’Keefe is as pleased with the award as she is with the group awarding it....
Kevin Moore had no noble intentions when he decided to become a basketball ref 25 years ago. “A friend of mine (Mike Holmes), who I was teaching with, suggested that...
One look at Owen Dobbie’s face and you could tell the 17-year-old Pelham resident was loving his return to the basketball court. The Grade 12 student at E.L. Crossley was...
Allison Addy has decided to pursue her post secondary hoops dreams close to home. The 5-foot-11 star player with the Governor Simcoe Redcoats has set her sights on earning a...
Andrea Hebert has yet to decide where she will play university basketball next season. Photo by Eric Labonté. Decision time is approaching for Andrea Hebert. The Grade 12 student at...
Niagara Basketball United is ready to hit the floor running. After being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the travel basketball program, spearheaded by Brock University men’s basketball head coach Willy...
Delayed more than two months by the COVID-19 pandemic, non-contact tryouts for the Niagara Juel and Juel Prep teams will begin Nov. 15. “I am excited about getting together with...
Like many promising athletes across Niagara, Madalyn Weinert saw her travel basketball season come to a halt in the spring because of the COVID 19 pandemic. “It was really tough...
In July, Duke officially welcomed current Boston Celtics assistant coach and former WNBA all-star Kara Lawson as its new women’s basketball coach. The first order of business for the former...
From the day Ally Sentance started playing travel basketball against players older than her, she dreamed of a post-secondary hoops career with an NCAA Division 1 basketball team. The 17-year-old...
At some point, the Niagara Juel and Juel Prep basketball teams will return to action. “Pelham Panthers Basketball Association is very excited to announce that our Juel and Juel Prep...
The Pelham Panthers basketball program is back on the floor but the new normal is anything but. Training sessions started this week and basketball players arriving at the Pelham community...
Lauren Audino’s next step in her basketball journey will take her to Western Michigan. On Monday, the 16-year-old Welland native announced on Twitter that she had verbally committed to attend...
Members of the Niagara Juel and Juel Prep basketball teams succeeded on the court, the classroom and in the community this past season. Four members of the Juel team and...
Unlike many basketball teams, Niagara Prep was lucky enough to see a conclusion to its season. The team finished in first place in Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association West Division with...
The Guelph Nighthawks’ braintrust will have a distinct Niagara flavour if and when the Canadian Elite Basketball League begins play this summer. St. Catharines resident Charles Kissi, the former head...
The most decorated Niagara high school basketball player in recent history is heading to Niagara College this fall with hopes of continuing his basketball career. Saint Francis point guard Igor...
There are no guarantees about playing time or making the team for Jerwyn Tutanes this fall as he heads to Niagara College to study sports management and try out for...
The Brock Badgers women’s basketball team has landed a big presence in the paint. Head coach Mike Rao has announced that 6-foot-5 post Jessica Reid has transferred to Brock after...
All of Megan Louws’ hard work paid off recently when she signed a letter of intent to play scholarship basketball at the University of Waterloo. “I was happy that it...
It was love at first bounce for Avery Cushing and the University of Toronto Varsity Blues women’s basketball program. “I got to visit and practise with the team before all...
The Niagara Christian Collegiate Navigators shocked the seeding committee on the way to a bronze medal at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations boys A basketball championship in North...
The Pelham Panthers novice (under-10) girls basketball team is the second best team in Ontario. The squad, coached by Jodi Wilton, Kim Pawluk, Tammy Naughton and Shannon MacDonald, went into...
