The Niagara Girls Basketball Academy (NGBA) under-15 team enjoyed a successful 2018-19 JUEL Prep season by winning the regular season championship with a 15-1 record and topping that off with...
The Niagara JUEL team huddles at the provincial championships. Photos by NEIL CAMPBELL. The Niagara JUEL girls basketball team finished fourth in the provincial league at the year-end tournament. “The...
Ryan Anderson made plenty of visits to the Meridian Centre as a member of the National Basketball League of Canada’s London Lightning. But the 31-year-old native of Seattle, Wash., got...
Guillaume Boucard (9), show in this file shot, has added to his offensive arsenal and will be a key member of the Niagara River Lions this season. It was an...
The Niagara River Lions were winners in their opening game of Canadian Elite Basketball League play. Playing on the road in Saskatoon Thursday against the Saskatchewan Rattlers, the River Lions...
The Niagara River Lions are ready for the start of the Canadian Elite Basketball League’s inaugural season. Named to the roster for the team’s first two games, Thursday in Saskatoon...
It was an easy decision for Trae Bell-Haynes to come try out with the Niagara River Lions. Brady Heslip, his teammate with Skyliners Frankfurt of the German Basketball Bundesliga, vouched...
Years from now, Fil Vujadinovic might be the answer to a difficult sports trivia question. Last month, the 24-year-old Burlington native became the first overall selection in the U SPORTS...
One of the best aspects of the new Canadian Elite Basketball League is the inclusion of a returning U SPORTS player on the roster of every team. For the Niagara...
Don’t count former Brock Badger Cassidy Ryan among the Canadian basketball players who followed the inaugural draft of the Canadian Elite Basketball League with interest. “I had no idea about...
The Niagara River Lions are getting down to business. The Canadian Elite Basketball League franchise will officially open its training camp this Sunday at Niagara College and Thorold District Secondary...
Saint Paul's Jerywn Tutanes is a member of the Niagara Tigers Grade 11 team. The Niagara Tigers boys travel basketball program started its second season in impressive fashion with its...
Eden's Mackenzie Schroeder (right) has signed with the Niagara College women's basketball team. One step into the Niagara College gym and Mackenzie Schroeder was sold. “I walked into the facility...
Guillaume Payen-Boucard is expected to he a key player for the Niagara River Lions in the inaugural season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. The Niagara River Lions unveiled their...
There would be no title defence for the hosts at the Brock Niagara Penguins 10th Annual Wheelchair Basketball Tournament Saturday at Brock University. The Penguins came close in each game...
Months of preparation will come to fruition Saturday when the Canadian Elite Basketball League holds its inaugural Entry and U SPORTS Draft. Niagara River Lions head coach and general manager...
Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2019, No Limit Performance has become the go-to basketball training destination in Niagara. “Ten years is crazy,” founder Mihai Raducanu said, with a laugh. “It...
Mazen Yagubi would be the first to admit his free throw shooting leaves something to be desired when he plays for the St. Catharines Rebels under-14 squad in Division 1...
Sandy Forand is packing her bags once again. The 60-year-old Welland native, who has traveled the globe as a basketball referee and softball umpire, is heading to Abu Dhabi next...
Niagara Falls native Peter Guarasci has been named the head coach and general manager of the Canadian Elite Basketball League’s Fraser Valley Bandits. Photo by Cary Mellon, UBC Okanagan Sports Information. A...
Participants at Saturday’s Knights of Columbus annual free throw competition battled both their competitors and nerves during the event at Holy Cross. Kaitlyn McGean, who won the 13-year-old girls division...
Ken Murray is now just one honour short of a hall of fame six pack. The decorated former player and the long-time coach of the Brock men’s basketball program will...
It is going to be a week that the Welland Warriors under-14 girls basketball team never forgets. By virtue of winning the Canadian championships in June in St. Catharines, the...
The Niagara Tigers Grade 10 squad went 1-2 at the recent Canadian National Invitational Tournament. The inaugural summer season of the Niagara Tigers travel basketball program concluded this past weekend...
No Limit Performance founder and trainer Mihai Raducanu works out with players Saturday during the Pelham Panthers Basketball Association's open house at the new Pelham Community Centre. Photos by TESS...
The Welland Warriors under-14 girls basketball team has been on a mission since the winter when it heard the winner of the Basketball Ontario Division 1 championships would represent Ontario...
The Niagara Tigers Grade 10 team won the King of the Land AAU basketball tournament in Cleveland, Ohio. The Niagara Tigers Grade 10 team made organization history at the King...
Lauren Audino has had meteoric rise through the basketball ranks. Despite only starting the sport in Grade 7, the Grade 9 student at Notre Dame was recently selected to play...
The Pelham Panthers under-13 girls basketball team that recently won a silver medal in Division 1 of the Basketball Ontario championships was anything but an experienced group. “I want to...
Already a talented basketball player, Emma Koabel received an added boost when she grew more than four inches in the past year. While some teens experiencing such a spurt may...
