Brookelyn Keltos, shown in this file shot while playing for Sir Winston Churchill, scored a team-high 19 points as the Niagara Juel girls basketball lost 74-66 to the Scarborough Lady...
Another Canadian has been signed by the Niagara River Lions for the 2022 Canadian Elite Basketball League season. Joining previous Canadian signees Jaylen-Babb Harrison and Daniel Waldin-Mullings is 6-foot-5 shooting...
Christian Giancola is ready to take the next step in his athletic and academic future. The 17-year-old Thorold native has committed to Stonehill College where he will play soccer and...
Dante Pirillo has spent half a century coaching and organizing basketball in Niagara. The St. Catharines resident’s motivation for his lifelong involvement is simple. “It was my love for the...
The top-ranked Brock women’s basketball team has been an unstoppable force all season. The reigning USPORTS silver medalists have rolled to a 12-0 record in Ontario University Athletics play but...
The St. Catharines Club Roma Wolves are looking for a few good women. The Wolves, after a successful venture in the men’s division in League1 Ontario last summer, will be...
Niagara River Lions head coach Victor Raso’s basketball coaching career wouldn’t have been possible without the mentorship he received along the way. It started with Jeff Joseph, who coached him...
The importance of Allen Kalonji can’t be overstated on a Saint Francis senior basketball team that boasts three Grade 9 starters. “He has been really good at trying to teach...
On the bus ride to Waterloo Saturday, members of the Brock women’s basketball team serenaded head coach Mike Rao with Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds. The lyrics ‘Don’t worry about...
Samuel Jeffery has quit travel basketball to focus on training for the decathlon but that doesn’t mean he can’t find time to suit up for the E.L. Crossley Cyclone senior...
Brock’s first game ever as the top-ranked women’s basketball team in Canada Wednesday was anything but enjoyable for Badgers head coach Mike Rao. “It was ugly basketball tonight,” he said,...
The Saint Francis Phoenix are putting a huge responsibility on the young shoulders of Andrew Ens. The 14-year-old, Grade 9 guard has been entrusted to run the offence and the...
The Brock Badgers women’s basketball team pushed their Ontario University Athletics record to 10-0 Saturday with a 72-53 road victory over the McMaster Marauders. Brock built quarter leads of 16-14,...
The Niagara River Lions continue to build their roster for the 2022 Canadian Elite Basketball League season. On Tuesday, the team announced that it has re-signed Canadian Jaylen-Babb Harrison for...
Niagara River Lions player Xavier Sneed has been inked to a two-year, two-way NBA contract by the Utah Jazz. The 24-year-old St. Louis native joins Trent Forrest as players who...
Jenneke Pilling had 14 points Wednesday to lead the Brock women's basketball team to a 67-54 victory over visiting McMaster. Photos by Stephen Leithwood/Brock Athletics. Jenneke Pilling is adjusting well...
Wednesday was another day at the office for Lakeshore Catholic senior boys basketball player Max Annunziata. The Grade 11 player scored a team-high 10 points while adding 14 rebounds and...
Joel Kibulu will finish his career with the Saint-Jean-de-Brebeuf Lynx senior boys basketball team in a much different position than where he started. The 17-year-old Hamilton native began his tenure...
The Niagara River Lions continue to work on their roster in anticipation of the start of training camp on May 15. After filling the import spot on their roster last...
Alexis Wright knew the University of Guelph would be her basketball home for the next four years at the end of her first visit to the school. Following a...
Rookie Madalyn Weinert has been all that and more for the Brock Badgers women’s basketball team. The 18-year-old was on head coach Mike Rao’s radar when he took over the...
The Niagara River Lions wasted little time filling the international spot on its roster. The Canadian Elite Basketball League recently mandated each of its team must allocate one spot on...
Club Roma Wolves midfielders Gianluca DelPriore is it Italy with Sangiuliano City. Photo by: RUTH WANLESS. Like many athletes, Gianluca DelPriore was thrown for a loop by the COVID pandemic. The...
Christian Piccolotto of the St. Catharines Club Roma Wolves. Photo by: RUTH WANLESS. Christian Piccolotto’s time in Italy was an eye-opening experience. The 18-year-old Hamilton resident spent six weeks in...
Barrel racer Jenna Mergl continued to roll in 2021. The 17-year-old Fonthill resident won the Ontario Barrel Racing Association and Niagara Barrel Racing Club Youth and Open year-end averages. “It’s...
Goalkeeper Carson Provenzano is heading to Italy this month to play for Foligno Calcio. Photo by: RUTH WANLESS. Carson Provenzano was perhaps the busiest of the four members of the...
Roma's Elijah Caparello-Wanless is hoping for a pro soccer career. Photo by: RUTH WANLESS Elijah Caparello-Wanless has high hopes for his future on the pitch. The 18-year-old St. Catharines resident...
Javin DeLaurier has made Niagara River Lions and Canadian Elite Basketball League history. The 23-year-old native of Mission Viejo, Calif., has inked a deal with the defending NBA champion Milwaukee...
A Niagara coaching legend had a silver-medal homecoming when Sir Winston Churchill hosted the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations’ AAA girls basketball championships in late November. Pat Woodburn, a...
Thursday night’s highly anticipated matchup between the Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs and E.L. Crossley Cylcone senior boys basketball teams lived up to the hype and then some. Both teams came...
