Thea Lawson is a big fan of the Juel basketball format. The Grade 12 student at Notre Dame has been playing Juel Prep and Juel since Grade 9 and this...
Ella O’Connor wasn’t going to let a broken leg stop her from playing her favourite sport. The 17-year-old, Grade 12 student broke a pair of bones in her leg in...
Head coach Kristy-Anne Wytenburg can’t wait for games to start for the Niagara Juel Prep girls basketball squad. “I am pumped. I am very, very excited for this team,” she...
It’s all basketball, all the time for Coltin Elwell. The 16-year-old St. Catharines native is taking a different path in his quest for an NCAA Division 1 basketball scholarship. Elwell...
Keira Federinko goes about her business for the Saint Paul Patriots without much fanfare. The 17-year-old, Grade 12 student isn’t the fastest, most vocal, or even the speediest player on...
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...
The Pelham Panthers Soccer Club’s under-14 girls team was playing in a rarified air this season. Club officials could not recall a Pelham team even making it out of the...
Kyra Eaton has never let her size — or lack thereof — be a hinderance on the soccer pitch. The 17-year-old Port Colborne resident was playing varsity soccer for the...
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 St. Catharines Club Roma Wolves completed their League1 Ontario Men’s Premier Division season Friday night in dramatic fashion, rallying from a two-goal deficit to tie Waterloo United 2-2. Third-place...
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...
Victor Kariuki does a little bit of everything for the St. Catharines Club Roma Wolves. The 20-year-old Niagara Falls resident can play multiple positions, is responsible defensively, and can even...
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...
A chance to try out for a professional women’s soccer team in Portugal was an opportunity Beatrice Allan couldn’t pass up. The Niagara International Football Club centre back and clubmate...
Blake McGowan’s promising athletic career was nearly derailed just as it was taking off. The 19-year-old St. Catharines resident was a standout athlete, playing AAA hockey for the Niagara North...
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...
This Thursday, Ella Hurrle is heading off on an adventure of a lifetime. The Niagara International Football Club striker and clubmate Beatrice Allan will be travelling to Lisbon, Portugal, to...
The St. Catharines Club Roma Wolves aren’t the least bit discouraged after losing their second game in a row. Roma dropped a 2-1 decision to Alliance United to fall to...
A slow start came back to haunt the St. Catharines Club Roma Wolves Friday night. The Wolves permitted two early goals — including one in the first three minutes of...
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...
When Matthew Roda heard Club Roma had been granted an expansion franchise in the League1 Ontario Men’s Premier Division, he immediately went to work. “As soon as I heard about...
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...
Michael Solomon became an instant hero Friday night. The 20-year-old Niagara Falls native broke a 1-1 tie with a late goal giving the St. Catharines Club Roma Wolves a dramatic...
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...
Matthew Garrett was forced to make a quick pivot when looking to further his soccer career. The 19-year-old, A.N. Myer graduate had been accepted at Niagara University in nearby Lewiston,...
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...
