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....
Sophia Belcastro found her perfect fit at Robert Morris. The 17-year-old, Grade 12 student at Notre Dame has committed to attend the NCAA Division 1 university, located just outside of...
St. Catharines Club Roma rang in 2021 with a new expansion franchise in the League1 Ontario Men’s Premier Division. Roma's Head of Operations for League1 Carmine Provenzano had submitted an...
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...
Maia MacLean finally had something to smile about Thursday after what has been an incredibly trying 2020. The Grade 12 student at Saint Paul celebrated signing her commitment letter to...
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...
A recruiting trip to Missouri in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic convinced Krysten Schuster to join the NCAA Division 2 Drury University Panthers women’s soccer team. “Going down and...
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...
Kaia Schilte has set an extremely high goal for her soccer career. “My aunt is my biggest role model, I look up to her in everything she does and I...
Playing NCAA Division 1 soccer has been on Demi Maroudas’ radar for more than five years. The 17-year-old Niagara-on-the-Lake native joined the Western New York Flash in Grade 8 and...
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...
