The Thorold Golden Eagles senior boys volleyball team defeated the Grimsby Eagles to win the Zone 4 NRHSAA AA championship. Coming out of the pandemic pause, Jennifer Barker didn’t know...
The Saint Francis Phoenix senior boys volleyball team was an unlikely choice to win the Niagara Catholic Athletic Association AA championship following a regular season loss to the Notre Dame...
Eden’s hopes of winning its 16th straight medal at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations’ senior boys volleyball championships are still alive. But it was anything but easy Wednesday...
Lucas Ponting was front and centre for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Tuesday in more ways than one. The lanky 17-year-old, Grade 12 student not only towered over his teammates,...
Dale Ann Melnick has seen high performance sports and scholarship recruitment from every angle. As an athlete, the London native received NCAA Division 1 scholarship offers from Ohio State, Florida...
Jenna Pollock has been working her way through the ranks of Volleyball Canada’s women’s program for a number of years. The 18-year-old St. Catharines native was an alternate with Canada’s...
Brock University was nowhere to be found on Emily Foest’s radar when the talented volleyball player entered the recruiting process. “Originally I only wanted to go to the States and...
The COVID 19 pandemic has thrown a wrench into the recruiting process for many of Niagara’s best and brightest athletes across the sporting spectrum. Grade 12 Centennial student Kaylie Wright,...
Shake the Melnick family tree and out falls a bevy of high-calibre volleyball players. Found in the highest branches is mother, Dale Ann Melnick, who won two Southeastern Conference championships...
When you’re an athletic, 6-foot-8 volleyball player, the world is your oyster. By the start of her Grade 10 school year at Notre Dame, the scholarship offers had started to...
An impressive blend of hard work, determination and athleticism resulted in Mya Newton signing a letter of intent to play for the Western Mustangs women’s volleyball team. It also didn’t...
At the conclusion of his Grade 12 year at E.L. Crossley, Sauli Lianga decided to take the leap and train full time for volleyball. The 20-year-old Fonthill resident was one...
After 2018 and 2019 losses to Westdale in the Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association AAA senior girls volleyball final, the Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs finally got over the hump last...
Jenna Pollock is easy to pick out on the volleyball court. The Grade 11 student at Sir Winston Churchill is obviously a talented player. She spent this past summer training...
The Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs senior boys volleyball team is heading to the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations AAA championship for the third straight year. The Bulldogs punched their...
Jenna Pollock was determined to crack the roster of Canada’s Youth National Volleyball Team this time around. The 15-year-old student at Sir Winston Churchill made the cut as an alternate...
When Team Canada volleyball coach Dale Melnick saw Anna Smrek walk into her gym four years ago, she nearly jumped out of her shoes in excitement. The daughter of former...
