The beat goes on for the Brock men’s and women's wrestling programs. Following a one-year absence because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario University Athletics wrestling championships returned to centre...
Multi-sport Mia was up to her usual tricks Saturday afternoon. Last fall, Mia Friesen was named the Ontario University Athletics field lacrosse rookie of the year and Saturday, the Governor...
Brock wrestler Samantha Romano got a lot more than she bargained for when she stepped on the podium Saturday to receive her Ontario University Athletics 50-kilogram gold medal at Brock...
Stephanie Fazzari lovingly refers to her twin sister, Michelle, as Mother Teresa. That nicknamed is well-earned for the 2016 Olympian and long-time member of the Brock Wrestling Club. “I’m a...
As she reaches the end of her storied wrestling career, Michelle Fazzari has sought out a new beginning. In the second week of January, the long-time Brock Wrestling Club member...
Jevon Balfour thought he had taken the second to last step in his quest to represent Canada at the Tokyo Olympics when he defeated Burnaby Mountain Wrestling Club’s Jasmit Phulka...
Armed with a government permit, the Brock Wrestling Club’s coaches and high performance, national team athletes recently returned to the mats. With Brock University not available for training, two separate...
For the past year and a half, multi-talented Mia Friesen has been agonizing over whether to pursue track and field or wrestling at the post-secondary level. “I cried a lot,”...
Heather Sweezey would be the first to admit a teaching career wasn’t one of her lifelong dreams. “I actually went into teaching because I had just finished my first degree...
A breakout performance at last December’s Olympic trials has resulted in Richard DesChatelets Jr. being selected to Wrestling Canada’s NextGen program. The 21-year-old Niagara Falls native it made it to...
Zubin Gatta is pictured above celebrating his OFSAA gold medal with parents Kekoo and Farah. Zubin Gatta headed into the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations’...
Like most people in Ontario, wrestler Michelle Fazzari is going stir crazy coping with social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has gone hiking, trained a little and on Tuesday...
The Brock women’s wrestling team won its ninth straight U SPORTS title Saturday at Brock. Photo by STEPHEN LEITHWOOD. The Brock women’s wrestling team won its ninth straight U SPORTS...
The Brock men's wrestling team won its seventh straight U SPORTS championship Saturday at Brock. STEPHEN LEITHWOOD photo. Led by gold medals from Ligrit Sadiku, Cruiz Manning and Clayton Pye...
The newly crowned 64-kilogram boys Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association wrestling champion was anything but an immediate sensation in the sport. “I tried it in Grade 9 and didn’t really...
Mia Friesen took the first step Thursday towards winning her third provincial wrestling championship in 2020. Competing at the Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association in her home gym, the Grade...
Blessed Trinity won the boys, girls and combined team titles at Thursday’s Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association wrestling championships at Governor Simcoe. Finishing second and third in the team standings...
Richard DesChatelets Jr. has no problem wrestling up a weight class for the Brock University men’s wrestling team. “I do what the team needs me to do,” the 21-year-old Niagara...
Jevon Balfour is one step closer to his dream of representing Canada at the Tokyo Olympics. Last weekend in Calgary, the 25-year-old Brock Wrestling Club member defeated Jasmit Phulka of...
Jevon Balfour’s Olympic dream is still very much alive. Last August, the five-time defending Canadian senior wrestling champion was grappling with an awful predicament. He had a detached retina in...
At the conclusion of the Olympic wrestling trials Saturday night, Clayton Pye looked like he had gone 10 tough rounds with Mike Tyson. The Brock Wrestling Club member had a...
About an hour after winning the Canadian Olympic wrestling trials and his first national title Saturday, Ligrit Sadiku was still trying to process his memorable night. “It was surreal and...
There were many different expressions of joy after wrestlers won the Canadian Olympic wrestling trials Saturday at the Scotiabank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls. There were running leaps into coach’s...
Jessie MacDonald couldn't have picked a better way to celebrate her 35th birthday. With 7-2 and 12-1 victories over Madison Parks of the London Western Wrestling Club Saturday, the Brock...
For the past decade, Jessie MacDonald has attended national and international wrestling meets fully expecting to end up on the podium. The 2012 world champion backed up those lofty expectations...
Brock Wrestling Club member Diana Weicker confers with national team coach Tonya Verbeek at a recent event. WRESTLING CANADA PHOTO. Brock Wrestling Club member Diana Weicker heads into this weekend’s...
It would take thousands of words to describe the litany of injuries suffered by wrestler Michelle Fazzari. The 32-year-old Caledonia native captured her first Canadian title in 2012, two years...
Olivia Di Bacco returned from the Pan Am Games in Peru with a silver medal and a lot of good memories. “From a wrestling perspective, it was an excellent experience....
One of Canada’s top male wrestlers is faced with the heartbreaking choice of hoping that his promising athletic career is over. Five-time defending senior champion Jevon Balfour has a detached...
Brock Wrestling Club member Jade Parsons didn't have a lot of time to get worked up about representing Canada at the recent Pan Am Games in Peru. “She had a...
