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Juel Prep/Juel teams fare well in Ohio

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The Niagara Juel Prep and Juel girls basketball teams had a successful weekend at a tournament in Toledo, Ohio.

The Juel Prep squad went 4-0 to win the tournament and the Juel girls went 3-1 to place second.

The Juel Prep squad defeated the Ohio Magic 48-36, RBA Ohio 46-37, Ohio 10th 56-55 and the Sandusky Bay Blue Devils 56-52.

“We had a successful weekend against some very competitive teams. The girls played well as a team and everyone contributed to make the weekend a huge success,” Niagara Juel Prep head coach Chris Moscato said. “We competed as a team and came away gold medalists. I am very proud of our team’s efforts.”

The Juel team lost 55-26 to RBA Ohio and defeated Ohio Findlay 56-44, RBA NXT Ohio 48-18 and then earned revenge for the opening loss by edging RBA Ohio 54-52.

“It was a real good weekend for us to continue to learn and develop. It was an opportunity for us to just really focus on what we need to do to get ready for our league tournament in a couple of weeks,” Niagara Juel head coach Si Khounviseth said. “It was also an opportunity for us to bond as a program with the Juel Prep team.”

Niagara Juel, which sits in eighth place in the 13-team league with a record of 8-13, is back in action this weekend in Brampton with games versus the St. Lawrence Lightning, GTA Blues and Thunder Bay Wolves. The league tournament will be held May 24-26 in Niagara.

Niagara Juel Prep, which sits in sixth place in the 13-team league with a record of 12-9, is also in Brampton this weekend squaring off against the Ottawa Capitals, GTA Blues and Durham City Chameleons. The league tournament will also be held May 24-26 in Niagara.

Bernie Puchalski, a graduate of Brock University and Niagara College, worked in journalism in Niagara for more than 27 years before taking a voluntary buyout from The Standard at the end of 2016. He started his career as a news reporter for the Niagara Falls Review before switching to sports reporting. He was a sports reporter and sports editor at the Niagara Falls Review before joining the Standard's sports department in 1996. He was named the Standard's sports editor in 2000 and became the regional sports editor, in charge of the Niagara Falls Review, Welland Tribune and Standard, in 2015, a position he held until he left the company. During his time in newspapers, he was a multiple winner and finalist for numerous Ontario and Western Ontario Newspaper Awards for sports reporting, spot news reporting and humour writing. He was a member of the Standard Boys Basketball Tournament committee and co-chair of the Standard Girls Basketball Tournament, helping to raise tens of thousands of dollars for bursaries presented to participants in the tournament. He also served on countless local sports committees both in Niagara Falls and St. Catharines.

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