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Tribune tournament rosters

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The 67th Annual Welland Tribune Basketball Tournament kicks off Wednesday at four locations.

The opening day schedule includes: Notre Dame vs. Port Colborne at 2:30 p.m. and Greater Fort Erie vs Holy Cross at 4 p.m. at Notre Dame; E.L. Crossley vs. Denis Morris at 12:40 p.m. and Lakeshore Catholic vs. A.N. Myer at 2:10 p.m. at E.L. Crossley; Centennial vs. Eden at 1 p.m, and Sir Winston Churchill vs. Saint Paul at 2:30 p.m at Centennial; and, Saint-Jean-de-Brebeuf vs. Saint Michael at 3 p.m. and Governor Simcoe vs. Westlane at 4:30 p.m. at Saint-Jean-de-Brebeuf. After quarter-final and semifinal play Thursday and Friday, championship night will be staged Saturday at Notre Dame with the consolation final scheduled for 5:30 p.m. and the championship game set for 7:30 p.m.

Following are the rosters for the teams competing in the tournament:

A.N. MYER MARAUDERS

1. Isaiah Corsaro-Oteng

3. Gabriel Arcuri

7. Jayke Arnold

8. Milos Krkljus

9. Nikolas Zapata

10. Tavish McMahon

11. Louis Pullano

12. Shahzada Haider

13. Tanner Pare-Smith

21, Noah Walters

23. Maguire Schaefer

24. Ezzo Hassaan

Coaches: Tyler, Terry and Joanne Thomson.

CENTENNIAL COUGARS

0. Callum Brown

2. Brad Thomas

3. Joel McDede

4. Alex Bray

5. Nate Perna

10. Kelsan Stayzer

11. Timi Ijaodola

12. Marco Reyes

13. Elliot Slack

21. Alan Al-Yacoubi

24. Colbey DesRoches

32. Godly Charles

33. Tytan Worrall

34. Bilal Kareem

Coaching staff: Craig Maltais, Bob Frazer, Claude LaLiberte.

DENIS MORRIS REDS

0. Nathan Sansaet

1. Owen Millar

2. Cole Kelly

5. Adriel Dela Paz

11. Gabriel Alzate

14. Demarco Perry

14. Sudais Abukar

15.Benjamin Bartley

20. Joshua Kaufman

20. Alex Gonzalez

21. Sebastian Pena Puentes

22. Travis Palmer

24. Olamide Olateru

Coaching staff: Wade Pychel and Paul Ferracuti.

EDEN FLYERS

1. Kai Schatz

4. Ty Klassen

5. Brock Watson

8. Dylan Durlov

9. Bennett O’Connor

12. Chad Thorpe

13. Carter Thompson

14. Luke Midgley

15. Luke Johnson

16. Dominic Olesin

18. Josh Sanecki

19. Brandon Falk

21. Noah Whyte

24. Xavier Moccio

Coaching staff: Jonathon Thorpe, Miranda Ross and Josh Newcombe.

E.L. CROSSLEY CYCLONE

7. Jayden Thompson

9. Coleson Birrell

10. Matthew Kleinsmith

11. Fazal Bhetasi

22. Yusef Kartal

23. Ryan Zucco

24. Ethan van Niekerk

43. Adam Dawson

44. Luca Burattini

50. Ethan Krick

51. Cole Traver

Coaching staff: Ryan Petro and Brian Bleich.

GOVERNOR SIMCOE REDCOATS

0. Marshall Sumble

1.Reid Oates

3. Anderson Blanchard

4. MJ Brophy

6. Emerson Wood

7. Sutter Pilon

8. Lochlan Belliveau

9. Nodin Bock

10. Ari Steenhuis

11. Noah Budgell

12. Noah Mills

13. Austin Haggarty

Coaching staff: Shaun Feor and John Ingribelli.

GREATER FORT ERIE GRYPHONS

0. Carter Reichel

3. Jason Currie

5. Noah Gmoser

8. Jack Storring

10. Aiden Storring

11. Omar Khan

12. Nate Jones

13. Xander Boake

14. Cade Tyrell

15. Bo Train

20. Harland Kelly

22. Eduardo Macedo

23. Nick Alix

24. Korde Hill

28. Jordan Ologo

Coaching staff: David Adamek, Brandon Terdik and Ellie Szkwyra.

HOLY CROSS RAIDERS

1. Terrell Wallace

2. Joey Young

3. Daniel Orr

4. Hunter Herring-Dent

5. Matteo D’Aria

7. Joseph Martinelli

8. Owen Corcoran

10. Durico Wynter

11. Owen Bradford-Andrew

12. Ferdinand Reimmer

13. Nathan Beveridge

15. Raphael Osagie-Bright

Coaching staff: Austin Anderson.

LAKESHORE CATHOLIC GATORS

2. Hunter Reaman

3. Olivier Michel

5. Ethan Cooper

6. Ivan Antonucci

9. Micah Morrissey

11. Simon Reid

12. Connor Kountouris

14. Kaleb Garner

16. Ethan Rasch

22. Nick Jubenville

23. Darren Williams

Coaching staff: Shy McFarlane, Max Salter and John Cassasanta.

NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH

2. Benric Lanzar

3. William Benko

4. Nicholas Cappreta

5. Trent Groulx

7. David Babalola

8. Colton Kizlyk

9. Wyatt Brown

10. Andrew Benko

11. Kevin Surpris

12. Michael Ventresca

13. Devon Devost

14. Donald Muyi-Oke

24. Tyler Ray

Coaching staff: Andrew Lucchetta, Parfait Lokole, Matt Helmkay and Delroy Grandison.

PORT COLBORNE BLUE BEARS

1. Jake Graham

2. Sawyer Kerrigan

5. Myles Draper

6. Carlos Yang

7. Owen Campbell

8. Ethan Yalowica

10. Cole Istok

11. Kolby Kulak

16. Ahmed Shazad

Coaching staff: Scott Grover.

SAINT JEAN-DE-BREBEUF LYNX

1. Nicholas Roberge

2. Taiten Stifter

3. Enzo Aka

5. Braven Williams

8. Ewandje Mpondo

11. Daniel Charest

21. Ronan Stark

22. Stephane Tambekou

23. Musimwa Toge

24. Mitchell Morden

33. Eric Grenier

35. Brydon Tshowa-M’baya

Coaching staff: Eric Labonte, Sophie Vaillancourt and Justine Wendling.

SAINT MICHAEL MUSTANGS

1. Luka Dermott

4. Jakob Jacks

5. Hagen Genearo

7. Matt Lim

11. Von Yvan Zausas

12. Arwib Chima

15. Max Marinas

20. Brandon Bell

21. Andrew Karagiannis

22. Mahmoud Mahmoud

23. Nicholas Karagiannis

25. Murtada Mahmoud

33. Carson Gauthier

Coaching staff: Keith Bomberry

SAINT PAUL PATRIOTS

3. Charlie McCamley

5. Judah Campbell

11. Carter Yott

13. Matt Murray

13. Nicholas Graovaz

15. Mark Al Makhoul

21. Andrew Orr

22. Dante DeBenedetti

23. Mark Cruz

24. Isaac Jordan

32. Sail Ali

33. Martin Dominguez Villa

34. Josh Firth

Coaching staff: Michael Doodeman and Rick Oreskovich.

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL BULLDOGS

0. Sawyer Neufeld

1. Owen Scott

4. Owen Cuthbert

8. Will McAlpine

9. Anas Abdelrahman

12. John Engel

14. Brandon Plachy

21. Jared Cook

22. Victor Obanure

24. Noah O’Halloran-Rose

30. Danial Nunez Colome

34. Damian Nebesny

51. Matteo Scaglione

Coaching staff: Martin Cook, Wanda Cook, Alexien Evseyev, Bennet Pisek and Mujeeb Omar.

WESTLANE SPARTANS

10. Shrey Patel

11. Mitchell White

13. Teo Del Mundo

20. Strahinja Suzic

21. Pruthvi Patel

22. Khamza Akbai

23. Marko Nieuzurawski

24. Arnav Sharma

25. Ashton Gidney

26. Angelo Sumaway

30. Dylan Klassen

31. Alex Darbyson

32. Aldin Prsic

Tyler Barnes

Coaching staff: Jeff Klassen and Mark Schantz.

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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