Tribune tourney final scoring leaders

By Bernie Puchalski

- January 13, 2024

Following are the final leading scorers at the 67th Annual Welland Tribune Basketball Tournament:

Matthew Kleinsmith, Crossley 98

Chad Thorpe, Eden 91

Isaac Jordan, St. Paul 88

Noah Gmoser, GFESS 78

Isaiah Corsaro-Oteng, Myer 69

Kai Schatz, Eden 64

Dante DeBenedetti, St. Paul 56

Nate Jones, GFESS 55

Jayke Arnold, Myer 54

Mark Cruz, St. Paul 53

Noah Walters, Myer 52

Andrew Benko, Notre Dame 51

Trent Groulx, Notre Dame 50

Will McAlpine, Churchill 48

Luca Burattini, Crossley 47

Noah Budgell, Simcoe 40

Dylan Durlov, Eden 39

Marko Nieuzurawski, Westlane 39

Matteo Scaglione, Churchill 38

Timi Ijaodola, Centennial 36

Luke Johnson,Eden 36

Luke Midgley, Eden 33

Oliver Michel, Lakeshore 31

Luka Dermott, St. Mike’s 31

Nathan Beveridge, Holy Cross 31

Jayden Thompson, Crossley 31

Tavish McMahon, Myer 30

Jake Graham, Port Colborne 29

Nate Perna, Centennial 29

Nicholas Karagiannis, St. Mike’s 28

Sawyer Neufeld, Churchill 28

Nicholas Capretta Notre Dame 27

Daniel Charest, Brebeuf 26

Josh Firth, St. Paul 26

Arwin Chima, St. Mike’s 25

Louis Pullano, Myer 24

Jared Cook, Churchill 24

Demarco Perry, DM 23

Joshua Kaufman, DM 22

Ashton Gidney, Westlane 22

Hagen Genearo, St, Mike’s 22

Nathan Sansaet, DM 21

Lochlan Belliveau, Simcoe 21

Ryan Zucco, Crossley 21

Tanner Pare-Smith, Myer 20

William Benko, Notre Dame 20

Devon Devost, Notre Dame 20

Elliot Slack, Centennial 20

Enzo Aka, Brebeuf 17

Kolby Kulak, Port Colborne 17

Charlie McCamley, St. Paul 17

Dylan Klassen, Westlane 16

Ethan Yalowica, Port Colborne 16

Matteo D’Aria, Holy Cross 16

Alex Bray,Centennial 16

Daniel Nunez-Colombe, Churchill 16

Mark Al Makhoul, Saint Paul 16

Noah Whyte, Eden 15

Travis Palmer, DM 15

Ari Steenhuis, Simcoe 15

Kaleb Garner, Lakeshore 15

Noah Whyte, Eden 15

Nick Alex, GFESS 15

Simon Reid, Lakeshore 14

Marco Reyes, Centennial 14

Jason Currie, GFESS 13

Brandon Bell, St. Mike’s 13

Taiten Stifter, Brebeuf 12

Owen Corcoran, Holy Cross 12

Terrell Wallace, Holy Cross 12

Xavier Moccio, Eden 11

Victor Obanure, Churchill 11

Brydon Tshowa-M’baya, Brebeuf 10

Anderson Blanchard, Simcoe 10

Bernie Puchalski

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.