Bernie Puchalski

History was made Friday afternoon at Youngs Sportsplex with 12 teams competing in the first-ever Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations Regional Festival of girls flag football. “It is great to see teams from outside the Niagara region and public school and Catholic schools all playing together,” Niagara Catholic District School Board flag football convenor Erin Clark said. “We had...

Graham Tomori, shown in this file shot, won a bronze medal at the OFSAA cross country championships Monday in Ottawa. Eden’s Graham Tomori and the Sir Winston Churchill junior boys cross country team returned from the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations cross country meet in Ottawa Monday with bronze medals. “I definitely did not have a good race and...

Adlai Cavicchia’s 16th birthday party spilled out on to the basketball court. Prior to the Niagara Region High School Athletic Association Zone 4 AAA senior girls final versus visiting West Niagara, her Eden Flyers teammates sang Happy Birthday. The Grade 11 player then went out and scored 14 points to help her team record a 57-27 victory over the Wolfpack...

The Eden Flyers senior boys volleyball team completed a dominant season of Niagara Region High School Athletic Association play Thursday with a 3-0 victory (25-17, 25-16 and 25-17) over the West Niagara Wolfpack in the Zone 4 AAA championship match. The Flyers were a perfect 8-0 in NRHSAA play heading into the zone championship game. “The season has been amazing....

The Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs junior boys cross country team had high expectations heading into last Monday’s Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations cross country championships in Ottawa. “We were expecting to do pretty well,” said Aidan Nickolson. “We have a pretty strong team and we wanted to do the best that we could.” Mark Abban-Desbouvie and the rest of...

The Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs senior girls basketball team know it’s in a battle to even get a chance at trying to win a fourth straight Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations medal. Churchill, who won OFSAA AAA bronze in 2021, AA gold in 2022 and AA bronze in 2023, will be in tough at the Southern Ontario Secondary Schools...

Reese Bolibruck enjoyed her final chance to play high school basketball. The Grade 12 student at West Niagara suited up in her Grade 9 year at Sir Winston Churchill before joining the Niagara Prep Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association program for her Grade 10 and 11 years. West Niagara’s season came to an end last week with a loss to the...

Long-time rowing volunteer Carole Price (left), who is posthumously being inducted into the 2024 St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame, is shown sharing a laugh with Gini Rigby. Photo by Renate Hodges. Volunteering was a labour of love for 2024 St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame inductee Carole Price. “(I love) meeting all the people from various parts of the...

The A.N. Myer Marauders junior football team earned a Metro Bowl quarter-final rematch at Brantford Collegiate Institute Tuesday thanks to a 37-8 win over the visiting Blessed Trinity Thunder in the Niagara championship game Wednesday night. Last year, Brantford defeated A.N. Myer 14-12. “The boys lost a real close game to them. They are always a good, well-coached team but...

The Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs senior football team’s season of dramatic comebacks came to an end Thursday with a 41-2 loss to the Westmount Wildcats in the Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association semifinals at A.N. Myer. The Niagara Region High School Athletic Association Tier 1 champions were making their first-ever appearance in the SOSSA playdowns. “We didn’t come out as...