Bernie Puchalski

Nathan Cayo hit a contested jumper in target time to lift the Niagara River Lions to a thrilling 105-104 victory over the visiting Edmonton Stingers in Canadian Elite Basketball League action Sunday afternoon. “It wasn’t the shot we wanted but he (coach/GM Victor Raso) told me if there was nothing to be aggressive because we were in bonus,” Cayo said....

Nathan Cayo’s wife, Eva, is hard to miss during the Niagara River Lions’ home games. Accompanied by the couple’s soon-to-be, one-year-old son, Lucas, Eva can be heard shouting encouragement to her husband and his teammates from her seat behind the basket Niagara shoots on in the first half. The 26 year-old Montreal native wouldn’t have it any other way. “It’s...

The Niagara River Lions clinched first place in the Canadian Elite Basketball League’s Eastern Conference Wednesday night with an 80-71 victory over the visiting Brampton Honey Badgers. Niagara improved to 13-5 with the win and pushed its winning streak to six games. The River Lions will host the winner of the quarter-final game in the semifinals. “It is excellent to...

Niagara Olympic Club runner Julia Tremeer expanded her horizons this spring. “I did the 400 this year which I had never done before and that was exciting,” the 17-year-old Fenwick resident said. “I did something new and I did really well and better than I thought I would because it was so new to me. Throughout the year, my 400...

The Nigara River Lions’ six-game Canadian Elite Basketball League winning streak came to a crashing halt last Saturday on the road with a 122-113 lost to the Ottawa BlackJacks. Niagara (13-6) lead 64-58 at the half but Ottawa (7-10) outscored the River Lions 64-49 in the second half to grab sole possession of the final playoff spot in the Eastern...

Niagara Olympic Club members Anna Moran, Julia Tremeer and Megan Denbak (alternate) were part of a team that broke a Guinness word record. Two members of the Niagara Olympic Club are world record holders. Anna Moran and Julia Tremeer were part of a 100-woman team that broke a Guinness World Record for the fastest time for women in a 100...

Ken Campbell is heading to The Show. Not something on Broadway or at the Shaw Festival but rather the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. The long-time rowing official and regatta chair has been selected by Rowing Canada to be an umpire at the Olympic rowing competition at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium. Officials are only chosen to go to the Olympics once...

When the excitement of hosting a major sporting event dies down and the cheers become a distant memory, organizers can pat themselves on the back for a job well done and look to the legacy infrastructure left behind to convince each other all the hard work was worthwhile. The latest legacy piece for the 2024 World Rowing Senior, Under 23,...

Don’t blink or you might miss the introduction of Canada’s senior men’s team at the 2024 World Rowing Senior, Under 23, and Under 19 Championships (Mega Worlds) being held Aug. 18-25 in St. Catharines. The entire squad consists of 22-year-old Guelph native Stephen Harris, a Brock rower who will be competing in the lightweight men’s single. “Currently I am the...

The Niagara Olympic Club’s top male performer during the spring season is a recent convert to the sport of running. Lucas Sacco only started cross country running in September at Sir Winston Churchill and ended up finishing 39th at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations championships in the novice boys division. “I was not expecting to do that well....