After building Beamsville’s Specialized School to Community Program to 60 students from 14, Paul Hurd was recruited by then Eden principal Ruth Hernder. “She wanted me to do the same...

If anyone could be excused for having divided loyalties on Niagara Catholic Athletic Association football fields, it would be Mark Antonelli. Since he started his teaching career at the Niagara...

Dave Sauer vividly recalls the exact moment he decided to change course in his life and go from being a harried business student to a history major and future teacher....

Lirim Hajrullahu can thank his Canadian football heritage for helping the kicker land a spot on the practice roster of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers. With Panthers kicker Joey Slye struggling...

Lakeshore Catholic football player Aidan Atkins is the prototypical diamond in the rough. “He is 6-foot-3, 194 pounds, a 90-plus student, a real good athlete and people just don’t know...

For the past 22 seasons, football ref Bill Szigeti has been a constant, officiating games in Niagara and across Ontario at the minor, high school, varsity, university and men’s levels....

A.N. Myer football coach Dave Buchanan would love to have seen what Sandro Pierini could have done on the football field this season. Since the end of his Grade 11...

There’s a lot of things Darren Cochrane misses about football during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 54-year-old football official yearns for the sound of a big hit on the field, the...

It’s safe to say no one in Niagara has seen more Niagara IceDogs and Notre Dame senior football home games than Tim Strong. The 62-year-old Port Colborne native, who moved...

For the past 20 years, Dave (Max) Maxwell has officiated upwards of 50 football games a year. “I love it, I just love it and I wish I would have...