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...

Like several of his Notre Dame teammates, Jarod Tessier saw his 12B season of high school football terminated by the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was a tough one because I didn’t...

For Zack Silverthorne, his days at South Lincoln High School were amazing for himself and other athletic-minded students. “I don’t know what happened, but in the early 1990s, a whole...

Westlane head coach Jason Babony is a firm believer in the value of high school football. “As bad a rap that it gets, it can still be used as an...

Cole Weddell was a man on a mission. “Being a hard worker, he transitioned his body in the last 12 months because he decided he was going to try and...

A few days ago, Stamford/Westlane football coach Brad Martin was outside at Stamford enjoying a beautiful fall day. “I wasn’t missing football until I was sitting out back today and...

Brian Carter’s indoctrination into high school coaching began at an early age. “My dad, James, was a phys-ed teacher at NFCVI and I always remember sitting on the bench during...

“Whose house?” “Our house.” For the past decade, that question and refrain have started and ended all the school assemblies at Governor Simcoe Secondary School. The words were coined about...

Dave Thomson was looking forward to ending his 31-year coaching and teaching career at Holy Cross with a bang. “Our girls hockey team was probably one of the best teams...