After a bronze medal in 2023, Eden’s Akira Grieve will be returning for her 12B year with hopes of having an Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations wrestling gold medal...
Eden’s Charlotte Bowslaugh was the perfect candidate to try wrestling this year. The Grade 10 student at Eden had dabbled in muay thai, kickboxing, boxing and jiu jitsu previously and...
Blessed Trinity’s Brynn Sartor went into wrestling with high expectations. “I showed up thinking I was going to be so good at it but it is very complicated because you...
Blessed Trinity’s Sophia Smerek had no complaints about her performance at the recent Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations wrestling championships. “OFSAA went lovely,” the Grade 12 Blessed Trinity student...
With six gold medals already in hand and status as the top seed going into the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations wrestling championships, Cassie Corbett was looking forward to...
Things did not start out well for E.L. Crossley’s Ella Andrew at the recent Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations’ wrestling championships in Ottawa. The Grade 12 student, who entered...
When West Niagara wrestling coach Emily Schaefer went looking to build the school’s first-ever wrestling team, she turned to the school’s junior football coach. “I asked who on his team...
Defending champion Hannah Taylor didn’t let sickness prevent her from winning her eighth national freestyle wrestling title and third in the senior ranks last weekend in Waterloo. “It was knowing...
The silver medal streak is over for Brock Wrestling Club member Garette Saunders. After five straight silver medals at national competitions, including two USPORTS championships, the 23-year-old Brampton native recently...
Zubin Gatta ended his high school wrestling career in the same way he started it. After winning an Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations’ gold medal at 38 kilograms in...
USPORTS champion Mia Friesen is shown with other medalists in the 56-kilogram division. Mia Friesen won the battle but her team lost the war. The 20-year-old St. Catharines native won...
A two-year COVID-19 absence couldn’t derail the Brock University men’s wrestling program. Competing at the University of Alberta last weekend, the men won their eighth straight USPORTS national championship and...
Zubin Gatta had high hopes for his high school wrestling career after winning an Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations’ gold medal at 38 kilograms in his Grade 9 year...
Cassie Corbett traces her roots as a competitive wrestler to a fourth-place finish at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations championships when she was a Grade 9 student at...
Brock men’s wrestler Max Budgey is the definition of perseverance. The 24-year-old Onslow Mountain, N.S., native recently won his second straight Ontario University Athletics gold medal after it took him...
Mia Friesen was taking her first Ontario University Athletics’ wrestling gold medal in stride. “It feels better than last year’s (a loss in final),” the 20-year-old St. Catharines native said....
Ezekiel Ivri has been a welcome addition to the A.N. Myer Marauders wrestling team. The Grade 10 student didn’t join the team last year at the start because he had...
Ryleigh Schweitzer has big wrestling shoes to fill. Her mother, Megan Schweitzer, was the first girl to win the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations championships four straight years and...
Much has changed since Hannah Taylor last competed at the senior world wrestling championships in 2019. That year, she lost her first match 9-1 to a Peoples Republic of Korea...
Junior is ready to make his first foray into the senior worlds. Brock Wrestling Club member Richard DesChatelets, Jr. will be among 20 wrestlers representing Canada at the 2022 senior...
Much has changed in the past year for Brock Wrestling Club member Shauna Kuebeck. “I reaffirmed my love for wrestling after having almost quit at this time last year,” the...
The Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games will forever have a special place in Heather Sweezey’s heart. “I have been involved in four Canada Games and have won two golds, a...
Ashley Menagh has a well-deserved reputation of being able to do everything and anything to make a wrestling meet run successfully. On Wednesday afternoon at Canada Games Park during team...
Wrestler Zubin Gatta is loving the opportunity to compete in the Canada Summer Games close to home. “It’s amazing that it’s at my home court,” the Grade 12 student at...
Shawn Lally was on a promising path in his wrestling career. While a student at Louise Arbour Secondary School, the 23-year-old Brampton resident lost in the bronze medal semifinals at...
Brock Wrestling Club member Hannah Taylor is in a new phase of her wrestling career. The 24-year-old Summerside, P.E.I., native is enjoying her first year away from school and work....
Amaan Gulacha wasn’t lacking in confidence heading into the Canadian junior wrestling championships. “I train like I am in second and I compete like I am No. 1,” the Brock...
After winning an Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations wrestling title in her Grade 12 year, 19-year-old Sarnia native Brianna Fraser decided to head to Brock University to pursue the...
Mia Friesen’s gold medal at the recent national junior wrestling championships will help erase the memories of her first appearance at the Canadian championships. “My first nationals I was a...
Richard DesChatelets Jr. finished his Ontario University Athletics’ wrestling career in the same way he started it. The 23-year-old Niagara Falls native won the 90-kilogram OUA title Saturday at Brock...
