Williams leads Patriots into Trib semifinals

By Bernie Puchalski: BP Sports Niagara - January 9, 2025

Four straight threes by Saint Paul’s Liam Williams in the first quarter gave the Patriots a lead they would not relinquish versus the Eden Flyers Thursday in the championship quarter-finals of the 68th Annual Welland Tribune Basketball Tournament at Notre Dame.

Williams would finish with a team-high 22 points as Saint Paul recorded a 71-61 victory over the defending champion Flyers.

The 16-year-old had no idea he was going to have a hot shooting night.

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Daniella decides on Delaware

By Bill Potrecz: BP Sports Niagara - November 20, 2024

Daniella Sexton’s first exposure to rowing in Grade 9 was nothing to write home about.

“It definitely took me a second to get into it, but I had nothing else, no other commitments at the time,” the 17-year-old, Grade 12 student at Saint Paul Catholic High School said. “I just wanted to get into a sport. Then my first couple of weeks I really fell in love with it. And I just saw what the sport could do for myself. And I knew I wanted to stay in this.”

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Gigliotti a Golden Griffin

By Bill Potrecz: BP Sports Niagara - November 19, 2024

Vanessa Gigliotti found her comfort zone at Canisius University.

The 17-year-old, Grade 12 student at Saint Paul Catholic High School has committed to the Buffalo school after accepting a scholarship to row and study sport management.

“Obviously it was a lot of research and a lot of seeing what their program was like, seeing the school was like. That’s a big thing for me, my education,” she said. “I wanted to know if the school I was going to was a good school. I landed on Canisius and it was incredible.”

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