Revolving stars send Pats to Trib final

By Bernie Puchalski: BP Sports Niagara - January 10, 2025

A complete team effort has propelled the Saint Paul Patriots to the championship game of the 68th Annual Welland Tribune Basketball Tournament.

On Friday night, it was the defensive and offensive play of guard Mark Cruz that helped the Patriots knock off the Governor Simcoe Redcoats 66-58 in the semifinals at Notre Dame.

The Grade 12 guard, who was the 2024 winner of the George Hillesheim Award as the top boys basketball player in Niagara Falls, scored 12 points in the game while being tasked with guarding Simcoe star Noah Budgell.

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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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