Ponting heading to Queen’s

By Bernie Puchalski: BP Sports Niagara - June 20, 2022

In life and in sport, it is hard to underestimate the value of making a good first impression.

Notre Dame senior boys basketball head coach Mark Gallagher took it upon himself to send video of Lucas Ponting playing to a number of Ontario University Athletics programs and one of the teams that took the bait was Queen’s.

It invited him up to visit the Kingston campus and scrimmage with five other recruits against 10 current varsity players.

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Ryan Andrews commits to D2 Montevallo

By Bernie Puchalski: BP Sports Niagara - June 17, 2022

The next step in Ryan Andrews’ lacrosse career will take him to Alabama.

The Grade 12 student at Welland Notre Dame has committed to attend NCAA Division 2 University of Montevallo on a field lacrosse scholarship. The 18-year-old St. Catharines resident chose Montevallo over offers from schools in New York and Tennessee.

“I had a great connection with the coach, he really sold the school to me and they have the program that I want,” he said. “And I got the right amount of scholarship money that I wanted. It was the perfect fit.”

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Notre Dame’s Golden Girls

By Bernie Puchalski: BP Sports Niagara - June 5, 2022

Two Notre Dame athletes found their way to the top of the podium twice Sunday at the 75th Annual Canadian Secondary Schools Rowing Association Championships on Henley Island.

Stella Bittman teamed with Sarah Schaefer, Sophie McQueen and Ella Woodcock early in the day to win the senior women’s quad and then she combined with Madeson Scott to capture the senior women’s double. Scott also won the senior women’s 63-kilogram lightweight single.

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Congratulations Lucas

Incredible effort by Lucas Maroney in Philadelphia to take the gold! Absolutely outstanding!

Stotesbury Cup Champs!

Absolutely incredible! In one of the largest Rowing competitions in the world,Maddie Scott and Stella Bitman are the Jr Double Stotesbury Cup Champions!