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January/February Month in Review:

Irish fall to undefeated Phoenix

By Bill Potrecz - February 23, 2022

The Saint Francis Phoenix are putting a huge responsibility on the young shoulders of Andrew Ens.

The 14-year-old, Grade 9 guard has been entrusted to run the offence and the early returns are encouraging.

Ens poured in 19 points while acting as the quarterback on offence to lead the Phoenix past the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 70-55 in Niagara Catholic Athletic Association senior boys basketball play Wednesday at Notre Dame.

“Andrew is really the engine that drives us,” Phoenix head coach Jono Marcheterre said.

Marcheterre said it was evident early on Ens could handle the job.

“He’s a really special kid. When you see him from early practices and workouts, he’s coming in and not backing down to talk to the Grade 12s and tell them where they should be on the floor and stuff. It was clear early that he’s not afraid of anything. He’s got enough confidence — he’s very respectful — but confident and he leads with his work ethic. He works and works.”

Ens, who plays at the club level for Niagara United, doesn’t seem the least bit intimated going up against older and generally bigger opponents.

“Just anything to help our team win,” he said when asked about his role. “It’s been fun. I get to experience a lot and these senior guys have been helping me so much.”

Ens only stands 5-foot-8 or so, but shrugs off his lack of height.

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OFSAA pulls plug on February/March championships

By Bernie Puchalski - January 28, 2022

The Saint Francis basketball community’s hopes of hosting the 2022 Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations boys AA basketball championships March 7-9 in St. Catharines have been dashed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Thursday, OFSAA announced it would be cancelling its winter championships scheduled for February and March. It will be the second year in a row that OFSAA has cancelled boys basketball and girls volleyball championships and the third year that the pandemic has prevented OFSAA from staging boys and girls hockey championships. Denis Morris was set to host the boys AAA championships March 23-26 in St. Catharines.

By Bernie Puchalski - January 28, 2022

Also cancelled are alpine skiing, nordic skiing, snowboarding and curling. Earlier OFSAA announced there would be no swimming and wrestling championships in 2022 because the host organizing committees for both events withdrew and no replacements stepped forward.

“We are thankful for the commitment shown by our convenors and host organizing committee members who volunteered their time during the planning stages of the OFSAA winter championships and festivals,” OFSAA president Carolyn Chesney said in a statement. “Despite this cancellation of February and March OFSAA events, we again wish to reiterate our continued support for sports and activity for the benefit of students’ physical and mental well-being. School sports play a vital role in education and in the lives of students.

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