By Bernie Puchalski: BP Sports Niagara - December 19, 2024
Cole Stewart can thank some chipped front teeth for his football career.
His dentist was a mom of a kid trying out for the Niagara minor football’s Welland Tiger-Cats and she told him to go watch the tryouts while the numbing in his mouth wore off.
“My dad told me to go out there and I just hopped on the field. It was fun and I loved it,” the 18-year-old Welland resident said.
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By Bernie Puchalski: BP Sports Niagara - December 18, 2024
Matt Moxon lost his Grade 12 high school football season because of a broken ankle he suffered playing summer ball with the Niagara Spears.
It turned out to be a lucky break.
“It was the worst/best thing that could have happened. We ended up moving here (Welland) and I played my Grade 12 season at Notre Dame and now I am going to be playing uni (university) ball. Two years ago, I didn’t think this was going to be possible,” the 12B student at Notre Dame said Tuesday, after committing to play with the University of Guelph Gryphons.
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