By Bernie Puchalski: BP Sports Niagara - October 4, 2023
Ava Briggs missed getting to play high school basketball last season.
“It was hard to see my friends going to play and my sister was on the team but I just did what I could,” the 15-year-old said Wednesday, after helping her team knock off the Governor Simcoe Redcoats 57-17 in championship quarter-final action at the Third Annual BPSN Girls Basketball Tournament.
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Don Rickers: Pelham Today - Sept. 28, 2023
Notre Dame College School, in Welland, will be a busy place this coming weekend of September 29 to 31, as hundreds of alumni return to celebrate the institution’s 75th anniversary.
The Friday night kicks off the weekend with a reunion warm-up party at Mr. Mike’s Steakhouse, on Niagara Street in Welland, with live music from The Madmen, and happy hour prices on food and drinks. Current Notre Dame staff will be present 4 PM to 7 PM to meet former students.
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Victoria Nicolaou: St. Catharines Standard -Thursday, September 21, 2023
When Notre Dame College School in Welland opened its doors in September 1947, it was the only Catholic secondary school servicing the entire area of Niagara.
Alumnus Dan Marshall, class of 1972, remembers students from as far as Fort Erie and Wainfleet being bussed in daily to the Smith Street school.
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By Bernie Puchalski: BP Sports Niagara - September 22, 2023
Christmas came early for Tim Bisci and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish senior football team.
It was late in the summer when the head football coach heard from Justin Savoie’s father that he was moving to Welland and he was wondering if his son was eligible to play with the Irish.
“I told him he had to follow the OFSAA (Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations) transfers and he did it. He moved to Welland and I was ‘This is pretty good.’ ”
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By Bernie Puchalski: BP Sports Niagara - August 31, 2023
With four Niagara Catholic Athletic Association senior football titles won in the last five years, success has bred success for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
“There are a lot of things that have factored into that success and hopefully we can just keep it going,” Irish head coach Tim Bisci said. “We have kids who come into Grade 9 and they want to be a part of it. It is not a hard sell any more to kids in the hallway.
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