A Note from Mr. Gifford

Septmeber 20, 2021

Parents….

Updates on anything Covid related will be done via our Twitter Page @SaintMichaelCHS We have a case and have some classes where unvaccinated and partially vaccinated students are in isolation. All affected families have received Public Health letters from the school. It is very important that your email is up to date in our system. If you recently changed your email please call the school to update your records.

As we did last year, we will keep parents informed regularly on all things at Saint Michael throughout the pandemic.

Please continue to take steps to stay safe and healthy. Mr. Gifford 😀

Hockey family produces thrower

By Bernie Puchalski - September 7, 2021

The Dallman name in Niagara Falls is synonymous with hockey.

Marty Dallman played six games for Maple Leafs, had a long pro career in North America and Europe and played for Austria at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Kevin Dallman suited up for three teams in the NHL and just retired from a long and successful career in the Kontinental Hockey League.

Tommy Dallman, a 15-year-old Niagara Falls native who is Marty’s nephew and Kevin’s cousin, also plays hockey but the Grade 10 student at Saint Michael Catholic High School is making a name for himself in the sport of track and field.

Competing in his first full season with the Thorold Elite Track Club, Dallman is the top-ranked thrower for his age group in the province in discus and hammer throw.

At this past weekend’s Ontario Minor Track Association Track and Field Championships in Brampton, Dallman captured gold in intermediate boys discus.

He got his start in track and field in August 2020 when good friend Carson Gauthier suggested to him that he would be good at throwing.

“We were at a friend’s house throwing a sledge hammer to see who could throw it the farthest and I kept throwing it farther than him.”

Dallman joined Thorold Elite shortly afterwards and became an immediate convert to the sport.

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PAyton Gauthier competing for Team Canada

CHCH Report: Ontario athletes gearing up for the World Junior Rowing Championship - CHCH

Payton Gauthier qualifies for junior worlds

By Bernie Puchalski - August 11, 2021

Even during a COVID-19 pandemic, athletes can find a silver lining.

Payton Gauthier, a 17-year-old Niagara Falls resident, managed to do just that in his rowing career.

“At first, I thought it would be the end of what was a really important year and I would be unmotivated to look for and find a school but it ended up being one of my most beneficial years,” said the student at Saint Michael Catholic Secondary School in Niagara Falls. “I joined the academy and now I am finding even more potential schools to attend now that I have had this experience and training.”

The Niagara Falls Rowing Club member has been training at the Ontario NextGen Performance Centre in Welland since last September.

“Since I started at the academy, it has opened my eyes to how much work it requires to be able to compete at an international level. But at the same time, I have realized how attainable it is,” Gauthier said. “I have a learned a lot of things about my stroke that I didn’t notice before and now I am able to articulate it a lot better and I am able to correct myself. The coaching staff has been able to help me train this way.” Canada’s men’s quad at the world juniors.

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