By Bill Potrecz: BP Sports Niagara - January 10, 2024
Luka Dermott stole the show for the Saint Michael Mustangs Wednesday.
The 17-year-old, Grade 12 student poured in a game high 24 points to lead the Mustangs past the Saint Jean-de-Brebeuf Lynx 88-57 at Brebeuf in one of eight opening round games at the 67th Annual Welland Tribune Basketball Tournament.
“It’s good, it’s the best feeling, honestly,” Dermott said when asked about his performance. “It’s great for me to have success myself but it’s more important for our team to succeed.”
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By Bernie Puchalski: BP Sports Niagara - November 22, 2023
Ashlyn Fehr has made a meteoric rise in the sport of rowing.
The Grade 12 student at Saint Michael joined a learn to row program in the summer before starting Grade 10 and recently committed with NCAA Division 1 Monmouth on a rowing scholarship.
The 17-year-old was a competitive figure skater from the age of four and also a synchronized skater, winning a bronze medal at nationals in the latter with Burlington Nexxice in 2022, before trying rowing.
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By Bernie Puchalski: BP Sports Niagara - November 15, 2023
The Saint Michael Mustangs got a look Wednesday afternoon at what it takes to be successful in the upper echelons of senior high school football.
The end result of a 37-0 loss to the Westmount Wildcats in the Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association semifinals was disappointing but the team can learn and grow moving forward.
“It’s huge for the program,” Saint Michael lineman Jacob Shannon said. “The teams that we play in SOSSA are all top 10 in the province and we were top 50 in the Ontario high school rankings so just competing at this level is really good for our young guys. We have a very young team and it’s great for the guys coming up to get a taste for what it is.”
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By Bernie Puchalski: BP Sports Niagara - November 9, 2023
The Saint Michael Mustangs traded sleep for a better chance at a championship, a choice that paid huge dividends Thursday.
The Mustangs topped the Blessed Trinity Thunder 25-23, 25-22, 26-24 in the Zone 2 senior boys volleyball AAA final at BT, avenging a loss to the Thunder in last year’s final.
Mustangs coach Pat Ricci was quick to point out how hard his charges worked for the title.
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Hunter Coley has come a long way in a short period of time with the Fort Erie Meteors.