Bernd Franke

2 weeks ago | wellandtribune.ca | Bernd Franke

Motorcycle racing at Welland County Speedway has been postponed indefinitely following the death of a Canadian championship-calibre rider in Saturday night’s premier race. Two laps were remaining in the four-lap 450 Expert feature when Tyler Seguin got “tangled up” with other racers in the field of eight.

2 weeks ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Bernd Franke

The visiting Scarborough Shooting Stars weren’t the only ones on the court living up to that nickname when they visited the Niagara River Lions Friday night in St. Catharines. Another star making his shots — and scoring his way into the Canadian Elite Basketball League record book — was River Lions guard Khalil Ahmad. The 28-year-old from Anaheim, Calif., netted a team-high 17 points, becoming only the fourth player in the pro league’s history to score more than 1,000 regular-season points.

2 weeks ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Bernd Franke

Niagara was well-represented on the podium at the 2025 Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) Track and Field Championships. Sixteen athletes returned home from the three-day competition at York University in Toronto with 23 medals in all — 10 gold, five silver and eight bronze. Amariah Gayle of St. Catharines Collegiate, Maeva Scipio of Saint-Jean-de-Brebeuf in Welland, and Alan Tirop of Saint Michael in Niagara Falls won two gold medals each.

3 weeks ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Bernd Franke

Sabrina D’Angelo had to win gold medals in perseverance and overcoming adversity long before she earned the bronze playing for the Canadian women’s soccer team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. D’Angelo, the keynote speaker for the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSSA) single-A boys and girls soccer championships, underway in Welland, recalled whiffing on a goal kick when she was 12, playing in a regional program.

3 weeks ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Bernd Franke

A lot has changed since Richard (Griff) Griffin interviewed a Toronto Blue Jays prospect playing at the Class-A level in St. Catharines 28 years ago. In 1997, Griffin was beginning his third year as baseball columnist for the Toronto Star and outfielder Vernon Wells was starting his first — and only — season in the New York-Penn League with the Stompers. They chatted in a concourse at Community Park, the Merritton home of the Stompers and, before them, the St. Catharines Blue Jays.