Bernd Franke
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Past articles by Bernd:
Winter gives Merrittville Speedway the warm shoulder
Canada’s oldest continuously running track preparing for 72nd season → Read More
Badgers hold onto title with comeback win
Brock University comes from behind on home court to defend OUA women’s volleyball championship → Read More
IceDogs keep pace with OHL’s No. 1 team after slow start
Niagara IceDogs fall short in comeback bid against OHL’s top team → Read More
Second round featuring rematch of last season’s matchups
This year’s final four in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Golden Horseshoe Conference will be the same as last season: St. Catharines Falcons against the Caledonia Corvairs, Hamilton Kilty B’s versus the Fort Erie Meteors. The puzzle for the second-round playoff was completed Friday night before an announced crowd of 433 at Gale Centre in Niagara Falls where third-seeded Fort Erie… → Read More
Niagara high school wrestlers pin down 12 medals at OFSAA
Wrestlers from Niagara high schools returned home from provincial championships in Ottawa with medals → Read More
Corvairs cruise into semifinals, Canucks stave off elimination
One team went on and another staved off elimination when the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League Golden Horseshoe Conference playoffs resumed Wednesday night. At Caledonia, the No. 4 seed Corvairs edged the fifth-seeded Thorold Blackhawks 3-2 to take a best-of-seven quarter-final four games to one. An announced crowd of 465 wasn’t as happy at Fort Erie Leisureplex, where the visiting Niagara… → Read More
Brock hosts OUA final in women’s volleyball
Brock Badgers can defend Ontario women’s university volleyball championship on their home court → Read More
St. Catharines Falcons sweep Pelham Panthers in first round of playoffs
Don’t know where a Berry would be in season at this time of year, but shutouts certainly are in full bloom in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League playoffs. Just ask St. Catharines Falcons goaltender Aiden Berry or Josh Smith, his counterpart between the pipes for the Fort Erie Meteors. Berry and Smith stopped every shot they faced Tuesday night in quarter-final playoff action in the… → Read More
Niagara IceDogs will miss playoffs for third season in a row
IceDogs prepare to play three games in as many nights → Read More
Niagara athletes prove their mettle at Canada Winter Games with medals
Region well-represented on podium in Prince Edward Island → Read More
OFSAA volleyball championships taking place in St. Catharines, Welland
Provincial high school championships in boys basketball, girls volleyball underway → Read More
St. Catharines leads Pelham 3-0 heading into Game 4 of junior-B hockey playoff
Unlike last year, higher seeds won’t sweep their way into second round of the playoffs → Read More
High school wrestlers hoping to capitalize in Ottawa
Niagara student-athletes hope to pin down medals at provincial championships → Read More
Knights can’t hold Wolves at bay in opening round
Niagara College opening-round casualty at provincial hoops championships → Read More
Second season begins in junior-B hockey’s Golden Horseshoe Conference
Playoffs underway with four quarter-finals in local conference → Read More
Knights open women’s basketball championships against Algonquin
Niagara College hosting OCAA women’s basketball championship → Read More
Falcons pace Golden Horseshoe in points for the first time since 2013
Last season, the St. Catharines Falcons scratched a 10-year playoff itch by winning the Sutherland Cup. This season, they scratched one for achieving success for the regular season. An overtime loss to the visiting Fort Erie Meteors on Friday combined with a loss by the Hamilton Kilty B’s the night before gave the junior-B team the top spot in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League Golden… → Read More
3-pointer with nine seconds left sends Badgers to quarter-finals
Brock advances to women’s basketball quarter-finals, women open playoffs with road loss → Read More
Napper’s Boxing Club coach, fighter going to Winter Games in P.E.I.
Team Ontario boxing head coach at Winter Games is from Welland → Read More
Knights open women’s V-ball championship against defending champs
Third time has to be the charm if Niagara hopes to earn a medal in women’s college volleyball for the first time since 2019. A 3-2 victory over the George Brown Huskies last Saturday in Toronto qualified the Knights to compete at the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) championship getting underway Thursday. The come-from-behind win over George Brown, the fourth-place team from the East… → Read More