By Bernie Puchalski: BP Sports Niagara - May 10, 2024
Candelaria Gras is serving notice she will be a force to reckoned with this spring at upcoming high school track and field meets.
Competing at the High Octane track and field meet Friday at the Niagara Olympic Club, the Grade 9 student at Denis Morris lapped all but two members of the field in winning the combined novice/junior girls 3,000-metre event.
“My goals are to hopefully get to OFSAA (Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations) and I think that is everyone’s goal but I also want to PB (personal best) in my 3K,” she said. “I am really focusing on doing well in the 3K.”
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By Bernie Puchalski: BP Sports Niagara - May 7, 2024
The Denis Morris Reds boys field lacrosse team putting the finishing touches on an undefeated Niagara Catholic Athletic Association regular season in impressive fashion Tuesday at Notre Dame.
The defending Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association AAA champions and sixth-place finishers last year at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations championships defeated Holy Cross 17-1 and Blessed Trinity 19-1.
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By Bernie Puchalski: BP Sports Niagara - May 2, 2024
As the only 12B player on the Denis Morris Reds varsity boys soccer team, a lot is expected of Luca Marcone.
“He came back for another year of high school and he has been a real leader on the team. He has really stepped it up and he is getting guys to play hard and work hard,” Denis Morris head coach Conner Fusarelli said Thursday, after the Reds blanked the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2-0 at the Brock University turf field. “He is the leader and the anchor of the backline. He is commanding back there and he is like having a coach back there. He is like our defensive coordinator.”
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By Bernie Puchalski: BP Sports Niagara - April 19, 2024
Missy Gordon has spent more than 22 years coaching girls hockey and Angelina DeDivitiis had made a lasting impression on the Denis Morris coach.
“She is definitely one of the best students and one of the best athletes that I have come across in a very long time,” Gordon said, “She is a role model for her peers, she is very energetic and in the last couple of years she has taken on a real leadership role with the team while doing a lot of the managing, keeping the girls on track and motivating them.”
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