Local Sports

The emphasis for NOTL Minor Softball is on developing skills and a love for the game. (Photo supplied) About 90 boys and girls hit the diamonds at Virgil Sports Park last Wednesday for the relaunch of NOTL Minor Softball.

Pickleball club president John Hindle, seeing some young people out on the court last summer, couldn’t stop himself from offering a few tips to improve their game.

Hugh Dow says tennis club members are excited to be hosting the 2022 Summer Games tennis competitions.

NOTL native Stewart Friesen celebrated two NASCAR wins this weekend. (Screenshot) CORRECTION: The headline in the printed copy of The Local had this a NASCAR race, which it clearly wasn't.

The NOTL Tennis Club is closed until the province and town says it can open for the season. When it does, it will have many new members ready to play, says club president Hugh Dow.

Local Alex Friesen is in his third year of a professional German hockey league. (Photos supplied) Former Niagara Ice Dog Alex Friesen is in the thick of his third season playing professional hockey in Germany.

Stop #3 is complete, with both rear tires replaced, and 100 laps to go.

Stewart Friesen, his wife Jessica and Parker (centre) in the winning circle of the Sunshine Swing contest in Florida in February, 2020.

NOTL Soccer Club president Ted VanderKaay With summer on the horizon, Niagara-on-the-Lake Soccer Club president Ted VanderKaay is optimistic that young people will be on the pitch beginning the last weekend of May.

Matteo Giampa (Photo supplied) Matteo Giampa is on the move. The 17-year-old Niagara-on-the-Lake teen has already made arrangements for next season, committing to the Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.