By Bill Potrecz: BP Sports Niagara - April 12, 2025
Alex Forrest is going from an Oakville Ranger to a Kitchener Ranger.
The 15-year-old St. Catharines native was the first local player selected Friday in the 2025 Ontario Priority Selection when he was chosen by the Kitchener Rangers with the first selection of the second round.
“It’s been honestly a great experience for myself and my family,” the Denis Morris student said. “It feels like a one hundred pound weight has just been lifted off my shoulders and I’m just so relieved and excited that it was Kitchener. They’re an amazing organization, one of the best in the OHL, and they have a history of developing guys to the next level.”
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By Bill Potrecz: BP Sports Niagara - April 10, 2025
Alex Forrest is about to experience a dream come true.
The 15-year-old defenceman is one of the most highly ranked rearguards for this weekend’s Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection and could realistically hear his name called in the first few rounds.
“I’m definitely looking forward to it,” the Grade 10 Denis Morris student said. “It’s something us as 09s have been working for our whole minor hockey career.
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By Bernie Puchalski: BP Sports Niagara - February 25, 2025
Rheagan Hamm’s journey to become an NCAA Division 1 scholarship rower at Monmouth started well before she arrived at Denis Morris for her Grade 9 year.
She attended a St. Catharines Rowing Club camp the summer before Grade 9 and Denis Morris coach Richard Moreau also took her out in a single that summer. Moreau knew her brother, former DM rower Richard Hamm.
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By Bill Potrecz: BP Sports Niagara - January 8, 2025
Cole Kelly is a relative newcomer to the court. The 17-year-old, Grade 12 student grew up playing hockey and is also a speedy wide receiver in football.
Kelly only began playing organized basketball two years ago but you would never know it by his performance Wednesday.
Kelly netted 11 points and was solid on defence as the Denis Morris Reds defeated the Port Colborne Blue Bears 80-35 in an opening round game at the 68th Annual Welland Tribune Basketball Tournament.
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Championship number one, check.