Test your memory with our 2017 sports year in review quiz...
Test your knowledge of sports in Niagara region during 2017 by taking our 20- question quiz
1. Dave Bell left the Niagara IceDogs after one season as head coach to become an assistant in the American Hockey League. The Ontario Reign are the top affiliate of what NHL team: a) Anaheim Ducks b) Dallas Stars c) Los Angeles Kings d) San Jose Sharks
2. Merrittville Speedway’s 2017 Driver of the Year is: a) Dave Bailey, Street Stock b) Brent Begolo, Sportsman, Mod Lite c) Pete Bicknell, 358 Modified d) Chad Brachmann, 358 Modified
3. How many teams in the Golden Horseshoe Conference started the 2017- 18 Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League season with new head coaches: a) None b) Three c) Four d) Five
4. Retired educator and longtime rowing volunteer Carol Purcer was appointed to what prestigious post in 2017: a) Rowing Canada Ontario provincial director b) Rowing Canada president c) Royal Canadian Henley Regatta president d) St. Catharines Rowing Club president
5. What is the relationship between one- time Tribune Boys Basketball Tournament most valauable player and Maddy Picton, most valuable player of the 2017 Tribune Girls Basketball Tournament: a) Brother and sister b) Cousins c) Father and daughter d) No relation
6. Merrittville Speedway will introduce what regular division when racing resumes next spring: a) Crate Sprint Cars b) Late Models c) 6- cylinder d) Trucks
7. Keith Vassell, who closed out the 2016- 17 National Basketball League of Canada season as Niagara River Lions interim head coach, left what position to become head coach of the London Lightning: a) Brock University assistant coach b) London Lightning assistant coach c) Niagara College head coach d) Niagara River Lions assistant coach
8. The Buffalo Regals started the 2017- 18 junior B hockey season with 16 losses. Who did they win against to break the streak: a) Fort Erie Meteors b) Pelham Panthers c) Thorold Blackhawks d) Welland Junior Canadians
9. Five people were inducted into the St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame in 2017. How many of them achieved their success in sports playing hockey: a) One b) Two c) Three d) None
10. The St. Catharines Falcons junior B hockey franchise is celebrating its 50 anniversary. When did the team win its only Sutherland Cup championship: a) 2007- 08 b) 2009- 10 c) 2011- 12 d) 2013- 14
11. A Niagara team based in St. Catharines is among the inaugural in what league that will be begin play in 2018: a) Canada- America Rugby-Football Association b) Canadian Baseball Association c) Canadian Elite Basketball League d) Eastern Canada Soccer Federation
12. The Fort Erie Cannons won their second Niagara District Baseball Association senior men’s championship in two years. Who did they beat two games to one in the final: a) Merritton Alliance b) Niagara Falls Expos c) St. Catharines Cobras d) Welland Chiefs
13. Longtime St. Catharines resident Agu Kigab was a key contributor as Canada beat Italy 79- 60 in Cairo to win its first- ever world under- 19 men’s basketball championship. Before going on to the University Oregon, Kigab played high school hoops at: a) Denis Morris b) Governor Simcoe c) St. Francis d) Sir Winston Churchill
14. Senior girls high school basketball teams in Niagara tipped off October by competing in the Standard Tournament in St. Catharines and the following week at the Tribune Tournament in Welland. Who emerged as the overall champions: a) A. N. Myer, Standard; A. N. Myer, Tribune b) A. N. Myer, Standard; Notre Dame, Tribune c) Grimsby, Standard; Lakeshore Catholic, Tribune d) Sir Winston Churchill, Standard; Notre Dame, Tribune
15. Long- distance runner Mohammed Ahmed, whose fourth- place finish in the men’s 5 km at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janiero was the best- ever finish for Canada, was selected as Niagara’s male athlete of the year for 2016. Who was the region’s top female athlete: a) Olivia Di Bacco, Brock University wrestler b) Natalie Mastracci, Olympic rower c) Michelle Prince, Ridley Graduate Boat Club rower d) Carly Zanatta, St. Catharines Rowing Club rower
16. The three- time defending Golden Horseshoe Bowl champion A. N. Myer Marauders came into the Niagara senior high school football final with how many wins in a row before being upset by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish: a) 23 b) 25 c) 28 d) 31
17. The 2016- 17 coach of the year in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Golden Horseshoe Conference was: a) Scott Barnes, Pelham Panthers b) Mike Bullard, Caledonia Corvairs c) Todd Clayton, Fort Erie Meteors d) Frank Pietrangelo, Niagara Falls Canucks
18. What 14- to- 1 underdog raced to victory in the 82nd running of the Prince of Wales Stakes, the premier event of the thoroughbred season at Fort Erie Race Track: a) Aurora Way b) Cool Catomine c) Spirit of Caledon d) State of Honor
19. Brock came into the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association men’s championship with a 14- 0 hoping to win the program’s first Baggataway Cup since 2009. What team beat the Badgers 16- 14 in overtime to dash those hopes: a) Guelph b) McGill c) Trent d) Western
20. Regional bragging rights were on the line in six divisions at the 68th annual Niagara District Champ of Champions golf tournament played at Sawmill Golf Course in Fenwick. Which club had three of its members top the leaderboard: a) Lookout Point b) Rockway Glen c) Port Colborne