Author Archives: Fred Wallace

After a winter of massive discontent, the harness racing season opens tomorrow at Hanover Raceway. While Opening Day at Hanover is always a day to eagerly anticipate, the anticipation this year is mix...

The Ontario Hockey League Championship series for the Robertson Cup begins tonight at the John Labatt Centre in London as Knights host the Niagara IceDogs in the best of 7 final. I’ll be honest,...

Middle of the week and you can almost taste the seasons switching gear, even if in some cases, the switch has already started. One example that jumped off the page this week is the release of the Blue...

A year ago, on the night the Owen Sound Attack eliminated Windsor to win the OHL Western Conference title, Attack coach Mark Reeds was asked about the positive impact of Assistant Coach Terry Virtue o...

With the departure of the Greys last week from Owen Sound, there’s been more chatter about the club this week than in the last 6 years combined. Among the common topics of discussion, and among ...

Gemel Smith is back in the country after another international hockey junket. Smith, the energetic center of the Owen Sound Attack, won a Gold medal last summer at the Ivan Hlinka Under 17 Tournament ...

The Toronto Raptors play their final game of another miserable basketball season tonight when they host New Jersey in a meaningless affair. Recently I was lounging around my mother’s house in Mi...

Memories fade, but it strikes that one morning back in April of 1987, I awoke to hear Ed Eldred announce on his morning sports report that the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League was folding. I was ...

You think you’re busy ? Try skating the circuit Vicki Bendus of Wasaga Beach has been navigating. Bendus is a member of the Canadian Women’s Hockey team who won the Gold Medal at the World...

Lacrosse season opens today in Ontario at the Junior B level. The Owen Sound Bluewater ProTeam NorthStars have a tough task on opening night, travelling to Six Nations to face the Rebels in a Game 1 o...