Author Archives: Fred Wallace

The Ontario Hockey League season opened last night in the city with defending Robertson Cup Champion Owen Sound Attack hosting the Plymouth Whalers. The Attack looked impressive in a 6-2 win, although...

Suddenly, Wiarton may have become the fastball capital of the broadcast region. The Wiarton Red Devils won the Canadian Midget Championship last month in New Brunswick. Then over the weekend, the Wiar...

Almost incredibly, Owen Sound Minor Soccer is staging a series of rep team tryouts for next year already. Next year, in terms of minor soccer, seems such a long way away, but this is the mode of opera...

The hockey carousel continues to roll at the Harry Lumley-Bayshore Community Centre with the Greys hosting Kitchener tonight and then the Rec Centre Challenge tomorrow night. I saw the Greys game Wedn...

Hockey season is underway, well underway in certain circles. I see it in the e-mails from various Minor Hockey organizations, several teams already participating in tournaments. The first major Owen S...

These are busy days at The Blue Mountains, aka Thornbury, with Stanley Cup parades and more than 70 National Hockey League on-ice officials staging their training camp. This is the 5th consecutive yea...

I can’t make the Tara Fair this year. For the first time in 3 years, I have to pass on the harness races set for tomorrow. Since Frank Salive departed for the warmer announcing climate in Florid...

I drove by Duncan McLellan Park yesterday and it looked very still. No ball players on the diamond, no crowd in the bleachers, no smell of burgers, fries & poutine in the air, and no trailers prop...

This very well could be the fulcrum weekend of the local sports season. It seems you’re either wrapping up, or you’re just getting started, depending on your sport. Wrapping up this weeken...

Was I too hard on athletes yesterday ? Certainly unfair, if I tarnished every performer with the same brush after the hard-to-explain actions of a select few this summer. Fair enough. Do I still belie...