Author Archives: Fred Wallace
Nothin' Goin' On
It’s the All Star Break in Major League Baseball meaning the current sequence of days are the worst for sports coverage, because nothing of substance is taking place. Wrong. Certainly inaccurate...
Fred Wallace Jul 12, 2011
Owen Sound # 2 Among The Canucky-est
For Canada Day, the Martin Prosperity Institute developed an index using a blend of 8 key Canadian metrics to determine what they call the ” Canucky-est City ” in the country For 2011, the...
Fred Wallace Jul 11, 2011
Sire Stakes Tomorrow
July is the highlight month this year at Hanover Raceway. Without question the signature event each & every year at the track is the Dream of Glory Final, a $ 100,000 race where the winner pockets...
Fred Wallace Jul 08, 2011
Grey Motors & Woodies
Two things today. Number One, Traginitis Cup Quarterfinal tonight in Owen Sound- Grey Motors United hosting Orillia at 8:30 at the Kiwanis Soccer Complex. Number Two, Lacrosse. The Junior B Western Co...
Fred Wallace Jul 07, 2011
Attack Going Forward
The Ontario Hockey League Champion Owen Sound Attack staged their year end awards barbeque on Sunday afternoon, effectively, and officially, ending the most successful year of Junior Hockey in the cit...
Fred Wallace Jul 06, 2011
OASA Junior Championship
What a Canada Day Weekend in these parts, weatherwise, and otherwise. To a certain extent, I spent the weekend indoors, sort of, as I was at the Ontario Amateur Softball Association Junior Championshi...
Fred Wallace Jul 05, 2011
Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees
The Hockey Hall of Fame Selection Committee announced four new members to be inducted in the Fall. Alphabetically, Eddie Belfour. Doug Gilmour, Mark Howe & Joe Nieuwendyk will be enshrined at Hall...
Fred Wallace Jul 04, 2011
Canada Day-Canadian Open
As we approach Canada Day, we also approach one of the signature sporting events each and every year in the country; the Canadian Open. This year, the Canadian Open is being hosted at Shaughnessy Golf...
Fred Wallace Jun 30, 2011
Slowing Down
The Owen Sound Attack had a lengthy and successful season last year, no question, going further than ever before, finishing just 3 days short of the dream destination. For a month after the Attack wer...
Fred Wallace Jun 29, 2011
Fastball Review/Preview
Just like that, we are in the heart of fastball season with significant results to review and significant events to preview. Looking back, the Wiarton Red Devils won the O.A.S.A. Midget Elimination To...
Fred Wallace Jun 28, 2011