Author Archives: Fred Wallace

There’s a birthday party today. In Meaford. A big party this afternoon for Charlie MacDonald’s 80th, being staged at the MacDonald’s Countrywide Furniture location off Highway 26. Ce...

Reading ” Road To Glory ” by Tom Cheek and Howard Berger I was reminded of what perhaps was my greatest moment in broadcasting. In September of 1987, the Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers had a...

There’s no getting around this. Put quite simply, today is a very big day in the history of the city of Owen Sound, and for the surrounding region, from a sports standpoint I’m not saying ...

As the new Owen Sound Rec Center Complex continue to rise on the east side of the city, so too does the excitement level from the Owen Sound Aquatic Club. With each passing day, maybe with each passin...

The 2011 Bluewater Girls Rugby season begins Wednesday in both the North & in the South. There are 5 teams in the North competing, all 3 Owen Sound Secondary Schools plus Grey Highlands at Flesher...

Everybody has a good laugh at the CFL’s expense. They mock the single point, they lament the fact that only one Roughrider team now exists and they ridicule the playoff format whereby the last p...

In late February, one of the more exciting events in our region was the CWOSSA Curling Championships. A two day affair for both Boys & Girls rinks was staged utilizing both the Markdale Curling Cl...

Among the best passages in Tom Cheek’s ” Road to Glory “, and one of my favorite sports broadcasting stories of all time, came from the 1992 World Series clinching game at Atlanta. C...

Apr 18 Tom Cheek It’s baseball season, and for many years, the sound of Tom Cheek’s voice doing Blue Jays Baseball on the radio was the sound of baseball in Ontario, if not in Canada. Hear...

Once upon a time, the Owen Sound Platers advanced to the Western Conference Championship Series. They advanced by eliminating Guelph in 6 games, clinching the series at home on a warm Sunday afternoon...