Author Archives: Fred Wallace

If there was a local sports time machine, where you could go back in time and witness a special moment, there would be many candidates. Among the leading moments on my list would be an Owen Sound Plat...

Went to my first hockey game of the new season last night, taking in St Mike’s & the Attack at the Harry Lumley-Bayshore Community Center. In fairness, this was an Ontario Hockey League Exhi...

The National Football League season opens tonight in New Orleans as the defending Super Bowl Champion Saints play host to the Minnesota Vikings. You’ve got to hand it to the NFL, by design mores...

” Dance with who ya brung “….” Do the best with the hand you’re dealt “; take your pick of sporting and lessons-in-life cliches and apply them all to the Owen Sound...

After a weekend like that, it’s probably too early to glance ahead to next weekend, but, away we go…… As has been the case for years and years, the village of Chepstow will be the ho...

The long weekend….. And for Owen Sound athlete Jason Crone, this is his last weekend in the city for a little while. Crone, who is a member of Canada’s Wheelchair Rugby team is about to em...

Merry Christmas, Larisa Yurkiw. I know Christmas is on the distant horizon, but Christmas could be extra special for Yurkiw, a member of Canada’s Alpine Ski Team. Or it might not. Last year, jus...

This could very well be the most significant week of the competitive soccer season here in Owen Sound. Both the Owen Sound Grey Motors United in the Premier League of the York Region Soccer League and...

There was an interesting piece that popped up over the weekend regarding the Ontario Minor Hockey Association and residency. In a nutshell, the O.M.H.A. passed a motion, which, if ratified next Spring...

The Owen Sound Attack of the Ontario Hockey League open their training camp today & I hope they’re ready for the season. You might think, ‘ what’s the rush, Fred; the season does...