Author Archives: Fred Wallace

It’s been a glorious week, I’m sure, for the Owen Sound City Strikers Soccer Club. With back to back victories on Saturday & Sunday last weekend, they captured the Division 1 Champions...

When I was in Grade 8, every Wednesday morning Reverend Frost of the Alliance Church in Midland came to our classroom and did a 30 minute, religiously oriented session with the class. The best lesson ...

There’s plenty of anticipation for the 2010 Olympic Games at Vancouver. We’ve mentioned many times in this segment about the pursuit of an Olympic spot on the Canadian Alpine Ski Team for ...

The York Region Soccer League Playoffs climax and conclude this weekend. Here in Owen Sound tomorrow, the Division 1 City Strikers, who were second in the regular season, will host S.C. Plus out of Sc...

The Ontario Hockey League season opens tonight and the Owen Sound Attack open on the road at Barrie against the Colts. For starters, this is a pretty good one. Make no mistake, the MidWest Division sh...

One of the beauties of living and working here, and holding the position I do in the shop, is that you never run out of new experiences. Who else could produce a resume as varied as mine ? Host of the...

While the Toronto Blue Jays have done precious little for 4 months to inspire interest among ball fans, the fastball community in this region has been both active and eventful. The highlight event ove...

I want to backtrack and congratulate Bobby & Mijka Hooper and Petra Ballantyne on the opening of DanceMakers Gymnastics. I was at their Grand Opening last Wednesday and was highly impressed by the...

It’s cliche, I know, about how one season ends and another begins, whether we’re talking life, or sports, or whatever. But I really can’t think of another time through the years, whe...

It’s a go. The Owen Sound Selects confirmed yesterday that they have in fact sent their formal application to once again host the Canadian Junior Men’s Fastball Championship. The Brick Bro...