Author Archives: Fred Wallace

I never saw Nathan Perrott play hockey until he got to Oshawa with the Generals of the Ontario Hockey League. In his return to Owen Sound on Saturday January 14th, 1995, Perrott, as promoted in advanc...

Labour Day Weekend is now behind us. In 9 days, the Ontario Hockey League season begins. Shortly thereafter, the NHL season begins. As a primer over the weekend, I read ” Leafs Abomination ̶...

Not every great idea comes to fruition immediately. Sometimes you need patience. A few years ago, Brett Miller envisioned a year end fastball tournament whereby the various local Recreational Leagues ...

If you totally ignored the weather, you could say it’s been a tremendous summer in Owen Sound. Certainly from a sports standpoint. The number 1 story would be the second consecutive Presidents C...

Okay……. To me it looks like we’ve got a couple of things happening here as it pertains to Junior Fastball and hosting the Canadian Championship Tournament for a third straight year i...

Back to Back. In lacrosse it was a repeat weekend both for Owen Sound, and for Owen Sounders. The biggest story inside the city boundaries is the repeat by the Owen Sound van Dolder Home Team Woodsmen...

The end of August and we have an OHL game tonight in Owen Sound. Where else can watch the Attack & St Mike’s and then zip around the bay to see the Red Rascal Band play in the derby tent at ...

Sandwiched among the interest in the President’s Cup, the Attack Training Camp, the all trot night at Hanover this weekend, is the Ontario Rodeo Championships near Holstein. The ” A BAR K ...

The National Hockey League and their Board of Governors must be on drugs. Or worse. How else to explain this blatant crusade to keep Jim Balsillie from buying the Phoenix Coyotes ? In the beginning, t...

Tonight is the final night of the Wednesday summer racing series at Hanover Raceway. Nine weeks in length and the summer season is over. Did we have summer this year ? Speaking of over, at the end of ...