Tag: games
Kincardine youth hockey event cancelled, incentive program unaffected
An event aimed at promoting leadership and good sportsmanship in minor hockey has been cancelled. “We ran into some scheduling issues with the team and some things with trying to get different people involved and it just wasn’t working out,” explained Greg Hoddinott, Owen Sound Attack’s co-ordinator of sales and corporate partnerships, in a Sept. […]
London Knights veteran ready for bounce-back season after injury
Alec Leonard was in high gear when he broke his ankle in the opening game of the OHLâs Western conference final against the Saginaw Spirit in late April.
With London Majors season over, big roster changes may loom
Franchise pillars Cleveland Brownlee and Byron Reichstein have been year-to-year for a while now. The absences of star pitcher Owen Boon and veteran infielder Keith Kandel, who stopped playing this season, were magnified after London was ravaged by key injuries down the stretch. The shorthanded Majors fell in a 3-0 Intercounty Baseball League second-round sweep […]
Baysox bats explode in winner-take-all game, Owen Sound to play for the NDBL championship
The Owen Sound Baysox are one series away from a championship. On Labour Day Monday, the ‘Sox won a winner-take-all Game 6 in New Lowell with a late offensive explosion, beating the Knights 12-0. After a scoreless first four innings, Owen Sound’s bats came alive. Kirk Gibson sparked the onslaught with a three-run home run […]
It’s a hit! Young extras thrilled as Labatt Park-filmed baseball movie opens
It wasn’t something they ever dreamed of doing, but three young local baseball players have made their silver-screen debuts in a feel-good sports movie featuring a pair of Hollywood stars and filmed at one of London’s crown jewels.
OUA football: Western Mustangs crush Waterloo, 71-3, to improve to 2-0
Evan Hillock had a quiet first game in Ottawa. He roared back in Westernâs home opener.
Desboro Fall Fair celebrates rural ways
The 164th Desboro Agricultural Fall Fair parade Saturday was a celebration of country life. In a village of about 100, it attracted likely hundreds of people, many of whom then took in the cattle show, tractor pull, carnival tent with kids’ games, a frog jumping contest on the ball diamond, outhouse hauling races, and traditional […]
Owen Sound Attack camp breaks with the Bears looking forward to a clean slate
The words “clean slate” and “fresh start” were bandied about the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre like a mantra this week. It’s likely the same at 19 other Ontario Hockey League rinks where training camps are underway, but few of those teams will have gone through as much an off-season upheaval as the Scenic City […]
Baysox force a winner-moves-on Game 6 with last-inning dramatics
The Owen Sound Baysox and New Lowell Knights will go the distance in their North Dufferin Baseball League semifinal series. Down 3-2 in the last-chance-bottom-of-the-seventh-inning, Owen Sound speedster Robert Doyle stood on third base and broke for home as soon as he saw Nick Hodgson’s breaking ball bounce in front of home plate. Doyle called […]
IBL playoffs: London Majors, Barrie Baycats set for semifinal showdown
The London Majors knocked out the Hamilton Cardinals in four games.