Author: Ian Kennedy

A University of Western Ontario graduate, Ian Kennedy loves local sports and promoting his community, which is why he founded CKSN in 2011. Ian’s sportscasts and news contributions are regularly featured on 99.1 CKXS FM in Wallaceburg. In the past, Ian worked as a columnist and reporter for the Chatham-Kent Daily Post and Chatham Voice.

Trio Of Local Players Commit To St. Clair

Trio Of Local Players Commit To St. Clair

Ian Kennedy- April 12, 2017

Logan and Jana Kucera committed to play for the St. Clair College Saints - Contributed PhotoA trio of Chatham-Kent basketball players will be heading to ... Read More

OHL Holding New Major Midget Draft Tonight

Ian Kennedy- April 12, 2017

The Ontario Hockey League will host their first ever Under-18 Priority Selection Draft for Midget AAA hockey players in Ontario tonight. The draft is scheduled ... Read More

Ladd Named To Alliance’s OHL Gold Cup Roster

Ladd Named To Alliance’s OHL Gold Cup Roster

Ian Kennedy- April 11, 2017

Kent Bridge's Grayson Ladd, who was drafted in the first round, 13th overall by the Kitchener Rangers in last weekend's OHL Priority Selection Draft, has ... Read More

Grayson Ladd Ready To Be A Ranger

Grayson Ladd Ready To Be A Ranger

Ian Kennedy- April 10, 2017

Grayson Ladd became a first round pick, 13th overall of the OHL's Kitchener Rangers - Photo by Aaron Bell/ OHL ImagesOHL Draft day was also ... Read More

Fox Finishes Memorable Season

Fox Finishes Memorable Season

Ian Kennedy- April 10, 2017

Thamesville's Dane Fox continued to improve and put up numbers in his third professional season. In fact, Fox set a Missouri Mavericks team record scoring ... Read More

Rangers Excited To Add Grayson Ladd

Rangers Excited To Add Grayson Ladd

Ian Kennedy- April 8, 2017

Grayson Ladd on draft day in Kitchener - Photo by the Kitchener RangersThe OHL's Kitchener Rangers knew the player they wanted, and they got him. ... Read More

Grayson Ladd Drafted 13th Overall By The Kitchener Rangers

Grayson Ladd Drafted 13th Overall By The Kitchener Rangers

Ian Kennedy- April 8, 2017

Grayson Ladd with the Chatham-Kent Cyclones - Photo by Paul KiddChatham's Grayson Ladd has been drafted by the Kitchener Rangers, 13th overall in the first ... Read More

Raaymakers Proving His Point

Raaymakers Proving His Point

Ian Kennedy- April 7, 2017

Joseph Raaymakers is having a spectacular postseason with the OHL's Soo Greyhounds - Photo by Terry Wilson/ OHL ImagesJoseph Raaymakers was considered an NHL prospect ... Read More

The Last Time It Happened, An NHL Free Olympics

The Last Time It Happened, An NHL Free Olympics

Ian Kennedy- April 6, 2017

Canada's Todd Warriner at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics - CP PHOTO/ COA The last time it happened, things weren't that bad. The NHL hasn't ... Read More

Wammes Wins National Championship

Wammes Wins National Championship

Ian Kennedy- April 5, 2017

Nick Wammes at the 2017 National Junior Championships - Photo ©Rob Jones /www.canadiancyclist.comOver the weekend of March 31 to April 2, at the Mattamy National ... Read More

Ballhawks Golden At Provincials

Ballhawks Golden At Provincials

Ian Kennedy- April 4, 2017

The Chatham Ballhawks 17U girls volleyball team won provincial gold this weekend - Contributed PhotoThe Chatham Ballhawks 17U girls volleyball team won gold in Division ... Read More

Hagerman Named New PJHL Stobbs Division Convener

Hagerman Named New PJHL Stobbs Division Convener

Ian Kennedy- April 4, 2017

The Essex 73s celebrate - Photo by Ryan Scott PhotographyThere will be a new convener for the PJHL's Stobbs Division, formerly the Great Lakes Junior ... Read More

Hockey Canada Mandates Cross-Ice Hockey For Youth

Hockey Canada Mandates Cross-Ice Hockey For Youth

Ian Kennedy- April 2, 2017

Cross-Ice Hockey - Photo from HockeyCanada.caLocal hockey will have a new look for its newest competitors next season, as the game will get turn on ... Read More

Ladd Taking Part in OHL Combine

Ladd Taking Part in OHL Combine

Ian Kennedy- March 31, 2017

Chatham-Kent Cyclones defenseman Grayson Ladd will take part in the 2017 OHL Development Combine this weekend at the Tribute Communities Centre in Oshawa, Ontario. The ... Read More