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.

Chatham-Kent Women’s Hockey Prospects: Offseason

Chatham-Kent Women’s Hockey Prospects: Offseason

Ian Kennedy- August 11, 2016

Emma Gorski, who played for the Midget 'AA' Outlaws, and CKSS Golden Hawks, is the top ranked prospect in CKSN's Offseason list - Photo by ... Read More

Quartet Of Hockey Players At Ontario Summer Games

Quartet Of Hockey Players At Ontario Summer Games

Ian Kennedy- August 9, 2016

Payton Sabourin chases down a puck in LKSSAA action with CKSS - Photo by Wyatt Williams A quartet of local hockey players, Payton Sabourin, Emma ... Read More

Rio 2016 Summer Olympics Underway

Ian Kennedy- August 5, 2016

Today marks the opening of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The Games of the XXXI Olympiad will run from August 5 to August 21 ... Read More

Full Amalgamation Expected For LKSSAA

Full Amalgamation Expected For LKSSAA

Ian Kennedy- August 4, 2016

Rugby was one LKSSAA sport to fully amalgamate last year - Photo by Jocelyn McLaughlin/ CKSN.caAfter two years of work, it appears the final pieces ... Read More

Doran At Canada Cup

Ian Kennedy- August 3, 2016

Chatham's Justin Doran will head to Fort McMurray, Alberta this week to represent the Ontario Youth Baseball Team in the 2016 Canada Cup. The event, ... Read More

Chatham-Kent Men’s Hockey Prospects: Offseason

Chatham-Kent Men’s Hockey Prospects: Offseason

Ian Kennedy- August 2, 2016

Undrafted, Chatham's Joseph Raaymakers has a big season of proving critics wrong ahead - Photo by Terry Wilson/ OHL ImagesWith most of the offseason movement ... Read More

Konecny At National Junior Camp

Konecny At National Junior Camp

Ian Kennedy- July 30, 2016

Travis Konecny, who finished last season with the OHL's Sarnia Sting, will attend Canada's National Junior Camp - Photo by Terry Wilson/ OHL ImagesClachan's Travis ... Read More

Life After Suisham Begins As Steelers Camp Opens

Life After Suisham Begins As Steelers Camp Opens

Ian Kennedy- July 29, 2016

Shaun Suisham with the Pittsburgh Steelers - Photo from Steelers.comFor football fans, Wallaceburg residents, and the Pittsburgh Steelers alike, life after Shaun Suisham has officially ... Read More

Studnicka To Play for St. FX

Studnicka To Play for St. FX

Ian Kennedy- July 18, 2016

Sam Studnicka captained the Sarnia Sting last season - Photo by Terry Wilson/ CHL ImagesFormer Chatham Maroons forward Sam Studnicka will play CIS hockey for ... Read More

Former Laker Staubitz To Coach Sting

Ian Kennedy- July 16, 2016

Former Wallaceburg Lakers defenseman has been hired by the OHL's Sarnia Sting as an Assistant Coach, the team announced Friday. "It’s exciting to get this ... Read More

Creechan, Gleeson Playing For Team Ontario

Creechan, Gleeson Playing For Team Ontario

Ian Kennedy- July 13, 2016

Cam Creechan (left) and Alex Gleeson (right) are representing Team Ontario this month - Contributed PhotoChatham football players Cam Creechan and Alex Gleeson are in ... Read More

Austin Bentley Heads To Sarnia

Austin Bentley Heads To Sarnia

Ian Kennedy- July 12, 2016

Chatham's Austin Bentley has been traded from the GOJHL's Waterloo Siskins to the Sarnia Legionnaires. The trade sends the 1997 born forward closer to home ... Read More

Chatham Strikers Win in Cambridge

Chatham Strikers Win in Cambridge

Ian Kennedy- July 11, 2016

The Chatham Strikers U14 team won gold at the Cambridge Soccer Tournament this weekend - Contributed PhotoThe Chatham Strikers U14 girls soccer team went undefeated ... Read More

Lee Kucera Wins Silver At Nationals

Lee Kucera Wins Silver At Nationals

Ian Kennedy- July 9, 2016

Lee Kucera with his silver medal at Nationals - Contributed PhotoChatham's Lee Kucera took home some serious hardware Saturday at the Canadian Track and Field ... Read More