Category: Baseball

Baseball in Chatham-Kent

Doug Melvin Steps Down As Brewers GM

Doug Melvin Steps Down As Brewers GM

Ian Kennedy- August 13, 2015

Doug Melvin will step down as general manager of the Milwaukee Brewers - Photo from Brewers.MLB.com Chatham's Doug Melvin will be stepping away from the ... Read More

Van Rycheghem Commits To NCAA’s Stetson University

Van Rycheghem Commits To NCAA’s Stetson University

Ian Kennedy- August 6, 2015

Luke Van Rycheghem at bat with the Ontario Blue Jays. Van Rycheghem will play for Stetson University in the NCAA - Photo by Larry ShredKent ... Read More

Big Things Ahead For Van Rycheghem

Big Things Ahead For Van Rycheghem

Ian Kennedy- July 17, 2015

Luke Van Rycheghem at bat with the Ontario Blue Jays - Photo by Larry ShredLuke Van Rycheghem has arrived. From his small home town of ... Read More

Chatham-Kent May Athlete of the Month: Luke Van Rycheghem

Chatham-Kent May Athlete of the Month: Luke Van Rycheghem

Ian Kennedy- June 10, 2015

Luke Van Rycheghem made his National Team debut with Canada recently - Photo by Baseball CanadaAfter a week of voting, Kent Bridge's Luke Van Rycheghem ... Read More

UCC Lancers Play Ball At Comerica Park

UCC Lancers Play Ball At Comerica Park

Ian Kennedy- May 27, 2015

UCC baseball player Matt Balkwill with Lancers head coach Jim Tengelis at Comerica Park in Detroit - Contributed PhotoThe UCC Lancers baseball team had a ... Read More

Van Rycheghem Makes Canadian Debut

Van Rycheghem Makes Canadian Debut

Ian Kennedy- May 23, 2015

Luke Van Rycheghem made his National Team debut with Canada recently - Photo by Baseball CanadaKent Bridge's Luke Van Rycheghem made his Canadian National Junior ... Read More

Van Rycheghem Representing Canada

Van Rycheghem Representing Canada

Ian Kennedy- May 19, 2015

Kent Bridge's Luke Van Rycheghem with the Ontario Blue Jays - Photo by Larry ShredKent Bridge's Luke Van Rycheghem is soaking up the sun, and ... Read More

Fans Urge For A Fergie Jenkins Statue

Fans Urge For A Fergie Jenkins Statue

CKSN Staff- May 17, 2015

Fergie Jenkins speaking in Chatham - Photo by Ian Kennedy/CKSN.caA new online petition on Change.org and Facebook profile have launched campaigning for a statue for ... Read More

Kucera Commits To Dalhousie University

Kucera Commits To Dalhousie University

Ian Kennedy- May 13, 2015

Lee Kucera steps to the plate with the Windsor Selects - Contributed PhotoChatham's Lee Kucera will step on to the diamond next year with the ... Read More

Wolverines Ready For Season Two

Wolverines Ready For Season Two

Ian Kennedy- May 6, 2015

Fergie Jenkins Field in Chatham will again be home to the Western Counties Wolverines this summer.After a successful first season, the Western Counties Wolverines 'AAA' ... Read More

Melvin To Be Recognized On Chatham Signs

Melvin To Be Recognized On Chatham Signs

Ian Kennedy- March 10, 2015

Doug Melvin will be honoured on signs entering his hometown of Chatham, Ontario - Photo from Brewers.MLB.comAt Monday's Chatham-Kent Municipal Council meeting, council passed a ... Read More

Season Begins Under Cloud For Cogghe, Liberty

Season Begins Under Cloud For Cogghe, Liberty

Ian Kennedy- February 19, 2015

Matt Liberty (right) with fellow Chatham-Kent and AIB baseball player Tyler Cogghe - Contributed PhotoChatham's Tyler Cogghe and Dresden's Matt Liberty are about to enter ... Read More

Van Rycheghem Top Prospect For 2016 MLB Draft

Van Rycheghem Top Prospect For 2016 MLB Draft

Ian Kennedy- February 6, 2015

Luke Van Rycheghem catching with the Ontario Blue Jays - Photo by Larry ShredKent Bridge's Luke Van Rycheghem is starting to garner attention for the ... Read More

Balkwill Signs With Frontier League’s ThunderBolts

Balkwill Signs With Frontier League’s ThunderBolts

Ian Kennedy- January 28, 2015

Larry Balkwill - Photo from SienaSaints.comChatham's Larry Balkwill is heading to Chicago, as the catcher has signed with the Windy City ThunderBolts of the Frontier ... Read More