Category: Local Sports
Former Maroon Garcia Headed To NCAA’s Westfield State
Dawson Garcia with the Kitchener Dutchmen Former Chatham Maroons defenceman Dawson Garcia will play NCAA Division III hockey next season for Westfield State University. Garcia ... Read More
Wallaceburg’s Laura Marcus To Play Basketball For Fanshawe College
Wallaceburg's Laura Marcus will join the back-to-back OCAA champion Fanshawe College Falcons women's basketball team next season. The 5'9" guard will study Graphic Design at ... Read More
Chatham Y Pool Sharks Headed To Essex As CK Pools Remain Closed
Chatham-Kent's top local swimmers will be practicing in Essex until local pools re-open. Despite the fact Windsor-Essex was the last region in the Province of ... Read More
Jordan Frasca Fresh Off A Big Season, And Ready For More
Jordan Frasca with the OHL's Kingston Frontenacs - Photo by Terry Wilson/ OHL Images Former Chatham Maroons forward Jordan Frasca is fresh off a big ... Read More
Throwback Thursday: Women’s Hockey Alive And Well In Wallaceburg In 1890
Women's hockey is currently alive and well in Wallaceburg, Ontario, but it has been for well over 100 years. Here is a photo of the ... Read More
Blenheim And Tilbury Arenas Open This Weekend, No Plans For Wallaceburg Or Chatham
Two Chatham-Kent arenas, Blenheim and Tilbury, will open this Saturday. They are the first areas to re-open since the beginning of the pandemic. Dresden's arena ... Read More
Brenna Youlton, A Chatham-Kent Athlete Who Came baCK
Chatham-Kent sends athletes across Ontario, Canada, and the globe each year to compete athletically. Sponsored by baCK to Chatham-Kent, we’ll be featuring local athletes who ... Read More
Where Do The Toronto Maple Leafs Go From Here? 5 Ideas
By Tim Pulman The Stanley Cup playoffs are underway, and the Toronto Maple Leafs are no where to be found...and 1967 seems even farther in ... Read More
MacKinnon Wins Second Tournament Of The Season
The Jamieson Tour stopped at Beach Grove on Monday where players got to enjoy the Stanley Thompson design along with a cool breeze from Lake ... Read More
No Arena Funding From Government Means No New Arena For Chatham-Kent
Unless Chatham-Kent Council can find an extra $60-million in their coffers in the immediate future, it's unlikely the Municipality will be getting a new arena ... Read More
Brendan Seys Turns Pro, Forgoes Final NCAA Season Due To COVID-19
Brendan Seys competing for Wayne State - Photo by Wayne State Athletics After a stellar career playing golf for Wayne State University, Brendan Seys had ... Read More
Podcast: NWHL Player Rebecca Morse Talks Hockey And Women’s Equality In The Game
On this episode of the Empire Universe podcast, host Luke Kelly talks to NWHL player Rebecca Morse. A Providence College alumni, Morse, a defender, plays ... Read More
Carleton Hits Highlight Reel Shot In Lynx Loss
Bridget Carleton had a solid offensive showing in her second career start, scoring 15-points in a 97-81 Minnesota Lynx loss at the hands of the ... Read More
OJHL Looking To Expand By Two New Franchises
Craig Spence of the OJHL's Georgetown Raiders skates with the puck - Spencer Smye / OJHL Images The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) announced recently the ... Read More