Tag: baseball

Spencer Marcus signs as first Barnstormers player

Spencer Marcus signs as first Barnstormers player

Dave Gough- November 14, 2023

Chatham-Kent Barnstormers general manager Harry Muir welcomes Chatham's Spencer Marcus as the first player the team signed to their roster. Spencer Marcus checks off a ... Read More

Coloured All-Stars to be honoured at Stirling Park

Coloured All-Stars to be honoured at Stirling Park

Dave Gough- November 14, 2023

Stirling Park A plaque being unveiled next week at Chatham's Stirling Park, will recognize the Chatham Coloured All-Stars and its place in local and provincial ... Read More

Field of Honour baseball recognizes legacy of Chatham Coloured All-Stars

Field of Honour baseball recognizes legacy of Chatham Coloured All-Stars

CKSN Submissions- September 21, 2023

Chatham Coloured All-Stars - Photo from the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame What began in 2021 as an idea to help further the recognition of ... Read More

Local IBL Team Rebranded As The Chatham-Kent Barnstormers

Local IBL Team Rebranded As The Chatham-Kent Barnstormers

CKSN Staff- July 7, 2023

Following a rocky start, the municipality’s new Intercounty Baseball League team has now been dubbed the Chatham-Kent Barnstormers. The name of the team and the ... Read More

Hundreds descend on downtown Chatham to honour Fergie Jenkins

Hundreds descend on downtown Chatham to honour Fergie Jenkins

CKSN Staff- June 13, 2023

Baseball Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins stands with his bronze sculpture in front of the Chatham-Kent Civic Centre. Photo credit: Robyn Brady, CKXS News.Jenkins Chatham-Kent ... Read More

More details of Jenkins statue unveiling revealed

More details of Jenkins statue unveiling revealed

CKSN Staff- May 23, 2023

Chatham-Kent Mayor Darrin Canniff (left) and Baseball Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins (right) are joined remotely by sculptor Lou Cella (centre) at the Civic Centre ... Read More

Boomer Harding, a CK All Star | Black History Month

Boomer Harding, a CK All Star | Black History Month

CKSN Submissions- February 26, 2023

In celebration of Black History Month, CKSN is collaborating with the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame to celebrate Black athletes from Chatham-Kent. Wilfred Harding - ... Read More

Flat Chase, a Baseball Legend in CK | Black History Month

Flat Chase, a Baseball Legend in CK | Black History Month

CKSN Submissions- February 23, 2023

In celebration of Black History Month, CKSN is collaborating with the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame to celebrate Black athletes from Chatham-Kent. Earl 'Flat' Chase. ... Read More

Fergie Jenkins statue to be unveiled in June

Fergie Jenkins statue to be unveiled in June

CKSN Staff- February 22, 2023

A statue immortalizing Fergie Jenkins will soon be unveiled in the Baseball Hall of Famer’s hometown of Chatham. Officials with the Municipality of Chatham-Kent will ... Read More

1934 Chatham All-Stars Honored

1934 Chatham All-Stars Honored

admin- June 28, 2016

Today, the 1934 Coloured Chatham All-Stars Baseball team was honored at Stirling Park, the very grounds in which they gave pitchers headaches and bewildered batters ... Read More

Sr. Pirates Win Double-Header

admin- June 27, 2016

Fourth-Inning Rally Sparks Win For The Port Lambton Pirates , 11-0 In the first game of a double header A nine-run explosion in the fourth ... Read More

May 25 Sports Brief

May 25 Sports Brief

CKSN Staff- May 25, 2016

The NHL Playoffs are creating a lot of hype.  A game 7 between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay, The St Louis Blues could go ... Read More

Local Sports Briefs: July 30, 2015

Local Sports Briefs: July 30, 2015

admin- July 30, 2015

Wallaceburg’s Madison Broad struck gold at the Canadian Age Group Championships on Quebec City. Broad won gold in the 200m Backstroke> She will be back ... Read More

Local Sports Briefs: July 28, 2015

Local Sports Briefs: July 28, 2015

admin- July 28, 2015

Wallaceburg’s Jordan Durston has been on fire for the Six Nation’s Arrow this post season. Durston is eighth in playoff scoring with 29 points in ... Read More