Highlights from the January 20 game were the Dresden Kings hosted the Mooretown Flags. Video courtesy of TVCOGECO Chatham! Our next 99.1 live broadcast is Monday, February 6 in Wallaceburg as the Lakers host the Essex 73′s! Our own Gary Patterson, Aaron Hall, Chris Prince and Jay Smith will join you live from our local barns for [...]
BY: JAY SMITH The countdown is on. The world’s best baseball pitcher outside of Major League Baseball is ready to flirt with that oh-so-expensive Cinderella glass slipper. And when I say expensive, Yu Darvish will put our wives’ combined Christmas shopping sprees to shame. For years, Major League Baseball scouts have “eww’d and aww’d” at [...]
BY: JAY SMITH Is the hype finally for real? Toronto Blue Jays fans have felt this before. Hope. Turning the page. Taking the next step. Fielding a competitive baseball team. Yes, even within the mighty AL East. Time after time, as sure as Toronto will see snowfall in the brunt of winter, the candle has [...]
Well, it seemed like a good idea… At the start of the baseball season, Jay was rather optimistic about his Blue Jays making a difference this year. So optimistic that he let it slide to Greg (a devout Detroit Tigers fan) that he thought the Jays may challenge the Motor City Kitties and could come [...]
UPDATE: WE’RE BACK TO FULL POWER AS OF 5 PM TUESDAY! THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE, CONCERN AND PATIENCE! We may be sounding a little different in your radio today. During a brief storm that hit the Wallaceburg area yesterday, what we believe was a lightning strike hit our tower and dismantled our on [...]
Local hockey is back and 99.1 CKXS will be there at centre ice, ready for all of the action when the puck drops this Friday night in Dresden as the Jr. Kings battle the Wallaceburg Lakers! Our own Gary Patterson, Chris Prince and Jay Smith will join you live from our local barns for select [...]
C-K’s Andy Fantuz cut by Chicago Bears Story courtesy of IAN KENNEDY and the CHATHAM-KENT SPORTS NETWORK (CKSN.ca) After making a bid to jump to the NFL with the Chicago Bears, Chatham, Ontario’s Andy Fantuz has been cut by the Bears. Fantuz, last year’s Most Outstanding Canadian with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, was signed to [...]
TSN’s Darren Dutchyshen, Kate Beirness and all of the TSN and Kraft organizing committee had nothing but praise for Wallaceburg, Chatham-Kent and its residents following the ‘Burg’s stop on the Kraft Celebration Tour. Click here to see Dutchy’s blog and some very kind words about our community.
After winning a stop on the Kraft Celebration Tour and receiving $25,000 to renovate an outdoor lacrosse facility, instead of focusing on their own needs, the community of Wallaceburg came together with an amazing display of sportsmanship giving $5000 back to Trenton, the town they defeated in the Kraft vote. “It just seemed like the [...]
Below is an anonymous letter to the editor sent to Ian Kennedy of the Chatham-Kent Sports Network (CKSN.ca), media spokesperson for Wallaceburg’s Kraft Celebration Tour. Written: August 21, 2011 (the day after) 51 days, 1224 hours. Canada Day 2011, TSN rolled into town with the announcement Wallaceburg was in the running for the Kraft 10 [...]
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