Category: Columns
Chatham-Kent’s Megan Pepper, Making CK Proud
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 have ... Read More
The Bubble Burst Before It Was Built For Women’s Hockey
The Men's World Junior Hockey Championships was a smashing success for hockey fans through late December and January. Especially considering lockdown conditions across parts of ... Read More
Chatham-Kent’s Brett Fischer, Making CK Proud
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 have ... Read More
CK’s Top 10 Sports Stories of 2020: #1 The Season That Wasn’t
COVID-19 was the top story globally in 2020, and in the sports world, it was no different. In Chatham-Kent, COVID's early impact was cancelling hockey ... Read More
CK’s Top 10 Sports Stories of 2020: #2 Brett Brochu Steals The Show
Brett Brochu stole the show, literally, in 2019 and 2020. He also stole the crease. Brochu started the year being named CKSN's 2019 Athlete of ... Read More
CK’s Top 10 Sports Stories of 2020: #3 Bridget Carleton Is Our Constant
What hasn't Bridget Carleton accomplished recently? And when has she not been an incredible ambassador for Chatham-Kent? When 2020 began, Carleton was playing professionally in ... Read More
CK’s Top 10 Sports Stories of 2020: #4 TJ Brodie Finds A New Home
TJ Brodie made news for a number of reasons in 2020. As 2019 closed he was returning from a collapse on the ice during a ... Read More
CK’s Top 10 Sports Stories of 2020: #5 Finding The Positives In COVID-19
Jana Kucera and Logan Kucera shoot on Charles Peet's home court There were positives? Well, it's hard to imagine, but a lot of wonderful stories ... Read More
CK’s Top 10 Sports Stories of 2020: #6 Oh Canada…CK’s National Athletes
Chatham-Kent is a small corner of Canada, but we have an unusually large representation on the National stage. Jessie McPherson helped Canada win a U18 ... Read More
CK’s Top 10 Sports Stories of 2020: #7 Emma Negri Is A Broken Record
Over and over again Emma Negri broke Athletics Ontario records. The young thrower was one of the most followed and most read about athletes in ... Read More
CK’s Top 10 Sports Stories of 2020: #8 Indigenous Athletes Shine
In 2020, we made a point to increase our coverage of local Indigenous athletes from Walpole Island and Moraviantown. But our local athletes made it ... Read More
CK’s Top 10 Sports Stories of 2020: #9 Equity Takes The Stage
Organizers of the Chatham-Kent Supports Black Lives Matter event 2020 was a year filled with so many major events taking place across the globe, not ... Read More
CK’s Top 10 Sports Stories of 2020: #10 – Local Athletes Scooped Up In OHL Draft
Gagner, Stonehouse, and Veccia - CKSN.ca Photos The OHL Draft is annually an opportunity for the top young prospects in the province to see their ... Read More
‘Twas The Night Before Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the landNot a game was a playing, nor scheduled or planned;The skates were hung by the chimney ... Read More