Tye Belanger, another Wallaceburg Red Devils alumni made a relief appearance in the loss in the Colorado net.

See Pollock’s goal, scored on the powerplay by clicking play below.

“This is must see goal,” Tweeted McKenzie.

“Great Lakes Jr. C at its finest,” he continued.

The goal, scored by Blenheim overager Tyler Clarke, opened the scoring Sunday night in a 5-2 loss to the Mooretown Flags. Aidan Wiebenga and Blenheim goalie Dylan Vanderpol had assists on the goal.

Watch Tyler Clarke’s incredible goal below:

Chris Clements - Photo from UFC

Clements made an appearance in his hometown Monday and also visited Wallaceburg where he made a radio appearance. Clements now awaits his next fight, which is currently unscheduled, with the UFC. He signed a multi-fight contract with the world’s top MMA organization earlier this year.

Click play below to see the full interview with Chris Clements:

Andy Fantuz at Hamilton Tiger Cats camp - Photo from Facebook.com/cfltigercats

The first day of the three day mini-camp saw the Tiger Cats take part in team meetings and an on field practice.

“It’s nice to be out here running around, the weather turned out for us really nicely. You know we have a big group here, bigger than I thought, but it’s great, you get to meet a lot of guys and get some good work in,” said Fantuz at the Tiger Cats camp.

Early reports from Hamilton media discussed the instant chemistry Andy Fantuz found with Tiger Cats quarterback Henry Burris. For Fantuz entering camp, one of the main challenges will be learning a new offensive system and playbook after 6 seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

“We’re trying to learn the system, improve our physical skills, show what we’ve got, figure out where we’re going to play, and how we’re going to fit into what we’re trying to do as a team when training camp comes,” Fantuz said about the mini-camp.

Despite the mixed emotions Fantuz showed when choosing to leave the Roughriders this offseason, his excitement to get started with the Tiger Cats was obvious Wednesday,

“I’m a strong believer that chemistry between teammates is a big factor in success. I have no doubt about it I’m going to be best friends with most of the guys on the team. It begins today, it’s kind of an introduction day, from here on out we’ll be a pretty tight unit.”

Fantuz wasn’t the only person excited to be in Hamilton, as Henry Burris, a long time star in Calgary, also spoke about the opportunity Hamilton has for success, and he welcomed the addition of Fantuz to the Tiger Cats lineup,

“I’m happy to be here. I’m looking forward to it. Black and yellow looks good on myself. I looked at Andy (Fantuz), and I was like, ‘man you look much better in this colour than you did in green.’ It’s good to be here with guys like himself and we’re looking forward to continuing our career and having success here in Hamilton.”

To listen to Andy Fantuz and Henry Burris discuss their opening day in Tiger Cats uniforms, click play on the video below from TicatsTV

The Wallaceburg Skating Club wrapped up its 2011/2012 season March 31 with their Year End Carnival.
The theme for this year’s carnival was “Around the World” and featured many senior skater solo numbers.

Special guest stars at the carnival were Erin Shaw and Chris Bourne.

Along with his solo performance, Chris did a special number with four of the WSC Senior Skaters which was a real crowd pleaser.

Wallaceburg Skating Club president Randi Hull expresses her thanks to the generosity of Wallaceburg residents, businesses and service organizations for their generous support of our skaters!

Master of Ceremonies for the event was CKXS DJ Andrew Saya.

Registration forms for the 2012/2013 season are available now via email request at wallaceburgskatingclub@gmail.com

Or visit www.wallaceburgskatingclub.com for more information.

Chatham's Chad Laprise

“It’s going great that’s the best thing I ever did for my career. Now this is my full time job so I spend six, seven, eight hours a day in this gym just getting better. Before I was working full time so it was tough to get my training in like I should. I had a gym in Chatham. Now all I do is focus on training, I teach a little bit here, but the rest of the time it’s just training and I have the best training partners in the world.” Laprise said in between wrestling sessions.

“I have all the best right here. Best wrestlers, best jiu jitsu guys, best kickboxers, the best partners man. I couldn’t be happier and I couldn’t be more ready for this fight”

To get better you need to train and learn from the best fighters you can gain access to and that is what shows that Laprise knows what he needs to do to continually evolve and progress in this sport. He trains on a regular basis with such prominent fighters as the UFC’s Chris Clements, Mark Hominick, and Sam Stout. ATC is also full of a variety of elite fighters such as former IFL and WEC star Chris Horodecki who also fights for Bellator, Jesse Ronson, Clint Kingsbury, Rowan Cunningham and James Haourt and the list goes on and on.

This will be the second time in a row that Laprise will be showcasing his skills in Windsor, which is just down the highway from his hometown fans. In his last fight in local promotion “PFC Border Wars” he blitzed elite grappler Andrew McInnis and floored him with shots gaining a TKO victory at 2:29 of the 1st round. All of Chad’s fights have been 1st Round TKO victories. . I asked him if he is a cool customer handling the pressures of fighting at home.

“It’s great. It’s awesome I’ll probably have about 200-300 people there just to support me. I’ll hve more people there supporting me than last fight so it’s gonna be great.”

His opponent on April 6th is also a hometown fighter in Windor’s own Josh Taveirne. It will be interesting to see if Taveirne can take Laprise to deeper waters. Something he is well prepared for

“He’s a tough guy he’s big, he’s a wrestler, there’s really no secret right he’s gonna try and take me down and i kinda know that, and he knows I’m looking for the knockout like always so we’ll see what happens. He’s good he’s pretty well rounded and he’s gonna try to grind me out, he’s a bit bigger than me but I just think I have more skills pretty much everywhere, and as in all my fights I’m looking for the kockout.”

Laprise is too smart to look past any opponent and his focus is in full fighter mode. I look forward to seeing him fight on April 6th and see big things on the horizon in 2012.

Blenheim Skating Club competitor Emily Buesnel - Photo by Ian Kennedy, CKSN.ca

Local skaters, aged 4 through 12 from across Chatham-Kent and Southwestern Ontario competed in the two day skating competition, and also flooded local stores, restaurants, and attractions, providing a huge boost to the Blenheim and Chatham-Kent economy over the weekend.

“We can estimate about 2000 extra people coming into a small community, to hopefully enjoy what is being offered here, and bring extra revenue to the community,” said Sharron Skipper, the Tilbury Skating Club President and Kent Region Skating Council Chair.

Blenheim organizer Richard Ainsworth also called the two day event a success, “It’s been, for sure a successful weekend. We can tell just by the sales of the programs, flowers that are being sold, the canteen has a steady flow of people going through there, which has benefits to the arena. Just the numbers of people walking through the door are amazing in itself.”

More importantly, organizers see the event as an opportunity to showcase skating locally in hopes of boosting registrations in local skating clubs.

CKSN will have details and results later this week from the event. Click play on the video below to watch local skaters competing, and hear more from organizers Sharron Skipper and Richard Ainsworth,

Brett Berger scored the game winning goal, while young star Sam Studnicka had a three point game. Below are video highlights of the game courtesy of TV Cogeco:

Videos are courtesy of TV Cogeco Chatham:

Blenheim Bobcats vs. ESPC (Pain Court) Patriotes – Kent “A” Volleyball Final

Blenheim Bobcats vs. Tilbury Titans – Kent “A” Basketball Final

The video below, produced by the Hamilton Tiger Cats (TicatsTV), features Fantuz, as well as Tiger Cats vice president Bob O’Billovich, discussing Fantuz’s signing and what he brings to the Hamilton attack.

Fantuz and the Hamilton Tiger Cats will open their 2012 season at home against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Fantuz’s former team. The season opener will take place Friday, June 29.