What is going on in St. Marys Sports.
By Dan Rankin Seated at tables situated around St. Marys Golf and Country Club’s event hall last Saturday morning were lifelong baseball fans from as far away as Oshawa, Niagara Falls and Ottawa. Through until Sunday afternoon, they were rubbing elbows and talking sports with professors from such institutions as Western University and the University…
Lissa Puttock, back left, who will be retiring in December after 35 years as South Perth Centennial’s secretary, sends a shot past the diving Dustin Fenemore, who was assisting Canadian Olympian Charmaine Reid during her presentation at SPCS Tuesday afternoon. From left, SPCS students Shyann Mills, Charlotte Richardson, Aryn Sheldon, Tucker Van Bolhuis, Noah Diehl…
Meet former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jeff Francis The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and St. Marys Lincolns are joining forces for a special baseball night on Friday, Nov. 25 at the Pyramid Recreation Centre in St. Marys when the Lincolns take on the London Nationals at 7:30 pm. Former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jeff…
By Dan Rankin Photo by Capturing Daze Photography A tough 6-4 road loss to eighth place Lambton Shores on Saturday has the Lincolns (5-13-0-0) in the basement looking up with just over a third of the 2016-2017 season in the books. In 16 games since the season-opening showcase, the Lincolns are a respectable 4-3-0-0 against…
On the last day of the Museum’s regular season, Wayne Murray and Nelda Oliver had the pleasure of meeting a long-time friend of CBHFM, Bradley Marin. An employee of Waterloo-based GHD Limited, formerly Conestoga–Rovers and Associates, Bradley helped develop the original Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame facility. The work included completing a site wide tree…
By Dan Rankin The St. Marys Lincolns (5-12-0-0) looked pretty sharp last Friday in their special pink jerseys, which were auctioned off after the game to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. They looked equally sharp in the first period against Chatham (12-4-0-0), their opponents for the ‘Pink in the Rink’ night, as some…
Wear pink to ‘Pink in the Rink’ cancer fundraiser event at PRC tonight By Dan Rankin For the past few seasons, winning streaks and the St. Marys Lincolns haven’t really been on speaking terms. If the Lincolns were mentioned in the same sentence as a winning streak, it was probably because they just extended one…
By Dan Rankin Andrew North of St. Marys, co-organizer of the upcoming Canadian baseball history conference taking place at the St. Marys Golf and Country Club Nov. 12-13, believes the gathering represents a possible use for the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame that has been underused, if not completely ignored, until now: a centre for…
By Dan Rankin Not unlike a certain Toronto-based MLB franchise, DCVI’s Boys Baseball team’s season came to a disappointing end Wednesday, as they fell 11-7 to their hosts from Listowel in the Huron-Perth baseball semi-finals. The Salukis advanced to the semifinals with a 5-4 walk-off win over South Huron in St. Marys on Oct. 12. That…
By Dan Rankin After snapping an eight-game losing streak on Sunday with a 5-4 road win over St. Thomas, the Lincolns will try to keep building momentum tonight against Strathroy as they look for their first home win since Sept. 16. Brandon Glover and Alessio Luciani each had a goal and an assist against St. Thomas,…