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21 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] COSSA Georgian Bay Champions [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Graham Dey looked over the football field in Orillia and he was ready. It was November 19. - 1936 and the field was frozen Before the game Dey, the coach...

21 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Danny Wood, a familiar face to those who frequent the Midland Arena, has been in the hockey business longer than he would like to admit. In 1964, barely into his 20s, Danny started...

21 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Writing, for the Ages [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text]To a generation of readers, Ken Somers was one of the sports authorities of Huronia. For 30 years - from 1946 to 1976 - he wrote about sport in the...

21 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Dave Hamilton has been involved with the Special Olympics since 1976 while he was a college student in Toronto. For two years, he coached floor hockey at Centennial School in Etobicoke. Upon his...

21 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] (Mr. Hockey) 1894-1960 [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text]The only Midlander inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, George S. Dudley helped mold the sport in his hometown, and in the world. For 35 years he served...

21 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] A patient, understanding teacher [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Benard "Bunn" Deschamps was a man who's love for sports led him through life. As a young man growing up in Penetanguishene, he played hockey and baseball and just about...

21 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Rev. Self initiated Little NHL in Midland [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Rev. Len Self pursued careers in politics and the church, but his real love was sports and young people. He managed to mesh all of his callings...

21 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text]For more than three decades, Dr. Charles Talbot made it his mission that any youngster who wanted to play sports, particularly baseball and hockey, would have the opportunity to do so. In hockey,...

21 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] 1897-1974 The Gentleman Coach [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text]A celebrated hockey executive in Ontario during the Second World War. Jack Rutherford guided Midland to a provincial intermediate championship. In 1940-41, Rutherford was coach of Midland Intermediates when they...

21 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] He Turned a Little School into a Powerhouse [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text]For Rick Pressé, the cornerstone for the St. Theresa's Catholic High School volleyball tradition materialized from 1979 to 1982. In 1979 and 1980 Presse coached St....