Bradley Schoonbaert and James Shearer were named to the 2018-19 Canada West All-Rookie Team earlier today. Both Schoonbaert and Shearer are members of the University of Calgary Dinos men's hockey team. Shearer spent three seasons patrolling the blue line with the Brandon Wheat Kings prior to joining the Dinos. The hard hitting defensemen picked up 12 points in 28 games in his first season with the Dinos. Schoonbaert played 3 seasons with the MJHL's Steinbach Pistons before making the jump to the Dinos. With Calgary this season he put up 13 points in 17 games. Both players skated in the Wendy's Summer Hockey League in 2018.

Jill Officer has been named the Greatest Canadian Female Second of all-time in poll conducted by TSN. Officer received 24 of 31 first place votes. The panel was composed of 31 curling personalities including broadcasters, reporters and elite-level curlers. She received a total score of 208 while Mary-Anne Arsenault finished second with 91 points. Votes were cast on a weighted point system with 8 points for a first place vote, 4 points for a second place vote, 2 points for a third place vote and a single point for a fourth-place vote. To her credit, Officer has won 6 national titles, 2 world championships and an Olympic Gold Medal.

CWE wrestling returns to Brandon, MB on Wednesday, April 24th featuring WCW/ECW/WWE Lucha Libre Legend Psicosis, ROH Legend & IMPACT! Wrestling Star "The Zombie Princess" Jimmy Jacobs, ROH Star Cheeseburger, & a women's wrestling match.  "Wildhorse" TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia have also been announced for the card to be held at The Great Western Roadhouse.  Bell time is 7pm, doors open 6:30pm.  Check out their Facebook event page for more details.

The final Female Bantam AAA Showcase of the year wrapped up with the Westman Wildcats claiming the title as the Larocque Divisional Champions.  The Wildcats finished the weekend with a 4-1 record.  Other divisional champs included: Central Plains Capitals (Botterill)  Interlake Lightning (Small). Wildcats 3 - St. Vital Victorias 1: Shootout goals by Hayley Kolosky and Aly Samels helped the Wildcats to their first victory of the weekend. Brynn Tosh and Paige Kozak scored in regulation for the Wildcats while Grace Glover picked up the win in net. Wildcats 0 - Interlake Lightning 2: Despite peppering the Lightning goalie with 36 shots, the Wildcats dropped a narrow 2-0 decision in suffering their only loss of the weekend. Wildcats 5 - Parkland Rangers 1: The Wildcats rebounded with a decisive 5-1 win in their third game of the weekend. Hayley Kolosly dented the twice twice while Sophia Anderson, Brynn Tosh and McKenna Beard chipped in with single markers. Wildcats 7 - Winnipeg Titans 0:  Game four saw goalie Sidney McMullan stop all 16 shots she faced on her way to recording the shutout.  Aly Samuels scored twice for the Wildcats while Brooklyn Franklin, Jaeda Clayton, Brynn Tosh, Emma Ramsey and Emily Planetta each scored once. Wildcats 5 - Assiniboine Park Rangers 3: The Wildcats ended the weekend by toppling the Rangers 5-3.  They received goals from five different players: Emma Ramsey, Paige Kozak, Aly Samels, Shae Murray & Emily Planetta.

The second and final weekend of the 50th annual Brandon A&W Tournament of Champions concluded today with bragging rights being decided in three different divisions.  Thirty-six teams competed over the weekend including teams from Minot, Winnipeg. Steinbach, Estevan, Regina and more. The Moose Jaw Warriors had an easy time of it in the Atom A final with a lopsided 10-2 victory over the Souris Elks. Carter Hudyma had a big game for Moose Jaw tallying 5 goals and adding an assist. Brodyn Pladson added 3 goals for Moose Jaw. Ivy Perkin and Slater Anderson each resisted a goal and an assist in a losing cause for Souris. The days second championship final saw the Brandon AA Wheat Kings score a narrow 6-5 decision over the APHA Winter Hawks Tuxedo to claim the Atom AA Division. Daylan Duncalfe and Jonah Lemoine each dented the twine twice for the hometown Wheat Kings. Cole Dupuis chipped in with a goal and two assists in securing the win. David Sudoski and Adrian Braun each pick up 3 points (1g, 2a) for the Winter Hawks. Nicholas Cullen and Ashton Cuvelier had two goals and two assists each to pace the Killarney/Boissevsin Stars to a convincing 6-0 win over the McCreary Mustangs. McCreary was the defending Bantam A champions. Killarney/Boissevsin stormed through the division outscoring opponents 27 to 5 overall in the 4 games they played.