Matt Calvert continues to assist local area charities. Earlier today Matt and Courtney Calvert teamed with Tony Vasilarakis from Pizza Express & Submarine for the benefit of families at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Brandon.  Collectively they have purchased 8 Wheat Kings Season Tickets to be given away to families for the upcoming season.  Calvert recently signed a 3-year deal with the Colorado Avalanche after several successful seasons in Columbus with the Blue Jackets.  Earlier this summer, the second annual Matt Calvert Charity Shootout Golf Tournament raised over $40,000 for KidSport Westman.

Imagine 2000 of the best shooters in the world coming to a small place in Illinois called Sparta and having to even compete at that level? No big deal for Vincent Massey grad Pat Lamont of Brandon whom at the age of 33 has done what nobody in Canada has done and becomes a world champion. The Grand American shooting championship has been held in Sparta since 1900 (picture Minnedosa as a comparison). Lamont competed hitting 986 out of 1000 targets throughout the week-long competition in taking home the gold. “I started when I was 12" said Lamont..."my dad would shoot and let me try it out.” His father Rob Lamont used to be the owner of Jo – Brook Outdoors so this was a natural fit. Lamont said you can own a $500 or $40,000 gun it doesn’t matter. Other than being a household name in Trap Shooting, Pat is also the President of the Brandon Gun Club. “We have guns here for people to try the sport and we are willing to help get more people involved." added Pat. The Brandon Gun club is just south of Brandon and open Tuesday and Thursday nights and Sundays from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. Grand American Results http://www.shootata.com/AboutUs/GrandAmerican/2018GrandResults.aspx Brandon Gun Club Website http://www.manitobatrapshooting.com/brandon.html

Brian Elder, a former goaltender with the Brandon Wheat Kings from 1994-97, has been named the Head Scout for the Virden Oil Capitals.  He has been working as a scout within the organization for the past 4-years. Daniel Bukac has found himself a new home with the OHL’s Niagara IceDogs.  Bukac had spent the the past two seasons with the Brandon Wheat Kings prior to being dropped just before the CHL’s 2018 import draft. Quintin Lisoway has signed with the Rapid City Rush of the ECHL.  Lisoway had spent the past two seasons skating with the University of Manitoba Bisons hockey program, after having graduated from the junior ranks. The Dauphin Kings have named Mitch Topinka as an Assistant Coach for the upcoming season.  Topinka spent last season with the OCN Blizzard and will join new Kings head coach Doug Hedley behind the bench.

With adult rec sports, lake life, vacation season, kids back in school and another amazing Manitoba summer finished, Prairie Football League is running a Fall League for adults. Come play North America's fastest growing sports in one of the most comfortable seasons SW Manitoba has to offer. Building off their incredible inaugural spring season for No - Contact Flag Football, they have secured field time to run an Adult Fall League from September 9 - October 21. (Sundays) PFL plays and follows the Football Canada 5V5 No Contact Flag Football rules and protocols. Fees are $125.00/ player. Teams are minimum 8 and maximum 12 players.  All games are at John Reilly Rugby Fields. Schedule to be announced. Fees include 6 regular season games plus playoffs, FULL insurance, a jersey that you keep, game officials, mouth guard, playbook, and league fees. Smaller groups of 2, 3, 4 or more will combined to make teams if necessary, but you will definitely play with your group of friends.  PFL is an open gender league where everyone plays everyone. There are no minimum opposite gender player ratio rules.  Being a NO contact sport, and using this format in the Spring league, they found it was quite successful and enjoyable for those that played. Registration is now open at : prairiefootballleague.ca  

Submitted On Friday, Magic beat the Edmonton Hornets 1-0 after an intense game including 2 extra Innings. As they gained momentum the team moved on and then trounced Coquitlam, B.C., 9-0. Following a 7-5 loss to the Calgary Kaizen’s on Saturday morning, the young ladies rebounded to beat South Delta, B.C. 4-2 then South East Hawks from Oxbow, Saskatchewan 9-0. Finishing the round robin play, Magic secured a win over Unity, Saskatchewan with a 10-1 victory on Sunday.  Westman Magic finished round robin play in second place, setting them up for semifinal game against Calgary. After a solid first inning, bringing in 5 runs then adding an additional 3 runs earned them an 8-3 win in the semifinal. That advanced them to Monday’s gold medal game. Edmonton rallied early in the final game which resulted in a very successful Silver Medal for these young and talented Westman ladies! The U14 Magic earned the right to represent Manitoba after a solid provincial run adding to a tournament gold in Saskatoon, a Silver in Fargo, N.D. as well as a third place finish in Regina earlier in the year.