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.

In the WSHL Divison 1 final played this evening at the Sportsplex, Zack Whitecloud scored with just over a minute left in regulation to break a 2-2 tie and propel Dominos Packers to a 4-2 victory over Team Plante.  Morgan Geekie (2g) and Jordy Stallard (1g,1a) had 2-point nights for Domino's while Micheal Ferland (2g) and Brock Trotter (2a) had two points each for Team Plante.  Max Paddock made 23 saves in picking up the win in net for Dominos.

The Brandon 13U Marlins are your 2018 AAA PeeWee Provincial baseball champions.  The championship didn't come easy as the Marlins found themselves down 5-0 after one inning before battling back to upend Oildome 9-7 in the day's feature match-up.  Earlier in the afternoon they received a complete game pitching performance from Nolan Chastko on their way to defeating North Winnipeg 4-2 in semi-final action.  In total 10 teams participated in this year's championship held in West St Paul.  Their roster can be found here. Their season is not yet complete as the Marlins are hosting the Baseball Canada 13U National Western Championship at Simplot Millennium Park from Aug. 16 to 19.

Submitted Brandon, MB - August 3, 2018 - The Assiniboine Community College Students’ Association bids farewell to Westman’s largest indoor volleyball tournament, Sun of a Beach, after 30 year celebration.   In November of 2017, the Assiniboine Community College Students’ Association (ACCSA) celebrated the 30th anniversary of the community event, Sun of a Beach. The anniversary celebration hosted 60 teams, which included 420 players and featured a grand prize giveaway of a tropical vacation for two, a fan favorite tradition costume contest, and a celebratory social at Houstons Country Roadhouse.   2017 not only marked the 30th anniversary of the tournament, but also the third year of the event being held in November. The decision to move the tournament from March to November was intended to make the tournament more accessible to Assiniboine students and college alumni. Annual event reviews identified no significant increase in student or alumni participation and highlighted the need for a substantial investment in equipment and event expenses would be required.   In a series of meetings of the ACCSA Council, it was determined that the long-standing tournament should be retired. “It’s difficult to say goodbye to such a well-established event within our community, but it was the right decision for the sake of our students. We are pleased to have been able to see it off with our 30 year celebration. Our team is looking forward to implementing initiatives that will better serve ACC students in the future.” - Tulsa Labonté, 2018-2019 ACCSA President.   The Assiniboine Community College Students’ Association is a not-for-profit organization, which exists to support students attending the college. Our mission is to encourage student success by being the voice of the students while enhancing the student life experience.  For more information about the Assiniboine Students’ Association and our events, please visit accstudents.com.