The City of Brandon’s Community Services Department is pleased to announce that the Wheat City Golf Course, located at 3500 McDonald Avenue, will open and be available for full 18-hole play beginning Tuesday, May 1st. The Deer Ridge Golf Course opened on Saturday, May 28. $25.00 Opening Special for 9 holes and 1/2 power cart if you're playing in a twosome or more. The driving range is also open.  Sunnyside Golf Club and The Minnedosa Golf & Country Club opened on Saturday the 28th as well. The Glen Lea Golf Course opened the 2018 season on the 25th of April.  The Glen Lea Golf Course RESTAURANT will be open for the 2018 season on: Sunday, May 6th from 8am to 3pm. The Shilo Golf and Country Club teed off for the first time a week ago on Sunday the 22nd.  Mulligans Driving Range opened on the 22nd as well. The Neepawa Golf & Country Club is not open yet, however according to their Facebook page they are only days away from opening. The Boissevain Golf Club opens Monday, April the 30th.  The Souris Glenwood Community Golf Course in Souris is open.

BRANDON – The Brandon Bobcats men's volleyball team is coming off one of the best regular season records in program history but that hasn't stopped the coaching staff from looking ahead. Head coach Grant Wilson is pleased to announce the second recruit of the season in Winnipeg's Nathan Dyck. Dyck is a stand-out outside hitter with Dakota Collegiate where he played under legendary Manitoba coach Phil Hudson. At Dakota, Dyck was named Athlete of the Year and captain in his grade 12 season of volleyball. He's also no stranger to the BU Healthy Living Centre where he has competed as a member of the 204 Volleyball Club. "The new facilities at BU are amazing, and some of the best that I have seen," says Dyck. "The people of Brandon also are really supportive of the Bobcats team here.  Even more so, the team that's here along with the great coaching staff made it a great decision. What I'm looking forward to the most is playing at a higher level of volleyball and the challenges that await me." That familiarity to both Brandon and the Bobcat program was evident to Wilson, whose Brandon Volleyball Club has competed against Dyck's 204 squad and seen him develop to one of the elite prospects in Manitoba. "Nathan is a very dynamic athlete. His spike touch is over 11 feet and he's left handed, so we feel that once he's exposed to this level of play he'll just continue to develop," says Wilson. "He's a great student and solid kid, and the type of personality that we look for in student-athletes so we're looking forward to seeing his progress over the next few years." Dyck becomes the second recruit to commit to the Bobcats men's volleyball team behind Liam Nohr who was announced last November. Dyck brings an impressive resume including the aforementioned accomplishments with Dakota where the team reached the Provincial Final Four twice and Dyck was named a graduating all-star for his efforts. He was also a member of the Manitoba 17U Provincial team, but is now looking ahead to the opportunity that is university volleyball. "For most of my high school career I have had this goal in mind, and to be able to finally reach it is awesome," Dyck adds.

Logan Thompson has agreed with the Washington Capitals to attend both their Development Camp and their Rookie Tournament in Florida.  Thompson recently finished his junior hockey career in Brandon. Former Wheat King Peter Quenneville, and his Aalborg Pirates teammates, won the Metal Ligaen in Denmark.  The Pirates play in the premier league in Danish hockey and the league consists of 11 teams. Over in Germany, Keith Aulie was part of a championshp team as well as the Munich Red Bulls captured their 3rd consecutive title in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.  The leage is the  highest level of play in professional German ice hockey

DAUPHIN, MB — The Dauphin Kings are very pleased to announce that they have hired Doug Hedley as their Head Coach & General Manager for the upcoming 2018-19 hockey season. Hedley spent the last two seasons with the OCN Blizzard. In 2017 he helped the club to the MJHL Final where they fell to the Portage Terriers in six games. In 2018 Hedley and the Blizzard lost in a close six game series to the Winkler Flyers. Hedley is no stranger to Dauphin. He has spent a number of years in town with both the Kings and the Manitoba AAA Midget Hockey League's Parkland Rangers. In 358 games behind the bench with the Kings Hedley has an impressive 217-116-17-8 record. Hedley is second behind Marlin Murray (556) in all time regular season games coached and second in wins as a Kings coach. With the Rangers Hedley helped the club to a franchise record 24 wins in a season back in 2014-15. "I'm really excited and looking forward to being back in Dauphin" says Hedley. "One of the first things I'll be looking to do is getting to know everyone within the organization, Mitch Kirkup who is our Head Scout, Scott McCallum the Director of Hockey Operations and Trainer Devin Atkin. Also going through the list, touching base with the veteran players and letting them know what our expectations are going forward." "Doug is a coach that is very passionate about the game and believes in accountability. He has a proven record of moving players on to the next level and also comes with a history of having well-structured teams on the ice every year that compete at a very high level." says Scott McCallum. "The Dauphin Kings are very happy to have Doug behind the bench for the upcoming season."

The first week of the 2018 Source for Sports AAA Summer Hockey Challenge had a little bit of everything including some timely goals, outstanding saves, rockin beats from DJ Straight Peak and an appearance from the WWE's Brock Lesnar.  Lesnar was in town watching his son play in this year's tournament.  The weekend saw 26 different teams compete in four different age divisions. 2009 Division The 2009 Yellowhead Chiefs (pictured above) went undefeated (4W-IT) on the weekend and captured the 2009 championship title with a convincing 9-4 victory over Legacy in the final on Sunday.  Grady McNish had a big afternoon pacing the Chiefs with 4 goals and 2 assists, while Winston Lepp added a goal and 4 assists in the win  Other makers came off the sticks of Sammy Rivas (2) and Aaron Roels (2).  Boston Tait (2), Andrew Hemphill, and Reid Kosior replied for Legacy. 2008 Division Kade Britz recorded a shutout as he helped his East Central Selects teammates defeat the Regina Raiders in the 2008 Division.  Hayden Helberg (2), Kane Demres, Rory Dewar, Jaxson Hendry, and D J Brass each found the back of the net in the 6-0 victory.  The Selects were dominant all weekend long outscoring their opponents 68-3 in the process. 2007 Division The Manitoba Hawks claimed the 2007 division after a hard fought victory over the Southwest Jet 5-4 in the final played on Sunday inside Westoba Place.  Easton Stoesz scored his second goal of the game with less than a minute left to secure the win.  He also added an assist.  Jake Keryluk, Madden Parnell, & Ethan Lukianchuk each dented the twine once for the Hawks.  Colten Knox added 2 goals, and Jack Clark and Avery Samuels snipped once each for the Jets in the loss. 2006 Division The weekends oldest age division required a shootout to claim a winner. The two teams were deadlocked at 2 after regulation and overtime settled nothing.  Prairie Force eventually toppled the Southwest Jets in the shootout, which followed the 5-minute overtime period.  Oliver Muir and Shaden Duliak scored in regulation for Prairie Force who forced the overtime frame with a late 3rd period goal.   Connor Martin and Kelby Diehl each registered singles for the Jets.