The third and final week of the 2025 Source for Sports AAA Hockey Challenge concluded Sunday in Brandon. Of note, 2 of 3 of the division final games required a shootout to declare a winner. 2012 Silver Sponsored by Branstone Financial Strategies Everett Reidy turned aside all 22 shots he faced and Miles Coy scored a goal as the Winnipeg Warriors (pictured above) extended its winning streak to six games with a 3-0 victory over the Wheat City Wild at J and G Homes Arena on Sunday. Adding markers for the Winnipeg Warriors was Rowan Whitely, Ryan Koenig each with single strikes. Goaltender Owen Lindenberg made 45 saves in the loss for the Wheat City Wild. 2013 Gold - Sponsored by Wayback Burgers Everett Mitchell scored two goals and added an assist and also scored the winner in round three of the shootout as the Jr. Blades bettered the Bridge City Brigade 5-4 at J and G Homes Arena on Sunday. Also scoring for the Jr. Blades was Keaton Kostiuk and Chazen Pawluski each with single strikes. Goaltender Britton Bennett turned aside 17 shots for the Jr. Blades in the victory. Scoring for the Bridge City Brigade was Bennett Phillips with two goals and Levi Coggar and Kelton Cross each adding single goals. Goaltender Ace Epp made 30 saves in the loss for the Bridge City Brigade. The setback halted the Bridge City Brigade's four-game winning streak. 2013 Silver - Sponsored by Shanks Golf Wesley Hoffmann scored two goals and Griffin Olynick scored in round two of the shootout to give the 2014 Regina Titans a 6-5 win over the Wheatland Wild and stretch their winning streak to five games at J and G Homes Arena on Sunday. Adding markers for the 2014 Regina Titans was Angus Watkins and Blake Sawley and Sully Wilson with a goal each. Watkins added two assists. Goaltender Karter Hebert turned aside 40 shots for the 2014 Regina Titans in the victory. Providing the offence for the Wheatland Wild was Caelem Desautels with two goals and Marek Kosior, Maddox Hoffart and Rykr Mass each contributing with single markers. Kamden Ludwar added two assists. Goaltender JJ Nagy made 33 saves in the loss for the Wheatland Wild.

The Access Credit Union Grey Cup Tour will be making a stop in Brandon at the Summer Fair on June 4, 2025. In total, the Grey Cup will be making 40 stops in the Province leading to the 112th Grey Cup in Winnipeg this November including Dauphin (Countryfest), Rockin' the Fields of Minnedosa, and more. A co-ed adult volleyball tournament will be taking place in Neepawa on May 31 in support of Habitat for Humanity Manitoba-Neepawa Chapter. Registration is presently open ($300 per team) and Teams must have at least 3 women on the court.+ The Brandon Marlins 30th Anniversary golf tournament will be held on Aug 9th at the Wheat City Golf Course . A banquet is to follow at the Dome Building. For area soccer enthusiasts, the Canadian Women’s Soccer Team is set to face Haiti in Winnipeg at IG Field on May 31.   Seattle Kraken fifth-rounder Clarke Caswell is headed to Denver next season. He captained Swift Current in the WHL this season. Caswell is also a former U18 AAA Brandon Wheat King. Seattle Kraken fifth-rounder Clarke Caswell is headed to Denver next season. He captained Swift Current in the WHL this season. — Brad Elliott Schlossman (@SchlossmanGF) April 30, 2025 The the first Hole-in-One for the 2025 season was recoded at the Shilo Golf & Country Club over the weekend. Kevin McMillan used his pitching wedge on the 125 yard hole 6 to accomplish the feat.

The first hole-in-one of the season was recorded at the Wheat City Golf Course of April 21 by former Wheat King Jayce Hawryluk. He hit a 7 iron from 187 yards on Hole 13. Later that same day, Tavish Quin also recorded a hole-in-one at the Wheat City Golf Course on the 6th hole (153 yards) with a pitching wedge. The Brandon Senior AA Baseball League will be losing at least two teams, as recently a post on the Brandon Young Guns Twitter page indicated that both the Young Guns and the RF Cardinals would be joining the South West Baseball League. Winnipeg’s CWE wrestling will be making a return appearance in Rivers on Friday May 24, featuring TNA Legend “Cowboy James Storm. Additional CWE stars scheduled to appear include CWE Champion "Chizzled" Chad Daniels, "The Zombie Killer" MENTALLO, "Red Hot" Sammy Peppers and CWE Central Canadian Champion "The Crazy MoFo" CAM!!ikaze. Registration for Brandon Youth Floorball is now open for the following age groups: Group 1 Birth Years 2020-2018, Group 2 Birth Years 2017-2015, and Group 3 Birth Years 2014-2011. Games will played at the Flynn Arena & Curling Club  on Thursdays starting in July. Brandon’s Zostrianos Giordani-Gross (Shilo Country Club / Miles College) carded rounds of 73-74-74 to finish 2nd at the SIAC Conference Championship at Houston Oaks Golf Course in Paris, Kentucky.

Week 2 of the 2025 Source for Sports AAA Hockey Challenge concluded earlier today with champions being crowned in three different divisions.. The tournament returns for it's final weekend of the season starting May 1, 2025 with all games taking in place in Brandon. 2014 Silver Division In the game of the tournament so far,  Griffin Whitfield scored with 4:07 remaining in overtime and Henry Borysuik scored a hat-trick and added an assist as the Prince Albert Jr. Raiders (pictured above) erased a five-goal deficit and edged the Dakota 2014 7-6 at J and G Homes Arena on Sunday. Capping off the scoring for the Prince Albert Jr. Raiders was Joren Wilson, Nixxon Boutin, Mitchell Anthony contributing with a goal each. Wilson and Carver Blanchard each added two assists. Goaltender Declan McShannock turned aside 25 shots for the Prince Albert Jr. Raiders in the win. Sniping for the Dakota 2014 was Kane Kristensen with two goals and Jaxon Gruelhke, Easton Irwin, Jack Neset and Ryker Hanson each tallying single markers. Gruelhke added two assists. Goaltender Kaiden Miller made 35 saves in the loss for the Dakota 2014. The setback halted the Dakota 2014's five-game winning streak. The Dakota 2014 jumped out to a 5-0 lead when Hanson scored his seventh of the tournament with 10:50 left in the second period but Wilson responded for the Prince Albert Jr. Raiders with his ninth of the tournament to start the rally. 2011 Silver Division Lachlan Vandall scored four goals and added two assists as the Prince Albert Jr Raiders (pictured below) extended its winning streak to five games with a 10-3 triumph over the Bakken Oilers 2011 at J and G Homes Arena on Sunday. Completing the scoring for for the Prince Albert Jr Raiders was Cole Hauber with two goals, Cole Johnston and Canden Olsen, Kashton Brahniuk and Kohen Stevens chipping in with a goal each. Johnston, Olsen, Will Kasner, James Cook, Cashton Choumont. Goaltender Brody Moe turned aside 17 shots for the Prince Albert Jr Raiders in the victory. Finding the twine for the Bakken Oilers 2011 was Tucker Solberg, Abram Wheeler and Will Nystuen chipping in with singles. Goaltender Chay Ekblad made 18 saves in the loss for the Bakken Oilers 2011. 2015 Silver Division Jensyn Wold scored two goals and added three assists as Dakota (pictured below) extended its winning streak to three games with a 9-4 triumph over the Brandon Ice Kings at J and G Homes Arena on Sunday. Completing the scoring for for the Dakota was Beckam Berdahl and Ethan Emard, Beckham Goetz, Tyson Strom, Miles Bekkdahl, Beckett Gunderson and Jayden Nelson chipping in with a goal each. Goaltender Archer Knetzger turned aside 19 shots for the Dakota in the victory. Finding the twine for the Brandon Ice Kings was Rally King, Leo King, Luke Kiirkup and Tucker Russell chipping in with singles. King added two assists. Goaltender Joey Peterson made 24 saves in the loss for the Brandon Ice Kings.

The Philadelphia Flyers have assigned Brandon Wheat Kings goaltender Carson Bjarnason to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, their AHL affiliate. A number of local golf courses have opened for the season including: Wheat City Golf Course (April 19), Shilo Golf & Country Club (April 17), Deer Ridge Golf Course (April 19), and the Glen Lea Golf Course (April 19).     Speaking of the Shilo Golf & Country Club, the course was recently rated at the 3rd best best public golf course and hidden gems in Canada by golfpass.com. The Wheat City Golf Course found themselves 4th on the list. Hockey Manitoba announced their 2025 U18 POE Top 40 camp roster and the roster features a number of selections with ties to Brandon; Reese Shutte (Westman Wildcats), Shayla Scinocca (RHA Winnipeg), Sydney Sass (Brandon Wheat Kings), Chloe Kachur (Brandon Wheat Kings), and Danica Averil (Brandon Wheat Kings). The camp will be held in Brandon at the J&G arena from June 6 – 8, 2025. Week 2 of the Source for Sports AAA Summer Hockey Challenge takes place this weekend in Brandon. Teams from Regina, Prince Albert, Winnipeg, Bismark, and many more will travel to the Wheat City to take part in the 4-day event. Games are free to attend. Brandon's Burke Hood was named to Team Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team pre-tournament camp roster taking place April 12-15 in Oakville, Ontario. Hood suited up for the Vancouver Giants this past season and recorded an impressive .910 save % in 42-games.