Local Sports News

The Head Coach of the Brandon Wheat Kings, Dave Lowry, has accepted a position with the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League. Lowry departs Brandon after one season with the club, leading the Wheat Kings to a 35-22-4-2 record during the shortened 2019-2020 Western Hockey League Regular Season. The Wheat Kings were in third… November 23, 2020

Brandon's Devin Reinhardt was looking for a way to keep busy during during quarantine, so he developed a hockey/skate locker that would make a perfect Christmas gift for the athlete in your family. With covid restrictions being placed on most sports facilities in recent months, these lockers are a great area for your child/teenager/adult to… November 16, 2020

Brandon's Quinn Skrupa started training gymnastics when she was only 18-months old (Tumble Bugs) at the Brandon Eagles Gymnastics Centre. All of her hard work and training over the years has lead the talented teenager, now a grade 12 student at Vincent Massey, to accept a full ride NCAA Division 1 gymnastics scholarship to Central Michigan University. In conversation with bdnmb.ca earlier today, Quinn said… November 14, 2020

The past few weeks have been very busy for the Wheat City Whiskey Jacks organization. On October 12, the team announced a new head coach (Robby Laughlin from Dawson College in Montana) for the 2021 season. Following the announcement of a new head coach, the organization has signed several players for the coming season including two Manitobans. Winnipeg's Jordan Peck… October 31, 2020

Brandon, MB -- Due to a number of recently-identified mechanical system deficiencies and associated safety issues, the pool at Brandon’s Community Sportsplex is expected to remain closed until the spring of 2021. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba closed the Sportsplex’s pool facility on March 13th, 2020. After delivering a successful outdoor water program in the summer months, plans were in place… October 29, 2020