National Wrestling Tour Reminiscent of Stampede Heyday
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A Spanish giant, a Belgian Bull, a Mexican daredevil, an Austrian leg breaker and more are in store for local fans of professional wrestling when the body slammers from Canadian Wrestling’s Elite (CWE) return to Brandon on April 24 at the Great Western Roadhouse. While Brandon isn’t historically recognized as a “wrestling town” it…
Boissevain Border Kings skate their way to THHL title
The Boissevain Border Kings swept the Gladstone Lakers in their best of 5 series to capture the Tiger Hills Hockey League title. Saturday night's clinching game in Boissevain saw the Border Kings topple the Lakers 8-1 on the strength on 2 goals each from Tyler Dittmer and Chris Low. Kelly Glowa and Jagger Thomas added…
Devon Leblanc, Derek Leblanc, Tyler Dittmer lead SE Prairie Thunder to Allan Cup berth
The South East Prairie Thunder are off to their 7th consecutive Allan Cup championship after sweeping the Ste-Anne Aces in their best of 3 series. The Thunder required double overtime to defeat the Aces 4-3 in the first game. In game 2, Devon Leblanc scored twice while Derek Leblanc and Tyler Dittmer chipped in with…
Local umpire, Earl Cheasley to be recognized nationally for contributions to the officiating program
Earl Cheasley, a local softball umpire, will be entering the Softball Indicator Club at the 2019 Blue Convention for umpires in Montreal next month. The award first handed out in 1997 is a high quality medallion and "the objective of this Club is to acknowledge contributions made by individual umpires to the officiating program across Canada."…
Hockey Brandon announces award winners
The Hockey Brandon Awards and Coaches' Banquet was held last evening at Houstons. The winner of each category is listed below. ARNOLD NICHOL MEMORIAL AWARD - To the most dedicated coach(es) in the Initiation/Timbit program. WINNER: Mike Baranyk, Trevor Bell, Tim Lang, Roland Richard (Timbits Canadiens) DON ROBERTSON MEMORIAL AWARD - Presented to the most dedicated coach…
