Top Rugby Players Coming To Dauphin

The best U19 rugby players in both Manitoba and Saskatchewan will be coming to Dauphin next month.

The Parkland Rugby Association will be hosting the Manitoba/Saskatchewan Championships. Along the Parkland teams, clubs from Minnedosa, Interlake will join several other teams from around the province.

Several teams also from Saskatchewan will be taking part n the event. It's both girls and guys. There will be both U11 and U13 divisions. There will also be U15, U17, and U19 boys and girls divisions. Roughly 25 teams will be taking part in the event.

"We're really excited about this. We've worked really hard to develop rugby in the area," said Rod Carberry. "One of the stipulations for hosting this event is you need more than one schedule and we're currently getting a second one ready. We did a rough schedule and it shows about a 64-game schedule over two fields. It's going to be a fantastic event and we're really excited to host it and get another field as well."

Within the past few years, rugby has taken a definite step up in the Parkland. Both the Parkland Pirates program and the Dauphin Clippers program has done well locally and on a provincial level. With the best of the best set to embark on Dauphin, Carberry is confident the team can have success.

"Our teams should have good success. We have some really good athletes. Our girls 7's program for the Clippers is the strongest it's ever been. For the first time ever, we'll have a junior varsity and varsity team," continued Carberry. "Our teams have done well in these types of events before and we expect the same come next month."

The schedule has yet to be released, but when it is we'll have you covered. If you've never had the chance to watch a game of rugby before, Carberry is inviting everyone down to the field.

"It's such a fast paced game. It's sort of like a 4-on-4 hockey game, things happen quick and anything can happen," Carberry concluded. "If you're unsure about the game, it's a great idea to come down to the games and see for yourself, I think you'll highly enjoy it."

The event takes place on October 12-13.

Details: Contributed by Darnell Duff; Published: Sep 23, 2019 - 10:44 am

It was a solid weekend of volleyball for both the Dauphin Clippers varsity girls and boys teams.

In Brandon, the varsity boys finished fourth in a tournament that featured 24 teams.

In the playoffs, the team beat Carnduff, 25-27, 25-22, 15-8 to advance to the semifinals. They next came up just short against Major Pratt, 21-25, 24-26.

In the third place match, the team lost in straight sets to Fort Richmond to finish in fourth.

JJ Love was named a tournament all-star.

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The team also finished in fourth at the Sanford tournament. In their first game, they beat the host Sanford team, 25-23, 26-24.

They overall ended up finishing tops in their pool.

In the semifinals, they lost to Calvin Christian and that was followed by a tight loss in the bronze medal game against Sanford.

Details: Contributed by Darnell Duff; Published: Sep 22, 2019 - 8:05 pm

The Parkland Bantam Rangers wrapped up their Souris tournament earlier today with another close defeat.

In a game against Eastman, the Rangers were down 4-1 before they battled back, but they ended up falling 5-4.

“It was our best game of the weekend,” said coach Tom White.

Will Munro, Skyler Carriere, Kyan Grouette, and Carter Zalischuk scored for Parkland in the game.

Parkland outshot Eastman, 42-18.

Kyler Swanton and Murray Cook played in net.

Details: Contributed by Darnell Duff; Published: Sep 22, 2019 - 4:24 pm

Luka Burzan notched two goals and the Brandon Wheat Kings won their first game of the 2019-20 season on Saturday night against the Winnipeg ICE.

One night after they went down 3-0 in a 3-2 loss, Brandon started things differently on Saturday.

It took Ben McCartney just 3:31 to light the lamp in front of a jam packed crowd at the Wayne Fleming Arena as Brandon went up 1-0.

Braden Schneider and Chad Nychuk got the assists.

The Winnipeg ICE didn’t seem phased one bit, however. They scored two straight goals to end the first.

At the 6:22 mark, Michal Teply continued his solid start to the season as he tied things up. It was his second of the season on the power play. Brad Ginnell and Marco Creta had the two assists.

After an assist, Brad Ginnell kept it going. He scored his first of the season as Creta earned his second assist and Connor McClennon got his first.

Teply’s first goal was at the 6:22 mark and Ginnell’s was at the 9:56 mark. Despite holding a 2-1 lead after 20, Winnipeg couldn’t keep it going after that.

Burzan scored his first goal of the game just 49 seconds into the second to tie it up.

The Burzan show continued shortly after. He scored the game-winning goal on the power play at the 4:33 mark. Ben McCartney added the lone assist.

With a 3-2 lead going into the third, Brandon finished things off in the final frame.

Jonny Hooker set up Lynden McCallum who scored the insurance marker with 2:54 left in the third.

The Brandon win evens up the “Manitoba Battle” at one. Eight more meetings are ahead.

The next one is set for Monday, November 11 at 2:30 at Westoba Place.

Winnipeg heads to Saskatoon, Prince Albert, and Regina for a three-in-three next weekend.

Brandon, meanwhile, has a home-and-home with Moose Jaw. Friday’s game is at Westoba Place at 7:30 p.m.

Details: Contributed by Darnell Duff; Published: Sep 22, 2019 - 7:01 am

Baron Thompson and Brendan Arnold scored two goals each as the Dauphin Kings erupted offensively in their first win of the season.

In the back end of a home-and-home against Swan Valley, Dauphin put up six goals in a 6-4 win.

Unlike Friday night, the Stamps opened the scoring when Nathan Carl scored 11:50 into the first.

From there, Dauphin caught fire. Just 4:59 later, Baron Thompson scored his first MJHL regular season goal to tie it up as the game was tied after 20.

In the second, Dauphin was great on the powerplay. Carter Sawchuk scored early and Thompson scored his second of the game, late in the frame to give them a 3-1 lead after 40.

The third brought more goals for Dauphin. Within the first 10:18 of the period, Nakodan Greyeyes and Brendan Arnold made it 5-1.

Tommy Cardinal scored his first of the game while Carl added his second on the powerplay after that to trim the deficit to 5-3.

Already leading by two, Arnold added an empty netter late to solidify a 6-4 win for Dauphin.

They’re back at it on Tuesday in Waywayseecappo.

Details: Contributed by Darnell Duff; Published: Sep 21, 2019 - 10:11 pm

The Parkland Bantam Rangers continued their Souris tournament today and they came up short in both of their games.

Earlier this morning, they fell short against Brandon, 5-3. Tyler Huston, Will Munro, and Brayden Dube scored the goals for Parkland in the game.

In the team's second game, Brayden Dube kept it going with two goals in a 7-4 loss against Yellowhead. Hayden Seib and Aiden Ziprick scored one each.

Parkland plays their last game tomorrow against Eastman.

Details: Contributed by Darnell Duff; Published: Sep 21, 2019 - 9:32 pm

Vernon Adams Junior had a crazy game throwing for 488 yards and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were shocked this afternoon in Montreal.

Up 34-10 at halftime, the Bombers were only able to score three points in the second half. Meanwhile, the Alouettes scored 28 as they came all the way back to beat Winnipeg, 38-37. Montreal scored with just six seconds left to seal the win.

Adams completed 27-of-43 passes for four touchdowns.

Back from suspension was Andrew Harris and he ran for 76 yards and he picked up 112 yards through the air, which led the team. The loss drops Winnipeg to 9-4 and they're in a tie with Calgary atop the West Division.

Montreal is 7-5 and they're in the second spot in the East Division.

Details: Contributed by Darnell Duff; Published: Sep 21, 2019 - 7:50 pm

The Dauphin Clippers varsity boys soccer team wrapped up their play at the Swan River Invitational.

They opened up play with a big 7-0 win against Russell. After that, the Clippers lost a close 2-1 game against Thompson.

In their final game of the tournament, they lost to Swan River, 6-2.

Details: Contributed by Darnell Duff; Published: Sep 21, 2019 - 6:43 pm

Prior to puck drop on Friday night at Westoba Place, the night was sure to be a historic one for a few reasons. The first reason was the Brandon Wheat Kings were set to unveil a brand new state of the art jumbotron at centre ice.

Another reason it was a special night was because the Winnipeg ICE were playing their first regular-season game in franchise history.

60 minutes after it started, it’s certainly a night the ICE organization won’t ever forget. The team scored a 3-2 win over their new provincial rival Wheat Kings at Westoba Place.

The first period was full of penalties. It took just 21 seconds to see our first ejection of the season. That’s when Ridly Greig received a five-minute major for a check to the head on Winnipeg’s Chase Hartje. At the same time, Winnipeg’s Isaac Johnson took a roughing penalty.

In all, there were 15 penalty minutes between the two teams in the first.

In front of just less than 5000 fans, Winnipeg got on the board first. Connor McClennon scored 5:58 into the second to give Winnipeg a 1-0 lead. Carson Lambos and Brad Ginnell earned the assists.

After acquiring him in the offseason, it didn’t take Isaac Johnson long to show his stuff. He scored his first marker with just less than three minutes left in the second at the 17:11 mark. Michal Teply earned his first assist and the primary one while the second went to Owen Pederson.

With just 33 seconds left, Teply kept it going. He scored what would end up being the game-winning goal with Carson Lambos and other Import selection Nino Kinder getting the assists.

With a 3-0 lead going into the third, Brandon made it a game. Vincent Iorio took a pass from Lynden McCallum and he beat Dean McNabb, who was picked up earlier this week from Regina to trim the deficit to 3-1. Luka Burzan also got an assist.

The Wheat Kings didn’t stop there. Veteran Zach Wytinck scored his first of the game at the 15:20 mark with Burzan getting credit for his second assist.

Despite late pressure, Brandon wasn’t able to get any closer as Winnipeg capped off the historic night with two points.

Details: Contributed by Darnell Duff; Published: Sep 20, 2019 - 3:14 am

The Dauphin Kings led 1-0 after 20 minutes, but they couldn’t keep it together in a 6-3 loss to begin their season.

In a game that was full of turnovers, Swan Valley was able to capitalize several times to win their home opener.

With 10:04 left in the first frame, Nakodan Greyeyes scored his first of the season in what was a solid game for him. Dauphin led 1-0 after 20, but the second was mostly all Stampeders’.

Just 2:33 into the second, Carter Cockburn set up Nathan Carl who tied the game up.

Tommy Cardinal made it 2-1, 8:11 into the second. That’s when Dauphin struck back.

Leeam Tivers went bar down 13:28 into the second to tie the game up.

Swan Valley finished the second on fire offensively. They scored two goals in the final 5:30 of the period to take a 4-2 lead after 40. The goals were scored by Leyson Coleman and Tommy Cardinal.

Frazer Dodd made it 5-2, 4:57 into the third. Less than a minute later, Nakodan Greyeyes scored his second of the game to trim to deficit to 5-3.

That was it for Dauphin, however. Josh Maucieri capped off a one goal, three assist performance with a goal 14:53 into the period, which was short handed.

The two teams will meet again tomorrow night at 7:30 at Credit Union Place.