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Dauphin’s Carter Williamson and his foursome kicked off their curling season at the Morris Junior Curling Tour event this weekend.
Carter, Karter Meyn, Hunter Dundas and Scott Gower ended up going 2-2.
They started by winning their first game 7-2. That was followed by a 6-4 loss.
Next up the team lost a very close 6-5 battle. The team ended on a high note, by winning their final game 9-5.
Also at the event, Dauphin’s Lawson Yates and his team reached the semifinals.
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The Gilbert Plains Trojans varsity girls volleyball team wrapped up their tournament in Warren with a fifth place finish.
After hitting the court in game action for the first time on Friday, the team just kept on improving.
In their first game of the day on Saturday, the team played Boissevain in the playoffs. They fell just short, 12-25, 25-21, 14-16.
After that game, the Trojans’ went into cruise mode.
They first beat the Arborg Athletics, 25-16, 25-22.
The team followed that up by beating Hapnot, 25-19, 25-15 in their final game of the tournament.
“It was a very positive end to the weekend, really nice to jump into the season feet first and get some good competitive battles early in the season,” said coach Kelsey Foote. “We’re excited to get back to work and play again next weekend.”
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One night after losing 5-0 to begin their preseason, the Winnipeg ICE won their first preseason game last night.
They scored their first goal in the second period and from there, they scored often in a 5-1 win against the Brandon Wheat Kings.
In a season when the two teams will play each other 10 times in the regular season, they split their preseason meetings.
Prior to Saturday’s game, it was announced that star forward Matthew Savoie would play at least 30 games this season. That’s great news for Winnipeg and he showed why on Saturday night with a solid WHL debut.
On the team’s first goal of the game at the 6:57 mark of the second, Savoie set up Cole Muir who put it past Connor Ungar.
That goal gave Winnipeg some inspiration to tack on a few more and the second goal came just over a couple of minutes later.
At the 9:04 mark, Logan Danis scored his first goal as a member of the ICE.
Holden Kodak had the lone assist on the marker that made it 2-0 for Winnipeg.
At the 13:34 mark, Brandon hit the scoreboard for the first time to get back in it. Jonny Hooker scored a goal for a second straight night.
After that, it was all Winnipeg. Playing in a home game away from home, the ICE gave the fans at Stride Place several more things to cheer about.
Connor McClennon netted his first of the preseason, after a great summer which included more than a week overseas with Team Canada. Brad Ginnell and Nolan Orzeck picked up the two assists. The goal was scored at 15:54.
Brad Ginnell wasn’t done there. He made it 4-1 with 2:01 left in the midway frame and Winnipeg held that lead after 40 minutes.
At 7:45 of the third, Winnipeg continued their very efficient night offensively, when Owen Pederson scored his first. Cole Muir picked up his first assist and Matthew Savoie notched his second helper.
Winnipeg was also very stingy defensively. They allowed just 23 shots and Will Gurski made 22 saves.
Winnipeg now gets several days off of game action before they continue their preseason. They head to Saskatoon for a pair of games next weekend.
Brandon, meanwhile, will play a home-and-home with Moose Jaw next weekend, beginning on Friday at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw. On Saturday, Brandon hosts the Warriors.
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The Dauphin Clippers football team began their season today with an all Parkland battle in Swan River.
In the end, Dauphin ran into a very experienced Tigers squad, as they fell short 57-0.
Coach Cam Bennet shares his thoughts on the effort after the game.
“We played a lot better in the second half. A lot of our rookies have now learned how hard they have to work in practice,” said Bennet. “We will get better as the season goes on. We have a lot of smart and talented athletes.”
Dauphin will next play next Friday, against Moosomin. Two years ago, the team beat Moosomin in the league final.
”We need to absorb this loss and reflect on what we need to work on,” Bennet concluded. “The guys will come in and work hard.”
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Weekend one of the Parkland U18 Rangers preseason is in the books.
They welcomed the Yorkton Maulers to town to complete a home-and-home.
After a 6-2 loss last night, Parkland improved and it showed on the scoreboard.
In the end, Yorkton earned a 5-4 win to complete the Saskatchewan Manitoba sweep.
Riley Zdan, Kevin Chrisp, Landyn Brasch and Garrett Hrechka scored for Parkland in the game.
The team heads to Souris for a tournament where they’ll play three games next weekend.
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It took nine rounds in the shootout, but the Dauphin Kings are okay with that after they picked up a 4-3 win over Neepawa tonight as the preseason rolls on.
Dauphin also used a 38 save performance and a fantastic penalty kill to snap their two-game losing streak.
The Kings got out to a great start when Dauphin’s Bradyn Smelski opened the scoring 12:30 in. Liam Hallet and Draydyn Kurbatoff had the assists.
1:35 later, Avery Smith made it 2-0 for Dauphin with Carter Sawchuk and Ian Tookenay getting the assists.
After holding that 2-0 lead after 20, Eli Leiffers brought Neepawa within a goal, just a few minutes into the second.
At the 11:04 mark, Taylor Redmond let go of a shot from the point, which was tipped in by Leeam Tivers as Dauphin went up 3-1. The eventual shootout hero Ty Brant also had an assist.
Leading by two going into the third, Neepawa fired back to tie the game up as it was extra time-bound.
With less than five seconds left in overtime, Jaxon Heeney was sprung on a breakaway. He put it in the back of the net, but the time had expired which meant the game went into a shootout.
Leeam Tivers, Grady Birk and Ty Brant scored in the shootout to give Dauphin the win. Brant’s goal was the winner and Landsberger made seven more saves in the skills competition.
Dauphin went a perfect 12-12 on the penalty kill. On the power play, they went 1-10. The man-advantage goal was their first of the preseason.
Dauphin will return to Credit Union Place on Monday against Melville.
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After a tough loss last week, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers made sure they wouldn’t feel that same feeling again.
They hammered Saskatchewan, 35-10 in the annual Banjo Bowl at IG Field.
Winnipeg’s win keeps them atop the West with a 9-3 record while Saskatchewan drops to 7-4.
The Bombers’ have now won nine straight home games and Chris Streveler was a big reason why. He threw for less than 200 yards, but he ran for two touchdowns in the triumph.
Jamarion Grant also continued his stellar season with a 72 yard punt return for a touchdown.
Through the air, Steveler was a solid 15-21 for 186 yards.
Winnipeg gets a bye next week before they head to Montreal on September 21.
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Eric Prokopowich aced the 17th hole at the Clear Lake Golf Course during the Tamarack Tournament and now he’s a tournament winner.
The Dauphinite shot a 77 to win the Dauphin Lake Golf Club Junior Club Championship.
Finishing second in the 13-18-year-old age group was Braydyn Tkachuk.
In third was Luke Davidson.
Jackson Delaurier shot a 78 to win the 12 & under age group while Luke Myhre finished second. In third was Boston Karlson.
Braydyn Tkachuk got closest to the hole on #9 while Boston Karlson was closest to the hole on #11.
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The Parkland U18 Rangers began their preseason tonight in Yorkton and it resulted in a 6-2 loss.
Less than eight minutes into the game, Yorkton jumped out to a 3-0 lead.
Parkland fired back shortly after. Off a rush, Jayce Legaarden fired a shot past the Maulers goalie to cut the deficit to 3-1.
Yorkton made it 4-1 with 9:59 left in the second.
With just 59 seconds left in the midway frame, Parkland fired back again. This time it was Steven Arp as he trimmed the deficit to 4-2.
Yorkton ended up scoring two third period goals to pick up the win.
The two teams will complete their home-and-home on Saturday night at Credit Union Place. Game time is set for 7:30.
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The Gilbert Plains Trojans varsity girls volleyball team hit the court for the first time this season.
They’re in Warren and despite a three loss day, the team played some solid volleyball.
The team started off by playing Kelvin, which is a AAAA school. Gilbert Plains pushed them to the end, falling 26-24, 24-26, 9-15.
Next up was St. Mary’s and the Trojans’ came up short, 19-25, 21-25.
“We showed signs of really good volleyball throughout the day,” said coach Kelsey Foote.
In their last game of the day, the team lost to Warren, 19-25. 22-25.
They begin their playoffs tomorrow.
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17-year-old Ty Thorpe got the best of his hometown team tonight.
He pushed the Brandon Wheat Kings to a 5-0 win in their preseason opener, which was also the first installment of the “Manitoba Battle” against the Winnipeg ICE.
After scoring just one goal all of last season in 55 games, Thorpe had a hot stick as he potted two goals and had a team-high six shots.
It was on the power play when Thorpe opened the scoring, 8:09 into the game. Caiden Daley and Vincent Iorio picked up the assists on the goal, which ended up being the game-winner.
Just more than two minutes later at the 10:17 mark, Connor Gutenberg made it 2-0 for Brandon. Vincent Iorio and Caiden Daley both picked up their second assists of the game.
Brandon held a 2-0 lead after 20, and it didn’t take them long to extend their lead in the midway frame.
Just 2:08 in, Thorpe netted his second goal of the game off a scramble in front to make it 3-0. Iorio continued his assist-filled night with another, while Gutenberg earned the second assist.
At the 16:51 mark, Nolan Ritchie put Brandon up 4-0. The Canad Inns Instraquad game hero, Cole Reinhardt, picked up the primary assist. Neithan Salame got the second assist.
After getting outshot 18-6 in the first, Winnipeg turned things around, at least on the shot clock, in the second. They outshot Brandon 13-9, but they couldn’t beat Ethan Kruger, who played the first 40 minutes in net.
Jonny Hooker scored Brandon’s fifth and final goal, 7:31 into the final frame.
Despite a 16-shot performance in the third, Winnipeg couldn’t net a puck past Connor Ungar, who replaced Kruger for the third.
Kruger ended up making 19 saves in 40 minutes, while Ungar stopped all 16 shots he saw in the final frame.
For Winnipeg, Will Gurski allowed four goals on 27 shots in the first two periods.
Recently-recalled Daniel Hauser came in to play the third, and he turned away six of the seven shots he faced.
Winnipeg edged Brandon in the faceoff circle, winning 33-of-62 draws.
The two teams return to the ice tomorrow night. The home-and-home heads to Stride Place in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba.
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