IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 40 YEARS AGO — Brad Bulbuck, Neil Falloon, Kirk Lyttle and Kevin Mayner scored three goals each as the Foxwarren Falcons crushed the Kenton Cougars 18-3 in a North Central Hockey League game.

• 30 YEARS AGO — Trevor Armitage scored with 4:43 left in the third period to propel the host Miniota Night Hawks to a 5-4 win over the Kenton Cougars in a North Central Hockey League game. Daren Bryant, Daryl Brown, Kent Doole and Jerry Davis also scored for Miniota.

• 20 YEARS AGO — Trent Tibbatts scored twice to lead the Foxwarren Falcons to a 5-2 victory over Miniota/Elkhorn in the NorthCentral Hockey League. Pat Falloon, Ted Fleury and Cory Hodgson also scored for Foxwarren.

IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 40 YEARS AGO — Hamiota defeated Neepawa 7-3 in a brawl-marred South West Hockey League game. The match was called with 11 seconds remaining in the third period following a brawl that involved all the players on the ice. Dallas Strachan and Ernie Heapy both scored twice for the winners.

• 30 YEARS AGO — Steven Janz poured in a game-high 27 points to lead the host Virden Golden Bears to a 72-59 win over the Vincent Massey Vikings in opening game of the varsity boys’ Westman High School Basketball League.

• 20 YEARS AGO — Brent Madill scored three goals and Trent Madill stopped all 25 shots he faced as the Minnedosa Bombers unloaded on the Kenton Cougars 12-0 in a NorthCentral Hockey League game. Mark Willis and Rob Memrick both added a pair of goals for the Bombers.

The Brandon Sun is accepting nominations for its annual H.L. (Krug) Crawford sportsperson of the year and Mike Jones team of the year awards.

The awards recognize a Westman individual and a team that excelled in 2025.

For consideration, submit the athlete or team’s name and a brief description of their accomplishments to sports@brandonsun.com by Dec. 24.

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IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 40 YEARS AGO — Ron Gobiel scored three goals to pace the Unwinder Bulldogs to a 7-2 Shilo and District Men’s Broomball League victory over the Hyundai Stallions. Warren Boles added two goals for the Bulldogs, while Dennis Kelly and Glen Robinson both scored once.

• 30 YEARS AGO — Rookie Ryan Robson had two goals to lead the Brandon Wheat Kings to a 7-2 WHL victory over the Regina Pats. Bobby Brown, Mike Leclerc, Peter Schaefer, Kelly Smart and Cory Cyrenne added singles.

• 20 YEARS AGO — Ben Ritchie scored twice to lead the Brandon Wheat Kings to a 6-2 victory over the Central Plains Capitals in the Manitoba AAA Midget Hockey League. Jason Rathwell, Brandon Lockerby, Shayne Wiebe and Ian Campbell also scored for the Wheat Kings.

IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 40 YEARS AGO — Rhonda Opperman tossed in 18 points to lead the Killarney Raiders to a 54-41 varsity girls’ exhibition basketball victory over the Neelin Spartans. Leslie Ballan of Neelin led all scorers with 19 points.

• 30 YEARS AGO — Brandon boxer Roddy Batson improved his professional record to 10-5 after stopping Milwaukee’s Eric Crumble at 1:55 of the first round in a middleweight bout.

• 20 YEARS AGO — Donald Melnyk of the OCN Blizzard scored three goals and five assists in four games last week to win the MJHL player of the week award, edging out Dauphin Kings goaltender Marc Lesage

IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 40 YEARS AGO — The Brandon Wheat Kings fired coach Jack Sangster. Sangster, 38, coached the Wheat Kings for 2 1/2 seasons. Jim Foubister took over as GM.

• 30 YEARS AGO — Kurtis Quane scored 42 seconds into overtime to lift the Southwest Cougars to a 5-4 victory over the Central Plains Capitals in a Manitoba AAA Midget Hockey League game.

• 20 YEARS AGO — Andrew Fisher’s third-period goal was the game-winner as the Neepawa Natives got by the OCN Blizzard 4-3 in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. Lindsay Gullett, Shane Jury and Michael Proudley also scored for the Natives.

The Vincent Massey Vikings beat the Neelin Spartans 45-26 in junior varsity girls basketball action in the Brandon high school league on Tuesday.

Adriana Ramalho paced the Vikings with 16 points, while Josee Martine led the Spartans with six.

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IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 40 YEARS AGO — Brandon Eagles Gymnastics Club athletes John Sowiak and Bobby Keeper won the argo and cadet titles respectively at the boys’ provincial gymnastics championship in Brandon, while Peter Mitchell was second in argo.

• 30 YEARS AGO — The Brandon Wheat Kings downed the Moose Jaw Warriors 7-5 in WHL action. Peter Schaefer score twice for Brandon with Ryan Robson, Bobby Brown, Cory Cyrenne, Mike Leclerc and Burke Henry adding singles.

• 20 YEARS AGO — Sanfred King and Matthew Calvert combined for 10 points in a big night for the Brandon Midget AAA Wheat Kings. King scored two goals and added three assists, while Calvert scored once and assisted on four others to lead the Wheat Kings to an 8-2 triumph over the Eastman Selects in the Manitoba AAA Midget Hockey League.

Brandon’s Colten Worthington and Ethan Stewart repped the Maple Leaf well.

The pair of hometown products are coming off a podium finish in Trois-Rivières, Que., after helping Canada West to its first silver medal in the World Junior A Challenge since 2012 — when they fell in the final to the United States in Yarmouth, N.S., with a 6-3 loss.

History was much of the same this time around. Worthington, Stewart, and company ran into their familiar rivals south of the border in the gold-medal game and dropped a 5–1 decision, and while the result may have stung, earning silver at a tournament featuring some of the top talent in Junior A is nothing to sneeze at either.

“It was pretty exciting,” said Stewart, who tallied one goal and four points through five games with Canada West. “Getting a chance to win a gold medal was super cool for sure, and getting that silver medal is pretty awesome too.

IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 40 YEARS AGO — The Kenton Cougars dumped the Miniota Night Hawks 7-3 in a North Central Hockey League game. Dwayne Kent and Daryle McLaughlin scored two goals each for the Cougars.

• 30 YEARS AGO — The Hamiota Huskies downed the Rivers Rams 6-1 in Westman High School Hockey League action. Wayne Kirk and Bryce Patterson both scored twice to spark the hosts. Jason Graham and Travis Goertzen added singles for the Huskies.

• 20 YEARS AGO — Curtis Seafoot scored four times as the Wawanesa Jets hammered the Crystal City 49ers 8-1 in the Tiger Hills Hockey League.