IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 50 YEARS AGO — Individual winners in the Brandon junior high school road races girls’ category were: Nancy Scott of Earl Haig in the 12-and-under group; Tracy Borotsik of Earl Oxford in the 13- 14 division and Jodee Hunter of Oxford in the 15-and-over class.

• 40 YEARS AGO — Claude Pellerin scored three goals and Bruce Bell a pair as the Victoria Inn Titans beat Minnedosa 6-1 in Brandon Senior Men’s Soccer League action. Jamie Gorchynski notched the other Titans’ goal.

• 30 YEARS AGO — Andrew Walker, Jody Plett, Sean Whelan, Martin Hulme, Ryan Ogilvie and Pat Magwood all scored for the host Neepawa Rangers in a 6-2 Brandon Senior Soccer League win over 4-Way Taxi Club United. Damon Hanley had both goals for United.

Hunter Oakden is back in the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour winner’s circle.

The Brandonite shot round of 69 and 71 to finish at 2-over 140 and take down Ryder St. Laurent in a playoff to win the juvenile boys’ division at Kildonan Park Golf course on Sunday.

The tour’s next stop is St. Boniface Golf Club next Sunday and Monday.

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IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 50 YEARS AGO — Individual winners in the Brandon junior high school road races boys’ category were: Darcy Ready of Earl Haig in the 12-and-under class; Kevin Conlin of Oxford in the 13-14 age group and Rod Crook of Vincent Massey in the 15-and-over division.

• 40 YEARS AGO — Terrilyn Hurl scored twice to pace Brandon Club Stray Cats to a 5-1 win over the Barbarians in a Brandon Senior Soccer League women’s game. Shelly Hartel, Donna Cullen and Stacey Corrigan added singles.

• 30 YEARS AGO — Ryan Hildebrand did the Brandon Eagles Gymnastics Club proud at the Flairs Spring Invitational at the University of Manitoba. Hildebrand, the lone member of the Brandon club in attendance, placed first in the all- around in Level 3 with a score of 44.85.

IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 50 YEARS AGO — Roy Best was elected president of the Brandon Commercial Fastball League.

• 40 YEARS AGO — Hope Shelvey scored two goals to lead the Stingers to a 3-2 victory over Minnedosa in a Brandon Senior Soccer League women’s game. Elaine Lewis also scored for the winners.

• 30 YEARS AGO — The Brandon Wheat Kings defeated the Guelph Storm 2-1 in their opening round-robin matchup at the Memorial Cup. Scoring for the winners were Darren Van Oene and Dorian Anneck.

Yussef Jawad is ready to make his second big move for basketball.

Surprisingly, Montreal to Brandon is the much smaller one.

The Lebanese guard moved to Quebec less than four years ago for a brighter hoops future. With the help of former Brandon University Bobcat Mikee Dosado and his coaching staff at Vanier College, he’s ready to make the leap.

Jawad is joining Alberta’s Roman Jensen in the Bobcats recruit class for the 2026-27 Canada West season.

IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 60 YEARS AGO — Brandon fencers Warren MacKay and Murray Simpson placed fourth and fifth in the sabre and foil matches at the Manitoba Open fencing championships at Brandon College. They placed third and fourth in the epee match.

• 50 YEARS AGO — Bill Clark and Greg Kindrat scored for the Olympians, while Dave Bebbington and Jim Ferguson replied or the Spartans as the Brandon Senior Soccer League teams tied 2-2.

• 40 YEARS AGO — Goals by Teena Neiradka and Laura Kostecki gave Neelin a 2-0 victory over Crocus II in a Brandon High School Soccer League girls’ game. Pam Connor recorded the shutout.

The visiting Dauphin Clippers put a pair of lopsided losses on the Vincent Massey Vikings in Westman High School Rugby action on Thursday.

In a 104-0 victory in the girls game, Paityn Bourgoine and Desiree Lareive led the Clippers with four tries each, while Alina Genik and Jorja Percvial had two.

Ryann Richard-Soltis, Kiersten Vanderkerckhove and Mila Heschuk each had one, and Vanderkerckhove kicked 12 converts.

In the boys game, Alex Thompson led Dauphin with three tries in a 65-0 triumph. Ben Miner and Morgan Fleck both touched the ball down twice, and Ryzlie Nepinak, Jaime Camacho, Joshua Yakielashek and Parker Schau scored once, with Jordan Evans kicking three conversions and Colton Miner adding two.

IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 50 YEARS AGO — Lawrie Lewis, a former star with the Brandon Optimist Sundowner Track Club, has cleared a major hurdle towards a coveted berth in the Olympic Games. Lewis, who went on to run out of Indiana University, was clocked at 9:06.3 in his specialty, the 3,000-metre steeplechase, which qualified him for the pre-Olympic meet in Quebec City.

• 40 YEARS AGO — A goal by Sean Kennedy capped a second-half comeback and gave Vincent Massey Vikings a 3-2 win over the Crocus Plainsmen in Brandon high school varsity boys’ soccer action. Chris Ferguson and Jeff McMaster also scored for the Vikings.

• 20 YEARS AGO — Virden’s Club West Rage fell 2-0 to Winnipeg’s Bisons in the winal of the 18U Volleyball Canada club national championship. Becky Young and Kristi Hunter were named to the all-star team.