IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 60 YEARS AGO — Twenty-two boys and girls from Souris and Elgin schools took part in the cross-country races at Elgin. Verla Strawn ran the girls’ two- mile course in 14:17 to lead Margaret Strath by 27 seconds. Tom Prath of Elgin finished the boys’ three-mile race with a time of 19:14.

• 50 YEARS AGO — Norm McManus of Kenton continued his fine season by topping the annual golfers tournament, held at the city-owned Brandon Golf and Country Club.

• 40 YEARS AGO — The Brandon Wheat Kings earned a 6-3 Western Hockey League victory over the Moose Jaw Warriors. Mike Morin and Dean Sexsmith both scored twice for Brandon.

IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 60 YEARS AGO — Bill Huston proved to be the key figure for 7Up as the club whipped Shilo 14-7 in the fourth game of the Brandon and District Commercial Fastball League final and won their second straight championship. Huston hammered four hits, including a home run.

• 50 YEARS AGO — Ken Hoy fired a five-over-par 65 to edge Dwight Kearns by two strokes for the men’s title at the North Hill Motel’s annual fall golf tournament. Meanwhile, Peggy Clark recorded a 73 to win the women’s premier flight by five strokes over second Mona Sumida.

• 40 YEARS AGO — The Virden Golden Bears defeated the Dauphin Clippers 21-18 in high school football action as Joey Senff scored a pair of touchdowns and Dale Lewis added one.

Manitoba’s female volleyball club continued to shine after defeating Team Quebec at the Canada Games in St. John’s, N.L., on Wednesday.

Brandon’s Jersey Hansen-Young led her team to a three-sets-to-one victory, improving Manitoba’s record to 2-0. Manitoba will wrap up its preliminary matches today against Saskatchewan.

Team Manitoba’s male lacrosse squad split even on Wednesday, losing its first game to Saskatchewan 5-3, then bouncing back with a dominant 20-1 victory against the hosts, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Brandon’s Vaughn McLeod and Cash Zdan will close out their round-robin action today, when they face off against Prince Edward Island.

Manitoba’s male lacrosse squad couldn’t have asked for a better start at the Canada Games after it defeated New Brunswick – a club it hadn’t beaten in three years — in a dominant 7-4 win in St. John’s, N.L., on Tuesday.

Brandon’s Vaughn McLeod led Team Toba with one goal and two assists in the game, while Cash Zdan also got on the board as well, registering one goal.

Manitoba will look to carry its hot start over to today, when it faces Saskatchewan and the hosts, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Team Manitoba’s female volleyball club, which includes Brandon’s Jersey Hansen-Young, also came out of the gate rolling after it blanked New Brunswick three sets to nothing on Tuesday.

Brandon’s Cash Zdan and Vaughn McLeod will begin tournament action for Manitoba’s lacrosse squad against Team New Brunswick today at the Canada Games in St. John’s, N.L.

Team Toba will play two more games on Wednesday against Saskatchewan and the hosts, Newfoundland and Labrador, before concluding its preliminary matchups on Thursday against Prince Edward Island.

Manitoba’s female volleyball club, which includes Brandon’s Jersey Hansen-Young, also kicks off play today against Team New Brunswick.

Following today’s matchup, Manitoba will face Quebec on Wednesday and then close out its round-robin action against Team Saskatchewan on Thursday.

Manitoba’s female box lacrosse squad wrapped up its tournament with a 3-1 win against Quebec in the fifth-place game at the Canada Games on Friday in St. John’s, N.L.

McCreary’s Karlee Kohlman tallied an assist in the game’s opening goal in the second period, which was scored by Manitoba’s captain Jaden Loeppky.

Team Manitoba’s male baseball club dropped its last game of the tournament on Friday, losing out to Team Alberta 4-0 and placing sixth in the country overall.

Brandon’s Cason Burton threw 19 pitches, and Reston’s Jamie Williamson saw three innings of action in the loss, which saw Manitoba give up two runs each in the fourth and seventh innings of the ballgame.

Braylee Merritt had two hits, scored a run and drove in another as the Westman Magic fell 9-5 to the Central Energy in Manitoba Premier Softball League action in Winkler on Sunday.

Brooke Hartman threw six strikeouts with Bryelle Simard adding three for the Magic (10-6).

In the second game, Logan Rome pitched two scoreless innings with four strikeouts in an 8-3 loss as Westman was limited to four hits.

On Saturday, Rome had the lone Magic hit in a 9-0 mercy-rule defeat to the Interlake Phillies. The Magic bounced back in Game 2 as Rome had two hits while allowing none in two innings. She gave up one run on six walks in relief of Meredith Masson, who allowed three runs with three strikeouts on six hits.

Boissevain’s Danika Nell pitched her NCAA Division I softball team to a conference title on Sunday, and is set to lead the Boston University Terriers into regionals at Oklahoma University this weekend.

The freshman phenom pitcher threw seven scoreless innings in relief as BU came back to beat West Point 3-2 in the Patriot League final.

The former Westman Magic star and three-time high school provincial champion with the Boissevain Broncos and Vincent Massey Trojans was named to the all-tournament team.

Boston faces Oklahoma on Friday at 5 p.m. CT. The winners of Friday’s games play in what’s effectively a 1-2 Page playoff game on Saturday at 1 p.m., with the losers meeting in the 3-4 game at 4:30. The semifinal is at 6 o’clock.