Sports Looking Back: Feb. 26, 2025
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 26/02/2025 (205 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
ON TELEVISION
• NBA — Philadelphia at New York, 6 p.m. (TSN1); Toronto at Indiana, 6 p.m. (SN1); San Antonio at Houston, 8:30 p.m. (SN1)
• PWHL — New York at Ottawa, 6 p.m. (TSN3)
• NHL — Winnipeg at Ottawa, 6 p.m. (SNW); Vancouver at Los Angeles, 9 p.m. (SNW)
IN LOCAL HISTORY
• 60 YEARS AGO — Gordon Thompson, a member of the Riverdale Junior Rifle Club, received an Expert Shield recently, the highest award that can be given by Dominion Marksman. He scored 5,904 points out of a possible 6,000.
• 50 YEARS AGO — Nancy Sharratt shattered a school scoring record and the undefeated Vincent Massey Vikings completed their Brandon high school varsity girls’ basketball season with a 77-18 victory over Neelin Spartans. Dori McPhail and Anne Thompson chipped in with 16 and 11 points respectively for the Vikings.
• 40 YEARS AGO — Kevin Brugger scored 19 points as Crocus Plainsmen defeated Vincent Massey Vikings 64-43 in a Brandon High School Basketball league junior varsity boys’ playoff game. Jason Epp added 12 points for Crocus and Garth Thomson helped out with 10.
• 30 YEARS AGO — Mike McEwen’s Crocus Plains team beat Westgate’s Harold Schellenberg 12-2 in qualifying for the provincial high school curling championship. McEwen’s teammates were third Geordie Hargreaves, second Paul Grambo and lead Matt Coutts.
• 20 YEARS AGO — Justin Wright and Brennen Giroux both scored twice to lead the Swan Valley Stampeders to a 6-3 victory over the Neepawa Natives in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League on Friday night.
• 10 YEARS AGO — Hartney’s Casey Bertholet scored 43.15 points on her free skate at the Canada Winter Games in Prince George, B.C., on Wednesday and fell out of a medal position. Bertholet placed sixth overall in the pre-novice female figure skating event with a total score of 76.69.