Sports Looking Back: Feb. 25, 2026
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IN LOCAL HISTORY
• 50 YEARS AGO— Brent Munroe of Brandon and Lorna Manzer of Calgary won gold medals at the Winter Olympics for the physically handicapped in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden. Both medals came in the five-kilometre cross-country ski race for one-legged competitors.
• 40 YEARS AGO — Lisa Maluga scored into an empty net in the second period of overtime to give Fred’s Dry Cleaners a 1-0 win over Brandon Club Straycats in a Women’s Broomball League playoff game.
• 30 YEARS AGO — Jason Smith scored 3:16 into overtime to lift the Hamiota Huskies to a 9-8 triumph over the Sioux Valley Dakotas in North Central Hockey League action. Derek Patterson scored four goals for the Huskies. Joe Halfe replied with three goals for the Dakotas.
• 20 YEARS AGO — Brad McDonald had a goal and an assist to lead the AA U18 Wheat Kings to a 3-1 win over the Wininpeg Sharks in the first game of the playoffs.