Sports Looking Back: May 6, 2026
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IN LOCAL HISTORY
• 60 YEARS AGO — Don Barr of Stockton won the Glenboro Men’s Curling Club championship and the club trophy for the second consecutive year. Completing the winning rink were Harold Jackson, Jack Rolfe and Gerald Rutherford.
• 50 YEARS AGO — Mark Hicks of the Brandon YMCA Judo Club and a member of the Manitoba provincial judo team, will be travelling to Montreal this weekend to complete in the Canadian national judo championships.
• 40 YEARS AGO — Kelly McCrimmon is the new coach of the North Battleford North Stars, the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League team announced this weekend.
• 30 YEARS AGO — Don Thomson officially received a vote of confidence from Brandon University officials. The 33-year-old Brandonite signed another one-year contract to coach the BU Bobcats women’s basketball team for a third straight season.
• 10 YEARS AGO — The Brandon Wheat Kings traded up and selected Braden Schneider 12th overall in the Western Hockey League draft.