Sports Looking Back: July 4, 2026
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IN LOCAL HISTORY
• 60 YEARS AGO — The Hamiota Red Sox defeated the Dauphin Red Birds 8-6 in Manitoba Senior Baseball League action. Buck Matheson led the Red Sox with three singles while Gord Lyall had two singles as did Allan Robertson. Mel Smith hit a double and Ellis Woods banged out a triple.
• 50 YEARS AGO — Melita Bisons topped the annual SouthWest Hockey League golf tournament at Boissevain with a five-man team aggregate of 383. First-flight winner was Frank Clement of Russell with a 73, while Jack Stone of Boissevain took the second flight with 85. Jim Baker of Virden shot 94 to capture the third flight.
• 40 YEARS AGO — Bill Flynn drove in four runs and scored three times as the Birtle Blue Jays upended the Cardale Cougars 8-4 in the Yellowhead Baseball League. Flynn tripled and singled three times in support of pitcher Ross Howard.
• 20 YEARS AGO — Evan Holden’s two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning broke a 1-1 tie as the Houston’s Hitmen beat the Brandon Heating and Plumbing Marauders 3-1 in the MacArthur Senior AA Baseball League at Kinsmen Stadium.
• 10 YEARS AGO — Noel Harding is now the second-ranked middleweight boxer in Canada. The Brandon Boxing Club owner earned two more victories in Jamay, Mexico, to improve his professional record to 10-1 and has nine knockouts. Harding has won five bouts in the last four months.