Sports Looking Back: Aug. 7, 2026
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IN LOCAL HISTORY
• 60 YEARS AGO — Don Germscheid, who golfs out of the Sunnyside club in Brandon, chalked up another win as he nabbed top honours at the Souris Golf Club’s annual fall tournament with a 69.
• 50 YEARS AGO — Chris Judd was the big man at the plate for Manco Clippers as they beat out Shilo 11-6 in a Brandon Centennial Fastball game. Judd hit an inside-the-park homer and three singles.
• 40 YEARS AGO — The Birtle Blue Jays beat out Angusville Cardinals 4-2 in the opening game of the best-of-three Yellowhead Baseball League final. Rob Kollesavich scattered eight hits for the win.
• 30 YEARS AGO — The Brandon Grey Owls finally ended a 10-game losing streak, beating Moose Jaw 4-3. Chad Cooley was the hero after belting a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning.
• 20 YEARS AGO — Dale Coulter closed with a one-over-par 73 on Sunday to cruise to a seven-stroke victory in the men’s division of the Sandhills Desert Classic at the Carberry Sandhills golf club.
• 10 YEARS AGO — Brandon gymnast Isabela Onyshko made her Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro, qualifying for the all-around final.