Sports Looking Back: Aug. 18, 2022
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This article was published 17/08/2022 (1285 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
IN LOCAL HISTORY
• 50 YEARS AGO — Goals by Ed Ridgen and Ray Smart helped East End pick up a 2-1 win in Brandon Senior Soccer League play over Shilo, who got their lone marker from Barry McPhedrin.
• 40 YEARS AGO — Murray Blight smashed a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Brandon Merchants a 5-4 win over the Elphinstone Outlaws in Game 2 of their Brandon Centennial Fastball League quarterfinal series.
• 30 YEARS AGO — Geoff Milne scored twice to pace Smitty’s Arsenal to a 5-0 triumph over Virden in a Brandon Senior Men’s Soccer League contest at Optimist Park.
• 20 YEARS AGO — The Birtle Blue Jays took a 3-2 lead over the Brandon Cloverleafs in the Manitoba Senior Baseball League final following a 12-4 win in Game 5 at Westbran Stadium.