Sports Looking Back: Feb. 19, 2026
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IN LOCAL HISTORY
• 60 YEARS AGO — Virden’s Dunc Elliott and his sharpshooting curling team of Jack Templeton, Ralph Willams and Terry Yushchyshyn, waltzed undefeated through the Oak Lake open bon- spiel.
• 50 YEARS AGO — Bill Clisby and Donna Hean won the city five-pin bowling championships. Clisby averaged 262 a game for 24 games and finished at the top of the 16-man competition with a total of 6,308. Hean had a 24-game average of 261 and finished the 14- woman tournament with a series of 6,285.
• 40 YEARS AGO — Kevin Hedley’s third goal of the game with one second remaining pulled Way-burn Warriors into a tie with Shoal Lake Eagles and Doug Hedley’s goal in overtime gave the Warriors a 5-4 NorthCentral Hockey League victory.
• 30 YEARS AGO — Dan Dietrich scored two goals, including the game-winner with 5:59 left to play, to give the Deloraine Royals a 5-4 triumph over the visiting Foxwarren Falcons in South West Hockey League action. Chris Nielsen also had two goals.
• 20 YEARS AGO — Kory Kimpinski scored two goals as the Brandon Wheat Kings dumped the Central Plains Capitals 8-2 Wednesday in the Manitoba AAA Midget Hockey League. Jason Rathwell, Brandon Lockerby, Sanfred King, Brad McConnell, Justin Watters and Kevin Kirkup also scored for the Wheat Kings.
• 10 YEARS AGO — Shanelle Haliuk poured in a game high 18 points, adding five rebounds, in leading the Crocus Plainsmen varsity girls’ basketball team to a slim 53-49 victory over the Vincent Massey Vikings in Game 1 of the best-of-three city final.