Sports Looking Back: Oct. 29, 2026
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IN LOCAL HISTORY
• 60 YEARS AGO — Carberry Collegiate battled its way into the Beautiful Plains High School Football League final, hanging on to defeat Shilo Peps 21-7. Vern Baron and Gerry Smith counted the Carberry majors while Ian Malcolm scored the touchdown for Shilo.
• 50 YEARS AGO — Mabel Mitchell of Brandon capped a comeback in the 11th end with a single point and defeated Donna Lawson 9-8 in one of six games in the Molson’s All-Star Curlettes League.
• 40 YEARS AGO — Kelly Robertson and Brian Moffatt made their final rocks count as Simplot Super League of Curling kicked off its 11th season. Robertson won 7-6 in the 10th end over Randy Henuset and Moffatt edged Kelly Skinner 7-6.
• 30 YEARS AGO — Dan Williamson, a member of the Brandon Judokan Judo Club, won a bronze medal as a junior men’s beginner (65 kilograms) and followed that up with another bronze in the senior men’s beginner division at a tournament at Kirkcaldy Heights School.
• 20 YEARS AGO — The Crocus Plains varsity girls volleyball team won the St. Vital Invitational Saturday, knocking off the top-ranked Selkirk Royals 3-2 (20-25, 25-19, 19-25, 25-19, 17-15) in the championship final. Janelle Wotton had a team-high 20 kills and was named a tournament all-star for Crocus. Grade 12 setter Tara Jago was named the tournament MVP. Jenna Gerelus and Kayla Grantham both added 12 kills in the final and Devon Ireland chipped in with 11 more.