Sports Looking Back: Oct. 30, 2026
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IN LOCAL HISTORY
• 60 YEARS AGO — Mel Smith, an all-star outfielder with the Hamiota Red Sox of the Manitoba Senior Baseball League, signed a contract with the major league’s St. Louis Cardinals. The 18-year-old Hamiota native received a $1,000 signing bonus and $500 per month.
• 50 YEARS AGO — The Brandon University Bobcats men’s basketball team eked out a 72-68 victory over Gary Howard’s Calgary Dinosaurs in the Tri-University Classic. Lew Worrell sank a pair of free throws with 26 seconds remaining in the game to give the Bobcats the win.
• 40 YEARS AGO — Defenceman Brad McCrimmon signed a one- year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers to rejoin the NHL team.
• 20 YEARS AGO — Justin Funk was named the Senior AAA player of the year after leading the Brandon Cloverleafs to their first Manitoba Senior Baseball League championship in 10 years, earning MSBL playoff most valuable player honours by winning four playoff starts. Joel Edmundson captured Peewee AAA/AA player of the year honours after leading Brandon to the AAA provincial peewee baseball championship and the Wheat City’s AA squad to a berth in the provincial final.