Sports Looking Back: Oct. 31, 2026
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IN LOCAL HISTORY
• 60 YEARS AGO — Neepawa successfully defended its Beautiful Plains High School Football League crown with a 36-0 victory over Carberry. Garry Foreman paved the way for the winners with two touchdowns and pinned a Carberry player in the end zone for a safety touch. Les Pifko added two majors and Clarence Zynger had one.
• 50 YEARS AGO — Murray Thomson’s 20-foot shot near the midway point of the third period snapped a 2-2 tie and gave the Brandon Wheat Kings a 3-2 victory over the defending Western Canada Hockey League champion New Westminster Bruins.
• 40 YEARS AGO — The Brandon University Bobcats edged the Calgary Dinosaurs 88-81 in the Labatt’s Double Header men’s basketball tournament. Patrick Jebbison hooped 17 of his 25 points in the opening 20 minutes.
• 30 YEARS AGO — Tex Phillips went 6- for-10 from the floor and led the Brandon University Bobcats with 17 points as they defeated the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Trojans 119-60 in men’s basketball action. Teammate Shawn Gray poured in 16 points.
• 20 YEARS AGO — Brandon Native Shane Johnson signed with the Shefflied Steelers of the British Elite League.
• 10 YEARS AGO — Daemon Hunt was named a tournament all-star, but the Brandon Bantam AAA Wheat Kings failed to get a wildcard spot into the playoffs at the 29-team Graham Tuer Challenge in Regina over the weekend.