IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 60 YEARS AGO — Ron Maxwell fired a two-over-par 62 to become the first champion at the new North Hill motel golf course.

• 50 YEARS AGO — In women’s athletics at the Westman Regional Summer Games, Mavis Curtis of Brandon won the 100 metres, while Patty Wadham of Virden was tops in the 800m and the high jump.

• 40 YEARS AGO — Brent Montague hurled a three-hitter as the Waskada Orioles walloped the Reston Rockets 10-3 in a SouthWest Baseball League semifinal game. Montague struck out 15 batters.

IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 60 YEARS AGO — Derek Shadlock was the top Brandon batter as ANAF Brandon whitewashed Wawanesa 20-0 in the Manitoba BB baseball playoffs. Shadlock collected two triples and a double.

• 50 YEARS AGO — In men’s Series A fastball play, Neepawa shaded Lenore 6-4 in an extra inning. Ernie Kuharski singled, Bob Richardson doubled and Gary Epp drove the final two runs home with a double.

• 40 YEARS AGO — Sara Conlin scored twice as the Hustlers humbled the Barbarians 6-0 in Brandon Senior Women’s Soccer League play. Jackie Wells, Margaret Gross, Kim Owen and Corrine Brewster added singles while Sherry Cairns had a perfect night in the net.

IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 60 YEARS AGO — Brandon Manco Kings blanked Souris 10-0 in Manitoba Juvenile Baseball League playoff action.

• 50 YEARS AGO — The Olympians beat the Gators 9-1 in the Brandon Senior Soccer League.

• 40 YEARS AGO — The Brandon Ladies Club team of Grace Lindenberg, Alex Town, Mary MacPherson and Nuala Foley shot a combined gross of 199 to capture the ladies interclub event at Glen Lea.

WINNIPEG — It turns out you can put all the best players in Manitoba on a short parkland golf course and make them grind like it’s the U.S. Open.

Through 36 holes of the Golf Manitoba men’s amateur, Rory Neill holds a one-shot lead as one of just two players under par at St. Boniface Golf Club. He has 15 guys within five shots of his lead, including Brandon’s Evan Nachtigall and Drew Jones, who sit four back in a six-way tie for seventh.

And Neill had to scratch and claw his way back under par, despite opening with a smooth 3-under 69 on Monday. Neill bogeyed four of the first six holes before turning in a 73 on a slightly easier but still daunting Tuesday.

“Definitely a little nervous at first, playing in the final group’s a bit nerve-racking but I thought I hung in there really well,” Neill said.

IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 60 YEARS AGO — Molsons upset Seven-Up 8-4 in Brandon and District Commercial Fastball League play. M. Mymko, Ray Bukaluk, Elgin Knight and Milt Phinney all had two hits for Molsons.

• 50 YEARS AGO — Led by the power-house hitting of Howard Burton, Tracy McLennan and Mark Hewins, Wheat City Concrete outscored Simplot 24-19 in an East End Peewee Brandon Minor Baseball Association game.

• 40 YEARS AGO — Don Stevenson slugged a two-run home run and Brock Curtis added a solo shot as Lenore Aces downed Kenton Cougars 6-4 in a Virden and District Fastball League game. Curtis also had two doubles in support of winning pitcher Clayton Wood.

Brandon Wheat Kings prospects Cruz Jim and Ahmad Fayad, Everett Silvertips prospect Reid Nicol of Brandon and Prince Albert Raiders prospect Athens Shingoose of Waywayseecappo are among 80 players invited to Hockey Canada’s U17 World Hockey Challenge development camp.

The five-day event, which takes place in Oakville, Ont., begins on Friday and includes eight goaltenders, 24 defencemen and 48 forwards. Twenty-nine come Western Hockey League teams, 31 from the Ontario Hockey League and 20 from the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League.

The camp introduces player to Hockey Canada’s Program of Excellence and also serves as an evaluation tool for the U17 World Challenge from Nov. 1 to 7 in Oakville. Last year, 44 players skated with Canada Red and Canada White.

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