IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 40 YEARS AGO — Brad Ross scored a second-half goal to pull Minnedosa into a 1-1 tie with Adman Kicks in a Brandon Senior Soccer League game.

• 30 YEARS AGO — Brandon Cloverleafs pitcher/shortstop Jamie Waddell-Hodgson hit two home runs and a triple and earned a win on the mound as his squad won a pair of Manitoba Senior Baseball League games at Westbran Stadium. Waddell-Hodgson did all that despite being thrown out of the second game in the second inning.

• 20 YEARS AGO — Jen Van Den Ham scored twice while Jasmine Duthie earned the shutout to lead the Brandon United Hotshots to a 5-0 triumph over Minnedosa in Westman Rural Youth Soccer League under-18 girls division action. Janelle Tocher, Lindsay McLaughlin and Lisa Neilsen scored the other goals for Brandon United.

Evan Nachtigall reached the final of the Golf Manitoba men’s match play on Sunday, but settled for second place.

The Brandonite lost 7 and 6 to David Spurr in the final, after defeating Jordy Lutz 3 and 2 in the semifinals that morning at Whispering Winds of Warren.

Nachtigall reached the semifinals with 5-and-4 triumph over Kaleb Lambert on Saturday.

Jeri Lafleche won the women’s title, beating Charmaine Hayden 2 and 1.

The under-13 Westman Magic improved to 6-0 in Manitoba Premier Softball League action with a pair of series sweeps.

On Friday, they topped the Manitoba Angels 21-3 and 12-5, and then on Saturday they edged the Winnipeg Lightning 8-1 and 6-5.

They host the Manitoba Angels on Saturday at 1 and 3 p.m., and Central Energy on Sunday at noon and 2 o’clock at Ashley Neufeld Softball Complex.

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IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 40 YEARS AGO — Brandon Boxing Club member Darvin Lavalle won a split decision over Richard Bangloy of Winnipeg in a 137-pound Golden Gloves bout in Portage la Prairie. Lavalle’s teammate Darcy Smith also claimed victory in a 156-pound bout when Dean McKee was disqualified.

• 30 YEARS AGO — Lisa Nagorski scored two second-half goals to lead the Thunder to a 3-1 triumph over the Blazers in a Brandon Senior Soccer League women’s game at Crocus Plains. The Thunder’s Trisha Ward and the Blazers’ Davilyn Coombs traded goals in the first half.

• 20 YEARS AGO — Former Brandon Wheat Kings defenceman Bryan McCabe signed a five-year deal with he Toronto Maple Leafs.

IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 50 YEARS AGO — Tessie Tarnowski, 10, and Doug Dickenson, 12, were both four-event winners at George Fitton elementary school’s annual track and field meet.

• 40 YEARS AGO — Don Stephenson hit a three-run home run as the Lenore Aces downed the Virden Merchants 17-13 in a Virden and District Fastball League game.

• 30 YEARS AGO — Darcy Ready made his road racing debut in Brandon a winning one, edging Dane Samuel by four seconds to win the 20km feature race in the 17th Annual Brandon YMCA Spring Walk and Run.

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• 60 YEARS AGO — Young Ray Hurd captured the annual Souris Golf Club spring tournament with rounds of 37-37-35 - 109 to top the 27-hole championship flight.

• 50 YEARS AGO — Pitchers Jeff Gramiak and Colin Grambo both hit home runs while combining to limit Transit System to five hits in pacing Wheat City Concrete to an 11-4 victory in a Brandon Minor Baseball Association East End peewee game.

• 40 YEARS AGO — Doug Hedley drove in four runs with a home run and two singles to give the Brandon Cloverleafs a 4-4 MSBL tie with Hamiota Red Sox.

Brandon’s Hunter Oakden and Evan Nachtigall will play for a spot in the Golf Manitoba men’s match play quarterfinals today.

Nachtigall, the No. 2 seed, dropped Oakden’s Team Manitoba teammate Ryder St. Laurent 4 and 3 at Whispering Winds of Warren on Thursday, while 18th seed Oakden dropped Liam Silvaggio 4 and 3.

Brandon’s Nolan Tutkaluk gave defending champion Jordy Lutz a run for his money but fell 2 and 1.

In the senior men’s division, Clear Lake member Ron Cornell took down Ben Bandura 2 and 1 and will play David Kuik today.

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• 60 YEARS AGO — Hamiota Red Sox whipped Souris Cardinals 11-6 in an opening game of the MSBL. Mel Smith worked four innings to take the win. Al Robertson and Ellis Woods both hit a double and pair of singles.

• 30 YEARS AGO — over seven innings and struck out nine to lead the Baldur Regals to a 7-0 win over the Holland A’s in Santa Clara Baseball League action.

• 20 YEARS AGO — Gavin March of Brandon won the first event of the Top-Flite Assistants Golf Tour at Glendale Country Club, shooting a 3-over 74 to edge Darren McMillan by one stroke.

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• 60 YEARS AGO — Jim MacDonald led ANAF Vets to an 8-5 romp over Starks in the West End “A” League. MacDonald chalked up the mound decision and was the big gun at the plate with a single, double and an out-of-the-park home run.

• 50 YEARS AGO — Two-goal performances by George Panagiotou and Dave Knock led Wolves to a 6-1 victory over the Gators in a Brandon Senior Soccer league match. Marty Kulchyski and Dave Burgess scored the other Wolves’ goals.

• 40 YEARS AGO — Brandon Barbarians chalked up their third consecutive Manitoba Rugby Union victory by dumping North Side United of Winnipeg 25-6 in second division action. Guy McKim, Barry Connor, Pat Mosiuk and Donny Cooper scored tries for the Barbarians, who remain undefeated in league play.