Bryan Laing scored twice and Brodie Cameron made 19 saves in recording the shutout as the Southwest Cougars defeated the Central Plains Capitals 3-0 at Stride Place in Portage la Prairie. Lynden Gould also scored for the Cougars who will meet the Interlake Lightning Sunday in Teulon.
The Virden Oil Capitals lost 7-0 to the Selkirk Steelers at Tundra Oil & Gas Place. Noel Olsonawski stopped 39 shots in net for the Steelers who are 8-0 to start the 2024-25 Manitoba Junior Hockey League season. Virden netminder Nik Trakakis made 28 saves.
The Brandon Wheat Kings fell 4-3 to the Swift Current Broncos at Westoba Place. Ty Coupland scored the shootout winner for the Broncos. Carter Klippenstein, Caleb Hadland and Roger McQueen with his eighth of the season did the goal scoring for the Wheat Kings.
Kerri Einarson will face Rachel Homan in the women’s final at the Grand Slam of Curling's Tour Challenge in Charlottetown. Einarson defeated Satsuki Fujisawa 5-4 in an extra end while Homan defeated Kaitlyn Lawes 4-3 in the semifinals. Brad Gushue will meet Bruce Mouat in the men’s final. Gushue downed Matt Dunstone 7-3 while Mouat beat Mike McEwen 6-2 in the semifinals.
The Republic of Korea won the 2024 World Junior Girls Golf Championship for the third time in tournament history, beating Team Canada 1 on a tiebreaker at the Credit Valley Golf & Country Club in Mississauga.