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The Northlands Parkway Nighthawks junior varsity girls volleyball team brought the South Central Athletic Conference finalist banner from Winnipeg back home to Winkler on Thursday night. 

The Nighthawks fell in three sets to the Olympiens in the SCAC AAAA championship game at College Jeanne-Sauve. 

The Olympiens swept NPC 25-12, 25-15, 25-20 in the final. 

Northlands Parkway coach Al Yeo had to improvise at the middle position Thursday night against a College Jeanne-Sauve team that went 11-1 in league play this season. 

The Steinbach Regional Secondary School captured the South Central Athletic Conference High School Volleyball AAAA Junior Varsity Boys championship banner Thursday night in Winnipeg. 

The Sabres swept the Olympiens 25-21, 25-17, 25-18 at College Jeanne-Sauve and won the conference title for the first time since 2019.

Coincidentally that was the same year Steinbach Regional captured the Provincial championship banner.

A Winnipeg curling team has added a new teammate to their crew.

On Nov. 5, 2024, Kaitlyn Lawes and her partner, Stephan Vigier introduced their second-born, Ella, to the world. 

"Myla has been promoted to big sister!" said Lawes in an Instagram post. "Our hearts are full and our sleep is deprived but we wouldn't have it any other way."

The Virden Oil Kings scored eight third period goals en route to a 13-1 victory over the Souris Elks at Tundra Oil & Gas Place. Bradley Bowles, Devon LeBlanc and Jackson Orr had two goals each for the Oil Kings while singles went to Jason Bowles, Jeremy Johnson, Joel Cosens, Tanner Koroscil, Nolan Wallace, James Sytnyk and Tanner Lewis. Callum Fortin had the lone goal for the Elks. Virden leads the Tiger Hills Hockey League's West Division with a 4-0 record. Souris is winless in three games this season. 

The Blackfalds Bulldogs have acquired 2006-born forward Antoine Gauthier from the Alberni Valley Bulldogs in exchange for Future Considerations.

Gauthier is an Ottawa, Ontario product who played in nine games with Alberni Valley this season where he recorded one assist. 

Last season, he split time with Berkshire School in the United States High School Prep league, where he scored 21 goals and 50 points in 29 games, and the Springfield Thunderbirds 18U AAA team where he had 3 goals in 7 games. 

Steinbach Regional captured the South Central Athletic Conference High School Volleyball AAAA Junior Varsity Boys championship banner Thursday night in Winnipeg. The Sabres swept the Olympiens 25-21, 25-17, 25-18 at College Jeanne-Sauve. Steinbach Regional went 10-0 in SCAC league play and won two playoff games this season. It's the Sabres first junior varsity boys championship banner since 2019. 

The Northlands Parkway Nighthawks brought home the South Central Athletic Conference finalist banner back to Winkler on Thursday night. The Nighthawks fell in three sets to the Olympiens in the SCAC AAAA junior varsity girls volleyball championship game at College Jeanne-Sauve. The Olympiens swept NPC 25-12, 25-15, 25-20 in the final. 

The Winnipeg Jets suffered their first road loss of the season last night, falling 4-1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena.

The loss snapped a franchise-record seven-game road winning streak to start the season.

Winnipeg’s power play, which had been red-hot at a league-leading 42.2 per cent, faltered in Tampa, going 0-for-5.

Captain Adam Lowry scored the lone goal for the Jets, his third of the season, while goaltender Eric Comrie made 32 saves in his first loss after a five-game winning streak.

It will be an exciting weekend for the Humboldt Broncos and their fanbase.  

Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back Brady Oliveira etched his name in the history books on Thursday night.

The 27-year-old Winnipeg native took home the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player for the first time and Most Outstanding Canadian award for the second time in his career.

Oliveira’s dominance on the field this season was undeniable, leading the league with 1,353 rushing yards.