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After an intense weekend, the Westman Wildcats have finalized their roster for the 2025/26 season, and coach Karissa Kirkup believes this group has the opportunity to do something special.

Final roster

"It's a very, very exciting time of year," Kirkup says with an excited smile. "It was a big weekend with practices and games, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, in Souris. We had 42 girls out, it was high competition, and I'm really proud of how everybody performed this weekend. Ultimately, we have a 2025/26 roster out of it, and I'm really excited about."

The U18 AAA Pembina Valley Hawks are set to open camp this coming weekend, and coach Jeff Andrews can't wait to get things going.

The work before camp

Star ball player Mandy Laninga helped lead the East 59ers to a Ladies Fast Pitch League title, and she believes there's more great things coming for the team, as well as the league.

East 59ers history

A competitive training camp has wrapped up for the Swift Current Broncos.

They brought in over 135 players through five days as the Broncos build a team for this season and the future.

Lyss Houde has been a growing voice in hockey throughout Manitoba for a while now, and the gifted host has taken her talents to the world of podcasting where she is talking about important issues with people who are educated and passionate about the game.

How it all got started

It was an incredible run for Team Manitoba, led by Dwight Heppner, as the team finished 5th at the Canada Summer Games, which were held in St. John's, Newfoundland.

East coast vibes

The Hanover Kickers bounced back after two back to back losses, defeating the Kildonan Cavaliers 6-4.

Both teams had reduced benches. Despite that, we played one of our most controlled games this season. 

The first half started out with both teams exchanging goals early on. Then late in the half, the Kickers added one to pull ahead 3-2 at half.

The 2nd half was much the same in that Kildonan scored twice, but the Kickers again won the half but putting away three goals.

Final score was Kickers 6 vs Cavaliers 4.

A great way to kick off a new day.

The Swift Current Comp Colts started a new era of their football program with their first victory over Weyburn since 2019.

The Colts handled the Eagles 21-6 in their first 5A high school football game of the 2025 season.

It was also a debut victory for Colts Head Coach Andrew Herrick as he takes over after a two-decade run from Derek Murdoch at the helm.

Murdoch remains on staff as an assistant.

Labour Day is usually recognized as the unofficial switch from summer to fall and in the Canadian Football League (CFL), the Labour Day long weekend signifies a change in the regular season. 

Three of the top rivalries in the league will be showcased this weekend as the playoff race hits another gear.  

The 18th overall pick at the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft, Kash Elke, is in town for his first WHL training camp. 

“This organization is awesome,” said Elke. “Just getting to meet some of the new guys [and] getting to meet the vets, overall, the weekend has been great.”

In 29 games with the Humboldt Broncos U15AA team last season, Elke tallied 33 goals and 33 assists for a total of 66 points.

Elke describes himself as a big, 200-foot hybrid player with great vision who can make anything happen around the ice, similar to current Warriors’ captain, Lynden Lakovic.