Golf Manitoba's Annual General Meeting and Awards Reception will be held tonight at the St. Charles Country Club in Winnipeg. The finalists for the 2024 Female Amateur Golfer of the Year award are Charmaine Hayden, Addison Kartusch, Jeri Lafleche and Rhonda Orr. The Male finalists are Zostrianos Giordani-Gross, Braxton Kuntz, Allan McDonald and Marco Trstenjak.
The Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Selkirk Steelers, Steinbach Pistons and Winkler Flyers are in the Canadian Junior Hockey League's Top 20 Rankings. The Steelers (12-3) moved up two spots from nine to seven. The Pistons (10-2-1) are up to nine from 12. The defending Turnbull Cup champion Flyers (9-4) dropped from 13 to 15. The Central Canada Hockey League's Rockland Nationals (13-0-1-0) remain the number one ranked team in the country.
The Winnipeg Jets season-opening eight-game win streak came to an end Monday night at Canada Life Centre. John Tavares scored three times in the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-4 victory over Winnipeg. Kyle Connor had two goals and two assists for the Jets who trailed 4-0 six minutes into the second period. Mark Scheifele and Gabriel Valardi also scored for Winnipeg.
Team Brad Gushue and Team Rachel Homan are 3-0 heading into day three of the 2024 Pan Continental Curling Championships in Lacombe, Alberta. Gushue defeated New Zealand’s Team Anton Hood 10-5 while Homan beat Chinese Taipei’s Team Ko Yang 13-0 and Team Rui Wang of China 7-5.
The Goose Lake Angels defeated Prairie Mountain 30-28, 25-21 in the final of the Killarney Raiders varsity girls volleyball tournament this past weekend. Gilbert Plains beat the Wawanesa Warriors 16-25, 25-23, 15-8 in the final of the Hamiota Huskies junior varsity girls volleyball tournament. The Vincent Massey Vikings beat the Neepawa Tigers 25-14, 25-16 in the final of the Elton Sabres junior varsity boys volleyball tournament.