It was a Steinbach Regional sweep as all four Sabres volleyball teams defeated the Glenlawn Lions on Wednesday to close out the South Central Athletic Conference regular season schedule. The SRSS varsity boys beat Glenlawn 25-21, 27-25, 25-23 and finished 10-2. The SRSS varsity girls swept the Lions 25-19, 25-13, 25-18 and were 9-3. Steinbach Regional junior varsity boys defeated Glenlawn 25-21, 26-24, 25-17 and finished in first place at 10-0. The SRSS junior varsity girls beat the Lions 25-16, 25-14, 25-20 and were 10-2. The SCAC playoffs begin Friday.
Dylan Wolfe had a goal and two assists as Steinbach Regional edged the Sturgeon Heights Huskies 4-3 at the Keith Bodley Arena. Cole Mistelbacher, Daniel Zuev and Jager Bueckert also scored for the Sabres who won back-to-back games for the first time this season and improved to 3-2 in the Winnipeg High School Hockey League's Platinum Promotions Division.
The Western All-Star Showcase wrapped up Wednesday in Warman, Saskatchewan. Angelo Zol of the Weyburn Red Wings made 32 saves in recording the shutout as Team SJHL defeated Team MJHL 2-0 to earn a split of the two-game series. Dustin Renas of the Yorkton Terriers and Jadon Iyogun of the Melville Millionaires scored second period goals for Team SJHL. Team MJHL goaltender Mitchell Kathler of the Portage Terriers faced 27 shots. Team MJHL beat Team SJHL 4-2 on Tuesday.
Team Manitoba will face Ontario Red today (11 a.m.) in the quarterfinals at the 2024 U18 Women's National Hockey Championship in Quispamsis, New Brunswick. Manitoba finished fourth in Group B with a 1-2 preliminary round record. Ontario Red was 3-0 and first in Group A.
The Ste. Anne Aces and Springfield Winterhawks were winners in the South Eastern Manitoba Hockey League Wednesday night. Brenden Walker had a goal and two assists as the defending champion Aces defeated Red River 5-1. Jonah Wasylak had the lone goal for the Wild. Owen Blocker had a hat trick and Conner Grunsten chipped in with a goal and three assists as the Winterhawks downed the Portage Islanders 9-0. Ashton Howarth made 23 saves in recording the shutout.
goal and three assists as the Winterhawks downed the Portage Islanders 9-0. Ashton Howarth made 23 saves in recording the shutout.
The Winnipeg Jets meet the Colorado Avalanche tonight (7 p.m.) at Canada Life Centre. The Jets are coming off a 3-0 victory over Utah on Tuesday. Winnipeg has won 12 of its first 13 games and own the best record in the National Hockey League.
Canada's National Women's Hockey Team opened the Rivalry Series with a 7-2 loss to the United States in San Jose Wednesday night. Lacey Eden and Abbey Murphy both scored a pair of goals for the Americans who jumped out to a 5-0 first period lead. Blayre Turnbull and Sarah Nurse scored for Team Canada. Kristen Campbell of Brandon got the start in net for the Canadians but was pulled after allowing five goals on 15 shots in the opening 20 minutes. Ann-Renée Desbiens turned aside 12 of 14 shots in relief. Game two of the Rivalry Series is Friday night in West Valley City, Utah.
Ryan Wiebe, Shaela Hayward, Ty Dilello and Jennifer Clark-Rouire finished in first place in Pool B with a 5-1 record and have advanced to the Championship Pool at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in St. Catharines, Ontario. The Manitoba champions defeated Kurt Balderston of Alberta 6-5 on Wednesday. Team Wiebe will meet Cody Tanaka of BC and Trent Skanes of Newfoundland & Labrador today and then play Owen Purcell of Nova Scotia and Jason Ackerman of Saskatchewan on Friday. The top four teams from the Championship Pool advance to the semifinals.
Steinbach will face the Dauphin Kings and Waywayseecappo Wolverines this weekend. Head coach Paul Dyck will join Clayton Dreger on the Pistons Report which airs Thursdays at 5:15 p.m. on AM 1250 Radio.