If you see me at your games covering for Sun sports say 👋— I brandish my Nikon cameras and am noticeable wearing my trademark green fedora. I am in week seven since joining the Sun sports team featuring
@PerryBergson
&
@thomasmfriesen
learning the desk and sports community et al
Feature story on
@MinElkCHawks
with coach Garth Mitchell talking about his four brother combinations as part of the team's dynamics, especially with 3 Bowles causing grief to opposing goalies in
@TigerHillsHL
regular + post-season. Grab a copy of your Wednesday Sun sports
Sneak peek for my Sun sports feature announcing Karissa Kirkup being named head coach of the new U18 AAA Brandon Wheat Kings team playing in the
@MFHLU18AAA
Tryouts in June with four sessions next week at J&G Homes Arena, where team will play home games starting in late September
Read over your morning coffee Feb. 21 Sun sports pages: He wears No. 3 — D-man Ethan McMullan of Brandon is playing for the Parkland Rangers. He might have been a goalie if not for scoring exploits of Clarke Caswell when they played together as kids.
@MBAAAU18
Sneak peek at my feature on veteran umpire/coach Neil Franklin in your Thursday Sun sports. Did you know he played for the Deloraine Royals in the 1970s? He's retired, but has two part-time jobs working with funeral homes in Melita and Killarney. Coaching grand-kid in fast pitch.
It's only available as an e-edition, but here's my post-tryout story for the new
@MFHLU18AAA
entry for 2024-25 season. Four sessions, 26 players, cut down following exit interviews with coach Karissa Kirkup. Now the fun begins to prepare for the season in September.
Flashback to the past season — U18 AAA top blue-liner in
@MFHLU18AAA
playing for
@westmanAAA
Hallie Franklin No. 17, who is off to U of SK this fall to play for Huskies U Sports.
In Tuesday’s
@thebrandonsun
I have a feature on a tenacious forward playing for
@YHChiefs
in
@MFHLU18AAA
with the moniker ‘Spitfire’ The Chiefs’ captain recorded her 100th point playing in her 98th game She is looking forward to wearing a
@DinosWHKY
jersey in fall 2024
Check out my look at the Westman High School Hockey League scoring race story in your Dec. 19 Brandon Sun —
@Crocus_Hockey
Landon Nadeau leads his team
@MasseyHockey
Carter Dittmer & league-leader Josh Romanik cause headaches for opposing goalies
Awards and all-star nods announced by
@MFHLU18AAA
featuring recipients from
@YHChiefs
@ReaghHannah
@westmanAAA
Story in your rare Leap Day Sun sports edition — grab a copy of the newspaper and peruse while sipping on your D-D from Timmies.
Another player from the
@MFHLU18AAA
is off to the United States to continue playing hockey, plus earn a biology degree. Check out my feature story on blue-liner Nadia Nickel
@YHChiefs
off to Adrian, Michigan to play for
@AdrianBulldogs
this fall. Story in Wednesday's Sun sports
My series on 3
@BCIBroncos
heading south to North Dakota for schooling & baseball. Last in the series a look at Connor Martin going from Broncos to Vikings. Sneak peek at my feature for Sun sports Thursday edition
@BaseballMB
@baseballmbaaa
@VCSUBaseball
Hockey officials I worked with when they were young teens — both now 21 — the past 12 years. They tower above me now. Check out their officiating story on Sun’s website
Don't miss my compilation of the awards/all-star nods handed out by
@MBAAAU18
in your Sun sports Feb. 22 edition
@3Awheatkings
@AAAU18Chiefs
Dressed up my words with eight actions photos I captured during the regular season out of Shoal Lake and at J&G Homes Arena.
That is a lot of mayhem on a Friday night in Shoal Lake with that huge audience on a blizzard night that waited until Sunday afternoon to arrive. Wish I had been there for this Game 5 tilt. Dancing in the crease — Ice up next!
Hat-trick from Brady Turko as
@3Awheatkings
defeat Calgary Buffaloes 4-1 to punch their ticket to Telus Cup U18 final Sunday vs Magog Cantonniers at 3pm (Photo Hockey Canada)
@YHChiefs
feature story on your senior goaltender regarding her commitment to the Midland Warriors for the 2024-25 season out of Nebraska in today's Brandon Sun.
Beth Couling is off to U of Calgary for post-secondary eduction this fall, to play with Dinos alongside Dauphin Clippers' Bree Walker
@westmanhsrugby
@Yonner55
@SourisRugby
Here, she's in action in the provincial final versus the Clippers.
@bundybutters
He wears No. 3 — D-man Ethan McMullan of Brandon is playing for the Parkland Rangers. He might have been a goalie if not the scoring exploits of Clarke Caswell when they played together as kids. Learn about Ethan's hockey story in the Feb. 21 Sun's sports pages.
I have a big game pencilled in on my work schedule this Saturday, with a first trip to Hartney's arena, where two teams tied for second in the
@MFHLU18AAA
will battle for bragging rights in back-to-back games
@westmanAAA
vs
@YHChiefs
puck drop at 7:30 pm You can't miss me at rink
There were tears on one side of the pitch, jubilation on the other
@SourisRugby
upset Crocus Plainsmen to earn a dance with undefeated Dauphin Clippers in league final Saturday. Photo essay in Wednesday Sun sports; feature story Saturday
@Yonner55
@westmanhsrugby
@bundybutters
Always fun to interview young athletes about the passion they have with their chosen sport, or sports. Like Chloe McBeth, trying to make inaugural U18 AAA BWK team (she was on inaugural U15 AAA BWK team three years ago). Sneak peek at my Saturday Sun sports story
@MFHLU18AAA
Feature story
@SourisRugby
high school boys' program in your Saturday Sun sports. Neophyte players mixed in with players who have played the game before, like 11th grader George Vorster who was playing in Grade 4 growing up in South Africa, are under tutelage of coach
@Yonner55
BWK goalie Matthew Michta received his league best goalie award prior to his 10-2 win over the Eastman Select in Game 1 of his team's Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League post-season tilt Friday night at J&G Homes Arena.
Make sure you grab a copy of the Brandon Sun's Saturday edition, with my feature on fourth-year Chiefs forward Dara Thompson. Sharing her hockey journey which will see her in Calgary with the Mount Royal Cougars this fall in the U Sports west league.
@YHChiefs
@MFHLU18AAA
A good read to get you ready for Saturday's
@westmanhsrugby
finals in Dauphin (girls) at Crocus (boys) in Sun sports thru lens of girls' semi. Looking at
@SourisRugby
preparing for a battle with Clippers, while the Plainsmen boys host the other Clippers.
@Yonner55
@bundybutters
4-3 OT victory Game 3 J&G Homes Arena
@3Awheatkings
prevail to sweep series 3-0 facing Winnipeg Wild. Up next, Telus Cup west regionals in Winnipeg, with Saskatoon, Thunder Bay and the Wild involved April 4 to 7. Near perfect 52-0-1 record!
@MinElkCHawks
repeat as
@TigerHillsHL
champions following a tough 3-2 victory playing in Virden in Game 4. Stellar goaltending from
@ShamrockHockey
goalie Brian Archibald, who had to face the three Bowles brothers constantly in or near his crease. Story in your Tuesday Sun sports
On to semifinals for
@CougarsACC
after another convincing victory with Friday's opponent not yet determined with late games Thursday in round-robin play. Coach Bertone wanted structured play, not pond hockey from his roster. See the story on an 11-2 win in your Friday Sun sports
Breigh Rank named captain, now her third time on Team Manitoba as she flew today for Grande Prairie, AB, for National Aboriginal Hockey Championship. She already has a gold, silver medals from past NAHC events. Read her feature story in your Saturday Sun sports
@hockeybrandon17
Back-to-back —
@MinElkCHawks
prevail 6-2 in Virden Sunday afternoon Game 3 hosting Ste. Anne Aces in senior provincial A best-of-three series. Here's an action shot in your Sun sports Monday E-edition.
@TigerHillsHL
Former Crocus Plainsmen alumni have free admission to the WHSHL tilt at Westoba Place Jan. 13, with puck drop at 7:30 p.m.
@Crocus_Hockey
It's the annual alumni game, with the Sandy Bay Badgers providing the opposition.
@westmanAAA
sophomore forward Reese Schutte offers her thoughts on preparing to face Eastman Selects in best-of-five semifinal playoff series
@MFHLU18AAA
Wednesday in your Tuesday edition Sun sports.
Two rugby feature stories in your Saturday Sun sports section — Faith Burtnick is ready to tackle all opponents no matter the size, while her coach likes the blend of veterans, rookies honing their skills despite windy, snowy and wet conditions at Crocus
@BUWRC
@westmanhsrugby
Has been fun covering U17 Magic in action on Vancouver Island for Brandon Sun Sports — watching workhorse catcher
@AlexaBanga
behind plate 7 games plus witness to her grand slam
I am currently in Port Alberni playing in the U17 Western Canadian Softball Championships, we finished our pool play today and ended with a 6-0 record making us first! A highlight of the past few days has been hitting a grandslam💥! We play tonight in the 1 vs. 2 game at 5PM!
U18 AAA Brandon Wheat Kings Day 1 tryouts at J&G Homes Arena. New coach (new team) Karissa Kirkup evaluating talent Tuesday night, with 22 skaters, four goaltenders. Another goalie is arriving for the next three sessions this week, concluding Saturday.
@MFHLU18AAA
Hard-working Yellowhead Chiefs eyeing playoff spot – Brandon Sun via
@thebrandonsun
I will be covering this team Friday night with Southwest Cougars visiting Shoal Lake Puck drop 7:30 Watch my X for on-ice pics, and feature stories next week in paper
Hockey officials are the third team on the ice during a hockey game — the four-man crew here working the Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League Game 1 semifinal featuring
@3Awheatkings
6
@PVHawksHockey
1 Ready for faceoff with
@aarksey
Sneak peek of my rugby feature on Bree Walker in your Tuesday Sun sports — she's off to play with the Dinos along with her new roomie from
@SourisRugby
Beth Couling (ironic they are both captains & wear No 10).
@bundybutters
@westmanhsrugby
@Yonner55
It's playoff season
@MFHLU18AAA
@YHChiefs
host
@WinnipegAvros
on Feb. 22 in Shoal Lake. Look for my piece on post-season preparation, generating offence in more defensive games, tapping into Dara Thompson's observations with her team. Read story Feb. 17 edition
@darathompson_5
The third team on the diamond often called 'blue' even when they are wearing black are the
@ManitobaUmpires
— SWBL playoffs Game 2
@CentsBall
11 vs host
@WawanesaBrewers
3 Veteran ump Ernest Elder on the plate
Will there be a 3-peat in 2025? Here's your post-game coverage in Tuesday Sun sports after
@MinElkCHawks
win 6-2 Sunday afternoon hosting St. Anne Aces in Virden, in Game 3 of best-of-three senior provincials A championship series. Back-to-back champions from
@TigerHillsHL
If you didn't receive your newspaper today, it will be here Friday due to second blizzard in four days on MB prairies. Thank-you Mother Nature, though farmers will appreciate this extra moisture when spring arrives March 19. Postmortem on
@Crocus_Hockey
on front of sports today
Day 4 — final tryout session for U18 AAA BWK inaugural team at J&G Homes Arena, with players using their final opportunity to garner the attention of coach Karissa Kirkup.
@MFHLU18AAA
Post-season leadership is important alongside the skills of the players involved, observations from
@ReaghHannah
captain of the fourth-place
@YHChiefs
@MFHLU18AAA
There's a feature story in your Feb. 15 Sun sports.
Co-captain Will Galatiuk's hockey story, plus a little baseball, highlighted in feature story in your Brandon Sun's sports section Dec. 21. He credits his linemates Gilbert Teneycke and Landon Nadeau for their success. Combined they have recorded 97 points for
@Crocus_Hockey
Profile on other team in THHL playoffs
@ShamrockHockey
down 2-1 in the series to
@MinElkCHawks
with Game 4 Saturday night in Virden Peruse this story over morning coffee in your Saturday Sun sports section
@TigerHillsHL
I have another post-season story from the
@MFHLU18AAA
as the
@westmanAAA
await who they will face — Hawks or Lightning — or if they finish second or third, with the Eastman Selects playing the Interlake Lightning Saturday afternoon. Story in Feb. 17 Sun sports
Peruse Nov. 29 edition of the
@thebrandonsun
for a preview of
@Crocus_Hockey
2023-24 campaign with clean slate, advises rookie coach Darren Galatiuk. Co-captain Merrick Smart offers his observations on a Crocus team no longer an easy two points facing the Plainsmen.
Teaser for your Wednesday Sun sports front, featuring 'QB' Megan Thompson with the Dauphin Clippers, two-time provincial champions Fun interview with amiable athlete, talking passionately about rugby.
@Yonner55
She looks forward to playing at BU
@bundybutters
@westmanhsrugby
After 20 minutes —
@westmanAAA
knotted 1-1 with Winnipeg Avros. Team scoring leader Ivy Perkin a rookie scores on team’s sixth shot PP marker. SOG favourite home side 6-4 tight checking affair Wildcats 1 for 3 on PP