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Goldeyes offence explodes in win The Winnipeg Goldeyes erupted for seven runs in the top of the ninth inning to crush the Laredo Lemurs 11-3 on Wednesday. Newspaper: Winnipeg Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-24 08:37:50

New lease for Wheaties The Brandon Wheat Kings have agreed to a five-year extension with the Keystone Centre to continue to play in Westman Communications Group Place. Newspaper: Winnipeg Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-24 08:37:47

Red River Co-op Speedway opener delayed The recent heavy rains have forced the Red River Co-op Speedway to postpone their 2012 season opener until next Thursday. Newspaper: Winnipeg Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-24 08:37:46

Manitobans win 4 fencing medals Manitobans brought home four medals from the Canadian Fencing Championship held in Saskatoon last weekend. Newspaper: Winnipeg Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-24 08:37:44

Kick-boxing program revived It was a marriage made in a boxing gym basement. Newspaper: Winnipeg Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-24 08:37:42

Paddock carries Cardinals Duncan Paddock homered to highlight the Canadian Tire Cardinals' 6-2 victory over the Joe Beeverz Young Guns in the Brandon Senior AA Baseball League on Wednesday night at Brandon Field. Chris Kennedy doubled and singled and drove in a run while Jeff Peel went 1-for-3 with three RBIs for the Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-24 08:28:34

Sports Looking Back: Thursday, May 24, 2012 IN LOCAL HISTORY: o 40 YEARS AGO -- West End got goals from Mike Hill, Les Connor, Dick McIntyre, Dave Picken and Marty Kulchski to beat East End 5-2 in Brandon Senior Soccer League action. o 30 YEARS AGO -- The Rivers Athletics got a strong performance from pitcher Brent Montague in a 7-3 Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-24 08:28:33

Vikings capture city soccer title The Vincent Massey Vikings have clinched a return trip to the provincial urban high school soccer championships. The Vikings blanked the Crocus Plainsmen 3-0 in the boys city final on Wednesday at Vincent Massey and will travel to Winnipeg to play in provincials on June 1st and Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-24 08:28:32

Big test for Cullen Brandon's Kurtis Cullen won his first men's singles match Wednesday to advance to the round of 16 at the Canadian Racquetball Championships in Brossard, Que. His reward? A clash today with Mike Green, the No.1-ranked player in the country. Cullen, who is ranked 17th in the country but seeded Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-24 08:28:31

FROM TEE TO GREEN: Neepawa back on track While last year's flood not only cost the Neepawa Golf and Country Club over half of its holes for part of last year, it also limited their chances to show off their course. The club was scheduled to host the Manitoba Men's Amateur golf championship, but organizers had to pull out because they Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-24 08:28:30

Souris faces Minnedosa The Souris Sabres and Minnedosa Chancellors will battle it out for both the boys and girls titles in the Westman High School Rugby League on Saturday. The Sabres blanked the visiting Swan Valley Tigers 15-0 in Wednesday's girls semifinals, with Emily Tuttosi, Ashley Campion and Chanel Becker Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-24 08:28:29

Massey girls off to provincials The Vincent Massey Vikings have qualified for the provincial high school girls fastball championship. The Vikings beat the host Major Pratt Trojans 8-2 in interzone play on Wednesday and will now go to provincials in Landmark from June 1-2. Brittany Scott struck out six while giving up eight Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-24 08:28:28

Hextall has high hopes for Kings in final Taking the skates off Ron Hextall’s feet didn’t take the fire out of his heart when it comes to the Stanley Cup playoffs. Hextall played in two Stanley Cup finals as a goaltender with the Philadelphia Flyers. The 48-year-old Brandon native hopes to finally get his first championship Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-24 08:28:27

Cloverleafs sign ex-Goldeyes star The Manitoba Senior Baseball League’s Brandon Cloverleafs hope to have one of the all-time great players in Winnipeg Goldeyes history in the lineup on Friday night at Andrews Field. The Cloverleafs have signed former Goldeyes shortstop Max Poulin, a four-time Northern League all-star who Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-24 08:28:26

Wheat Kings start season ticket blitz The good news for Brandon Wheat Kings fans is they know their team is locked in for five more years at Westman Place. The bad news is it will cost a little more to see them. As the Wheat Kings and the Keystone Centre announced their new five-year lease agreement on Wednesday, the Western... Newspaper: Brandon Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-24 08:28:25

High school footballers' future bright First, Quinn Horton is going to compete in high school's answer to a senior all-star game. Newspaper: Winnipeg Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Football Date: 2012-05-23 20:52:39

MLB notes: Doubles trouble for batters It seems doubles can be dangerous these days. Newspaper: Winnipeg Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Baseball Date: 2012-05-23 20:51:30

Bombers' sponsorship revenue way up Unlike most of their CFL counterparts, the Bombers didn't have any press conferences this winter to announce major player acquisitions. Newspaper: Winnipeg Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-23 20:10:33

Community feel gives Blue an edge over Jets Any concerns the Winnipeg Jets would secure most of the city's sponsorship dollars have been put to rest. Newspaper: Winnipeg Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-23 20:10:32

MJHL's season to forget It was the most taxing Manitoba Junior Hockey League season in history for those in charge. Newspaper: Winnipeg Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-23 08:11:08

Hoops star hopes to go out on top Winnipeg's Joey Johnson is hoping to capture his third gold medal at his fifth straight Paralympic Games in London, England, before the star wheelchair basketball player calls it a career. Newspaper: Winnipeg Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-23 08:11:06

IceCaps melt in AHL semifinals The St. John's IceCaps bowed out of the AHL's Calder Cup playoffs quietly on Tuesday night. Newspaper: Winnipeg Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-23 08:11:05

Triple golf crown for Southwood duo Southwood's Faye Zachedniak and Rhonda Orr won their third straight low gross title when they shot a two-over par 72 at the Manitoba Women's Alternate Shot Championship at Larters at St. Andrews Golf and Country on Tuesday. Newspaper: Winnipeg Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-23 08:11:04

True North Foundation donates to Forces programs The Winnipeg Jets, through their logo, have a deep connection to the Canadian Forces. Newspaper: Winnipeg Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-23 08:11:03

Borsa wins Carman's Scott Borsa shot a 142 at the Links at Quarry Oaks to win the two-day PGA of Manitoba's Assistant Pro Championship. Borsa beat Dave Lavallee of The Links at Quarry Oaks by one stroke. Glendale's Andrew Steep was third at 147. Newspaper: Winnipeg Sun Region: Prairies Feed: Sports Date: 2012-05-23 08:11:02

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