Dauphin’s Breken Brezden travelled to Regina, Oct. 8 and 9, to compete in the Sask Skate 2022 figure skating competition.

Brezden finished first in the short program on Saturday night, then finished first in the free skate program, Sunday, winning overall gold in the Junior Women’s division over the two-day competition.

Brezden then finished third overall at the Ontario Octoberfest 2022 Skate Competition, this past weekend.

She was in fourth place after Saturday’s skate and skated well enough to make it onto the podium on Sunday.

Second Story Players cast members gathered at the Watson Arts Centre for the first-ever live recording of a radio episode of Gunsmoke to be aired on CKDM in November as part of Dauphin’s Culture Days.

Led by director and narrator Peter Nadolny, the cast performed in front of an audience of about 20 people, who were encouraged to join in the festivities with cheers, boos, laughter and applause.

Headline Shaun Martens puts a wrist lock on Hernandez at Canadian Wrestling Elite’s show at the Watson Arts Centre, last Thursday.

Martens went on to beat the former TNA Impact star thanks to outside interference. Other matches on the card saw Travis Cole beating Tyler James, “the Boston Bruiser” Kevin O’Doyle defeated “Cheetah Bear” Jude Dawkins, CWE Canadian Unified Jr. Heavyweight Champion Chad Daniels successfully defended his title against “The Mastermind” Kevin Cannon and in the main event, “Canadian Strong Style” Rob Stardom beat “Hotshot” Danny Duggan in a no disqualification match.

The Dauphin Kings split a home-and-home series with the Steinbach Pistons over the weekend.

The weekend began with the Kings handing the Pistons their first loss of the season, a 5-3 setback at Credit Union Place. Steinbach got their revenge with an 8-1 win on home ice, Sunday afternoon.

After the Pistons took the lead midway through the first period on Friday, the Kings pulled even late in the frame and then took the lead with three in the second.

Steinbach outscored the Kings 2-1 in the third, but it was too little, too late.

Cole Sheffield was outstanding in goal for Dauphin making 49 saves.

On Sunday, the Pistons built a 3-0 lead after the first period and increased it to 6-1 after 40 minutes.

The Kings were outstanding on the penalty kill, Friday, according to head coach and general manager Doug Hedley, after they killed off five of six Steinbach power plays.

“Sheffield was the best penalty killer. When you do that, you’re going to have success,” he said. “And we took advantage of mistakes. But our speed tonight, we skated with them all the time. In fact, we had odd man rushes where we capitalized on mistakes on a couple of two-on-ones and some nice goals.”

Hedley has talked before about how the Kings would have to rely on scoring by committee and that was evident, Friday night. Dauphin scored five goals, but Mason Smith was the only player to register more than one point with two assists.

“I think the line of Gibby (Rylan Gibbs) and (Connor) Picard and (Jackson) Gudz were good. They ate up some minutes for us and Gibby got a big goal. The kid is playing well. He’s earning the trust, that’s for sure,” Hedley said.

After struggling early in the season with 12 goals in the first six games, Dauphin’s offence has hit its stride with 16 in the last three games.

“It’s good to see. We’re getting opportunities. We were getting opportunities before, we just weren’t capitalizing,” Hedley said. “But I think right now, our D zone is getting to a point where we’re really protecting it. We’re pushing battles to corners, we’re winning battles and getting pucks out of our zone.”

A win against the top team in the East Division, which came into the contest undefeated will be huge for the team’s confidence.

“The dressing room is really happy right now. We’ll have a quick skate (Saturday), go back into Steinbach and hopefully, we can play a disciplined game there and keep it tight,” Hedley said.

Kings court:

Forward Blake Boudreau is currently out day-to-day with a knee injury. Forward Carter Zalischuk was handed a two-game suspension for his boarding major against the Winnipeg Blues, Sept. 30.

The Parkland Chamber of Commerce hosted a public forum featuring eight of the 10 candidates running in the Rural Municipality of Dauphin election, as well as the two candidates running for Reeve, Tom Gibbs and Ernie Sirski.

Each of the council and reeve hopefuls had the opportunity to answer submitted questions, while Gibbs and Sirski also had the chance to ask each other a couple of questions.

Check the Dauphin Herald's Election Section this week for more on the upcoming Municipal Election.

The Dauphin Clippers football team improved to 3-1 on the season, thanks to a 31-12 win over the Virden Golden Bears, Thursday in Dauphin.

Joseph Lopez had two carries for 69 yards, including a 70-yard touchdown run. His second run resulted in the loss of one yard. Matthew Zurba ran for 42 yards on six carries.

Will Stinson and Oliver Dandeneau also had rushing TDs, while Jackson Cheater stripped the ball from a Virden player and ran it in from 30 yards out.

Guzman Garcia had three converts and also connected on a 20-yard field goal, as well as a punt single.

Defensively, Lopez recorded seven tackles, forced two fumbles and had one recovery, while Josiah Seale had seven tackles, one assist, one sack, one interception and two knockdowns.

Clippers coach Jason Zurba said the win was a nice way to bounce back from the loss to Moosomin the previous week.

“We played well. We got some young guys in there and gave them some game experience, which was nice to see,” he said.

Playing as a team was key to success. he added.

“Playing as a unit. We didn’t get down on ourselves. We kept pushing forward,” Zurba said.

Getting the younger players game experience is invaluable as injuries always play a role.

“We had a couple of guys go down in Moosomin and some guys stepped up today. So it’s always good to get young guys in to get that experience,” Zurba said.

As well as the Clippers are playing, there are still some areas of the game they can work on.

“Blocking up front on our O line. Our defence played well. We have to be able to push the ball in when we need to. So our offensive line to move that line forward,” Zurba said.

The Clippers will play their next three games on the road, beginning, Friday in Souris against the Southwest Sabres. Zurba hopes the team can maintain its momentum going into that contest.

“It’s going to be a tough battle. They’re a good club and I’m looking forward to it,” he said.

The JV Clippers were in Brandon, Saturday for a game against the Vincent Massey Vikings.

Some of the young players who haven’t seen a lot of playing time, got it in the 34-19 loss to the Vikings.

Alex Thompson led the ground game with 165 yards on nine carries and scored on 75 and 65-yard runs.

Owen Vandepoele had Dauphin’s other touchdown on a 60-yard run.

Declan Waggoner led the defence with 10 tackles and a fumble recovery, while Owen Fjeldsted had four tackles, one assist and one interception and Aiden Sanderson had four tackles.

The Parkland Rangers find themselves struggling to find consistency early in the Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League.

Facing the Interlake Lightning in Teulon, Friday and Saturday, the Rangers did not play well in a 7-2 loss on Friday, but improved their play to record a 4-3 win on Saturday, their first of the season.

Rangers head coach Tyler Carefoot was not pleased with the team’s play Friday, which was a result of not being prepared.

“It started from the moment we got on the bus and it really carried on to, basically, Saturday morning when we had our pregame meeting,” he said. “At the end of the day, we need to be better prepared, not necessarily when we’re on the road, but also when we’re at home.”

Carefoot noted it was Interlake’s home opener and they were excited to play.

Read more about the Rangers in this week's Herald!

The Dauphin Mavericks ended their season with an exhibition game against the Brandon Barbarians, Saturday in Dauphin, in the annual King of the Hill.

The game is usually played in the spring, but circumstances did not allowed it to be played then, so it was scheduled for Saturday, with the Barbarians taking home a 29-15 win.

Wilson Van Alstyne, Sam Marshall and Riley Keith had Dauphin’s tries.

With Brandon playing in Rugby Manitoba’s premiere league and the Mavericks in the M League, the two teams never play each other, so the King of the Hill contest was established to maintain relations between the two clubs.

“It’s a chance to see where we rank against a Div. 1 team. These two clubs are really great together. We always support each other,” he said.

Harrigan feels the Mavericks played well, but they were missing key players.

Get the full story in this week's Dauphin Herald. 

It took a while, but the Dauphin Kings have found their scoring touch.

After scoring just 12 goals in their first six games, the Kings nearly doubled that total in a weekend split with the Winnipeg Blues.

Following a 4-1 loss to the Neepawa Titans, Sept. 27 in Neepawa, the Kings dropped a 7-5 decision to the Blues, Friday in Dauphin.

The Kings held a 2-0 lead after the first period on goals from Matthew Gough and Dauphin native Rylan Gibbs.

Kai Elkie pulled Winnipeg to within a goal 1:11 into the second period, then took advantage of a five-minute power play when Kings forward Carter Zalischuk was assessed a major penalty for boarding, scoring four times on the man advantage, with Jack Kaiser scoring twice and Luke Janus and Garett Zasitko bending the twine.

Zasitko would add another later in the frame to take a 6-2 lead, before Tyson Pauze and Jovan Malay scored before the period break to cut into the lead.

The teams traded goals in the third with Winnipeg’s Ryland Kuczek and Dauphin’s Alex Senf finding the back of the net.

Brock Moroz made 33 saves in the win, while Keaton Woolsey had 25 saves in taking the loss.

The two teams met for a rematch, Sunday in Winnipeg, with the Kings skating away with a 6-4 victory.

Jayden Harris for the King and Zasitko for the Blues tallied in the first period.

The Kings broke the game open with three in the second off the sticks of Gough, Mason Smith and Gibbs.

Kuczek and Pearce Gare pulled Winnipeg to within a goal, but Thomas Stewart put the Kings up by two with just under eight minutes remaining.

Matthew McLeod again made it a one-goal game with 49 seconds left in regulation, but Senf sealed the Dauphin victory just 14 seconds later.

Cole Sheffield earned his first win of the season after stopping 17 shots. River Leslie-Toogood made 29 saves in a losing cause.

The Kings will look to keep the momentum going when they face the Steinbach Pistons in a home-and-home this weekend, beginning, Friday in Dauphin at 7:30 p.m.

The rematch goes, Sunday in Steinbach at 2:30 p.m.

The Dauphin Clippers football team suffered its first loss of the Rural Manitoba Football League season, Saturday, dropping a 28-0 decision to the Moosomin Generals.

Clippers assistant manager Jeff Michasew said the Generals have a good defence, which shut the Clippers down offensively.

And Dauphin’s offence was hampered by the loss of running back Scott Gower in the first 10 minutes of the game.

“He’s a wrecking ball that you can depend on. He can take it to a defence, especially over an entire game. So when he went down, it changed our game plan a bit and it got away from us,” he said.

Moosomin, Michasew added, runs its offence, basically through one player.

“They’re a well coached team and they run their plays right. We just couldn’t stop them,” he said.

This was a game the Clippers could learn from, Michasew said.

“We talked about it on the ride home. Every position has their responsibilities and we just have to focus on that and I think we’ll be okay,” he said.

The Clippers will look to get back in the win column, Thursday, when they host the Virden Golden Bears at 4:30 p.m.