The Dauphin Clippers finished second at the Manitoba High School Athletic Association’s curling provincials, this past weekend in The Pas.
The Clippers, consisting of skip Scott Gower, third Stuart Fisher, second Landon Hadway, lead Owen Tyschinski and fifth Kade Glennie, opened the bonspiel with a 7-5 win over the Gimli Lakers.
Dauphin advanced to the A-side semifinals with a 6-4 win over the Beliveau Barracudas of Winnipeg.
The Clippers dropped to the B-side when they were defeated by the Portage Collegiate Trojans, 7-3 in the A-side semifinal.
Dauphin began its sprint to the B-side final with an 11-3 win over the Springfield Sabres and followed this with a 7-0 win over the St. Norbert Celtics.
This set up a rematch with Portage in the B-side final. With the Trojans having already won the A-side, Portage clinched the provincial title with a 12-7 win over the Clippers.
Clippers host hoops tourney
The Clippers senior boys basketball team finished second in the eight-team Clipper Invitational Basketball Tournament, this past weekend.
Dauphin began the tournament with a 104-38 win over the Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Education Resource Centre Huskies.
The Clippers then defeated Flin Flon’s Hapnot Kopper Kings, 75-56 to advance to the final where they faced a Gilbert Plains/Grandview co-op team. The Clippers lost a hard-fought contest, 83-76.
The Swan Valley Tigers finished third with an 89-76 win over the Kopper Kings, while the Margaret Barbour Spartans of The Pas won the consolation, with a 91-34 win over the Winnipegosis Lakers. The Ste. Rose Celtics beat the Huskies, 54-27 to finish seventh.
Clippers trail Raiders
The Dauphin Clippers hockey team finds itself trailing the Killarney/Wawanesa Raiders by four points in the race for first place in the Westman High School Hockey League.
Dauphin opened the weekend with a 6-3 win over the REMP Renegades, Friday in Reston.
William Miner scored twice to lead Dauphin to the victory.
Ethan Carnegie, Tyron Sweetman, Logan Chapman and Trayden Guiboche also scored for the Clippers, while Cody Coombs stopped 23 shots to pick up the win in goal, while the Clippers poured 50 shots at the Renegades net.
The Clippers suffered a setback on Sunday when they fell, 8-4 to the Vincent Massey Vikings in Brandon.
Sweetman with two, Guiboche and Jake Kuzmiak scored for Dauphin. Owen Chubka and Joseph Tabin combined to make 30 saves in the loss.
Dauphin has just one game this week when they visit the Glenboro/Carberry/Baldur Wildcats, Wednesday in Glenboro.
The 26-2-0-1 Raiders sit in first place with 53 points, four ahead of the 24-4-1-0 Clippers.
