Matthew Marshall goes in for a lay up after getting past Brody Voll, Sunday afternoon.

The Multi-use Community Courts at Meadowlark Park was a popular destination for local residents, Sunday with every court in use.

The Dauphin Clippers boys rugby team won its second game of the season, last Monday, scoring a 26-10 win over Brandon’s Crocus Plains Plainsmen in Dauphin.

Coming out of the pandemic, Clippers coach Gerald Lopez said the players are slowly picking up the game.

“I thought Brandon played a really great game. Their forwards are very big. Our forwards were starting to get into the rhythm. There’s still a lot of stuff to fix up, but we’re really early into the season,” he said.

Lopez saw improvement in the team’s play, noting most of the players have not played a full 15s game.

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The Dauphin Kings are 2-0 at the 2022 Centennial Cup in Estevan, Sask., after the opening weekend.

The Kings opened the national championship tournament with a 2-1 win over the Central Canada Hockey League’s Ottawa Jr. Senators, Friday afternoon.

Phillipe Jacques staked Ottawa to a first-period lead with a power-play goal with 24 seconds left in the period.

Luke Morris pulled the Kings even at 6:06 of the second stanza and Nakodan Greyeyes netted the winner on a power play at 12:53.

Dauphin’s Carson Cherepak was named Player of the Game for the Kings, stopping 30 of 31 shots. Ottawa’s William Desmarais made 22 saves in the loss.

Dauphin scored once on four power-play opportunities, while Ottawa was one-for-three.

Dauphin’s offence exploded in game two, Sunday evening, scoring five times in the second period, four on the power play, as the Kings skated to a 7-1 win over the Maritime Hockey League’s Summerside Western Capitals.

After a scoreless opening frame, Nick Braun opened the scoring on a power play at 3:50 of the second and he made it 2-0 on another man advantage at 15:31.

Just 18 seconds later, Logan Calder made it 3-0 with an even-strength marker, before Parker Malchuk scored twice on the power play to put the Kings up 5-0 heading into the second intermission.

Goals from Kaden Bryant and Brayden Dube on another Dauphin power play, extended Dauphin’s lead to 7-0 before William Irvine’s power-play goal with 2:55 left snapped Cherepak’s shutout bid.

Cherepak was outstanding once again, with 35 saves to his credit. Felix-Anthony Ethier made 17 saves on 21 shots before giving way to Jacob Leblanc, who made 10 stops on 13 shots the rest of the way.

The Kings were five-for-seven on the power play, while Summerside was one-for-seven.

Dauphin’s defence has been outstanding of late. Going back to game four of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League final, the Kings have only allowed seven goals in their last six games, winning five of those contests and three in their last four tilts, all victories.

With the win, Dauphin moved into first place in Group B at 2-0. They will face the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Flin Flon Bombers on Tuesday and the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League on Wednesday.
Both games begin at 5 p.m., Manitoba time and can be viewed on the Centennial Cup website at hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/national-championships/men/national-junior-a/2022.

From left, Dauphin Countryfest president Ann Ransom accepts a cheque for $10,000 from Dauphin and District Community Foundation board members Darren Eddie, Valerie McInness and Rita Dupley.

The funds are from a grant courtesy of the foundation.

With the warmer weather allowing people to get put more, yard sales are becoming more prevalent.

Residents will be seeing more and more yard sale signs around the community.

Just be aware of the traffic around you when you try to read the signs.

Local residents organized a March for Ukraine, which took place, Sunday afternoon.

Following an opening prayer, the crowd of about 75 people marched down Main Street to the Dauphin Public Library to show their continued support for Ukraine, which is continuing to fight back against Russian invasion forces.

The Dauphin Clippers baseball team finally hit the diamond for a pair of games recently.

The Clippers opened the season with a 10-0 loss to the Swan Valley Tigers, May 8. Dauphin then hosted the Birtle Falcons, May 15, losing 15-2.

A road game in Roblin and a home game against Neelin were postponed and will be rescheduled to a later date.

Clippers coach Don Sheldon said it has been a tough situation when it comes to the weather this spring.

“Our first two experiences on the diamond have both been games. So things that normally, we’d be able to work out in scrimmage or practice, we’re having to work out mid-game,” he said.

Given the lack of practice and playing time, Sheldon could not really expect much more from the Clippers in their two losses.

“Nobody on this team played baseball last year. And some of them haven’t played for two-plus years. And so we’re kind of starting at ground-zero,” he said. “We’re just looking to build towards the future and get our footing under us for this season.”

The Clippers are scheduled to play in Russell on Wednesday against the Major Pratt Trojans, before hosting the Ste. Rose Celtics, Friday at 6 p.m.

The Clippers are slated to practice, Tuesday and Thursday, but with rain in the forecast, they may not be able to.

“Hopefully that happens and Mother Nature co-operates. We can’t control the weather. We can only control what we can control,” Sheldon said.

Sheldon is in talks with the others teams to reschedule the postponed contests. Sunday’s game was the first time the Clippers were allowed onto the diamond at the Vermillion Park Sportsplex, so they could not reschedule any games before that, Sheldon said.

“Hopefully we can get these last few of weeks of the season in, because the high school season is short to begin with. It’s really hard to make things up,” he said.

After the start of the season was postponed, the Dauphin Clippers rugby teams hit the pitch, May 10, to open the Westman High School Rugby League.

Travelling to Swan River, the Clippers girls took to the field first and, in an intense battle with their Parkland rivals, came away with a 22-7 victory.

Maddie Slyziuk scored three tries and Brooke Miner had one try plus one convert.

In the boys’ match, Joseph Lopez and Trevor Boyd had three tries each to lead the Clippers to a 51-5 triumph.

Will Miner, Oliver Dandeneau, Sergio Garcia and Boston Karlson added singles, with Garcia also contributing two converts, while Karlson had one.

Clippers coach Aaron Miner said the boys were in control of their game from start to finish.

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The Parkland Vipers U16 girls volleyball team hosted a spaghetti dinner fund-raiser, last Thursday.

The team will head to Edmonton this weekend for nationals, May 22 to 24.

Parkland will play it first match, May 22, against FOG Red of Alberta.