Dauphin Herald Sports
Tuesday, 23 April 2024 07:06
Clippers tuning up for short season
The short high school baseball season is about to get underway, with the Dauphin Clippers aiming for a berth at provincials. The team began practicing in mid-March and will likely field a roser of 16 players. Mark Graham will coach the team this year. He said it is a unique…
Tuesday, 23 April 2024 07:05
Clippers use rugby festival in Brandon as tune up for upcoming season
The Dauphin Clippers boys and girls rugby teams were in Brandon, Saturday for the annual John Keogh Rugby Festival. The girls won both of their games, beating Crocus Plains, 48-5, and scoring a 72-5 win over Vincent Massey. A third game was more of a controlled scrimmage between the Crocus…
Tuesday, 16 April 2024 08:56
Summer games in dire need of volunteers
The 2024 Manitoba Summer Games, powered by Manitoba Hydro, are less than four months away, but they are in dire need of volunteers. Games co-chair Carla Wolfenden said they really need people to start signing up. “We are getting to be in the time where we’re getting a little worried.…
Tuesday, 16 April 2024 08:51
Minor football program gets a boost from Blue Bombers
The newly-formed Parkland Minor Football Association is getting underway in Dauphin. Last year, there was a group of players playing in an unofficial capacity, leading parents to start a formal minor football program. “We wanted to improve the football here in Dauphin and get the kids started before high school,…
Tuesday, 09 April 2024 11:00
AA softball program begins in the Parkland
Girls wishing to play softball this year can do so thanks to the newly-formed Parkland Power AA Softball program.Program co-ordinator Steven Hopfner said the program will include U11, U13, U15 and U17 age groups.“Whoever is playing softball in the Parkland can tryout for the AA teams,” he added.“The communities will…
Tuesday, 09 April 2024 11:00
Clippers teams looking to repeat as WHSR champions
The Dauphin Clippers will look to repeat as Westman High School Rugby champions in both the boys and girls divisions, while the girls will also look for their second straight provincial title.The two teams began working out in February whenever they could get time in the gym. Practices ramped up…
Tuesday, 09 April 2024 11:00
Ste. Rose youth competing in worldwide event
A Ste. Rose youth is making his mark in the world of crossfit.Ayden Bradley, 15, recently advanced to the second of four stages as he works towards the CrossFit Games.The worldwide competition began, Feb. 29, featuring fitness tests for three straight weeks.After three events of the CrossFit Open, the top…
Tuesday, 09 April 2024 11:00
Kings look to next year after game seven heartbreak
It was an epic series, one that will be remembered for years by fans of both teams.Unfortunately for the Dauphin Kings and their fans, they will think of what could have been after the Blizzard Jr. A Hockey Club won the Manitoba Junior Hockey League best-of-seven quarterfinal series in seven…
Tuesday, 02 April 2024 08:34
Kings and Blizzard are heading to a game seven showdown
The Dauphin Kings and Blizzard Jr. A Hockey Club are going the distance in their best-of-seven quarterfinal series. Cayden Glover’s goal 10:46 into the fifth overtime period lifted the Dauphin Kings to a 3-2 victory over the Blizzard in game six, Monday in Dauphin. After taking a two-games-to-none lead, the…
Tuesday, 02 April 2024 07:04
Williamson helps Cougars qualify for FISU worlds
A Dauphin curler has earned a spot at the International University Sports Federation world games, in Torino, Italy, Jan. 13 to 23, 2025. Carter Williamson, helped his University of Regina Cougars team qualify for nationals at the Canada West championships, with six teams competing for one of two spots at…
Tuesday, 26 March 2024 08:39
Sheffield steals game one, Schmidt OT hero in game two
The Dauphin Kings are halfway to the semifinals in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League playoffs. The Kings rode a 46-save performance from Cole Sheffield to a 2-1 victory over the Blizzard Jr. A Hockey Club in game one, Friday in The Pas. Joshua Schmidt was the overtime hero, beating Blizzard…
Tuesday, 19 March 2024 07:31
Kings ready to weather a first-round Blizzard
The Dauphin Kings enter the 2023-24 Manitoba Junior Hockey League playoffs riding a four-game winning streak to end the regular season. Included in that winning streak is a 2-0 victory over their quarterfinal opponents, the Blizzard Jr. A Hockey Club, Wednesday in The Pas, a game in which the Kings…
Tuesday, 19 March 2024 07:18
Mavericks ready for return
A group of local rugby players traveled to Vancouver for some exhibition rugby last month. Codi Harrigan, Nick Searle, Willie Budzinski and Jeff Zeiler made the trip out west to play old boys (35-and-older) rugby, as well as to watch an international 7s rugby tournament. Harrigan said one of the…
Tuesday, 19 March 2024 07:15
Fidierchuk officiates last game in MJHL after 25 years
After 25 years of officiating in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, local referee Kerry Fidierchuk is hanging up his skates when it comes to the MJHL. Fidierchuk started in the MJHL as a linesman in 1995 and worked his first game as a referee in 1997. He worked his final…
Tuesday, 19 March 2024 07:11
Dauphin well represented on Manitoba Selects
Four local football players put their talent on display with the Manitoba Selects at a tournament in Orlando, Fla. Riley Lobert, Sully Fox, Owen Tyschinski and Lars Gudbjartson attended tryout camps after the high school football season ended last fall. “They got all the guys who wanted to play and…