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Tuesday, 25 April 2023 06:58

There’s no stopping a Fierce Female

There’s chanting and cheering and lots of smiles. Skills are learned on and off the ice. And friendships are made by the players, the parents and the volunteers who are so integral in making Fierce Female Hockey work. Fierce Female Hockey is the brainchild of former U of M Bison…
Monday, 20 March 2023 09:04

Troxler wins Men's

There was no defending champion in the first event in the 2023 version of Roblin’s annual Men’s Bonspiel. The spiel returned after its Covid induced hiatus March 9 to 11 with 14 rinks taking to the ice at the curling rink with Werner Troxler running Greg Clark out of rocks…
Tuesday, 14 February 2023 06:11

Record numbers at ECCC game

For close to a decade - nine years in fact - the annual Stick It To Cancer fundraising hockey game has been part of life as a student of Major Pratt. For the Major Pratt Trojans and their opponents - who more often than not have been the Roblin Raiders…
Tuesday, 31 January 2023 06:15

Trojans Stick It To Cancer again on Feb 8th

Like all charitable events, the Trojans annual Stick it to Cancer is truly a community event where people from around the area donated their time, their money and their goods and services for the rainbow and silent auction tables in order to make the Expanding Community Cancer Care benefit game…
It’s been an exciting couple of weeks for Tanya Thompson and her girls.... First, the Major Pratt Lady Trojans swept the MHSAA AA Volleyball provincials - losing only one set throughout the entire tournament. Looking at the statistics, as Thompson pointed out, this level of success is nothing new for…
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 07:36

Trojans bring home gold

For the second year running, the Major Pratt Lady Trojans have emerged as the MHSAA Provincial AA Volleyball Champions. “Last year we only had one graduating player so we had six returning players and six new girls join us,” coach Tanya Thompson said “So it was very much the same…
Tuesday, 08 November 2022 09:58

Bringing skill and teaching to the court

The Major Pratt Senior Girls Varsity Volleyball Team have had an absolutely stellar season to date, winning all but one of the six high school tournaments they’ve entered. The team is hoping to continue their success throughout the remainder of their season and their goal is to bring home the…
Madison Haliuk can’t a remember a time when she wasn’t playing hockey. So far, the week she spent on the ice with the other members of Team Manitoba at the 2022 National Aboriginal Hockey Championship, tops all the rest. “I had an amazing experience in Membertou,” Madison said. “I played…
Binscarth’s Cody McLeod took his talents to the NHL ice for 15 years. Just recently, he celebrated his 1,000th professional game. Now, along with a few other hockey folks, Cody will be sharing his skill and hockey insight with kids at the Cody McLeod Hockey School which will run here…
Tuesday, 29 March 2022 07:43

Trojans take WHSHL title

The Major Pratt Trojans won the Westman High School Hockey League championship last Wednesday, March 23. The Trojans defeated Killarney 4-3 in overtime to take the title. Tyler Huston had the game winner 8:49 into the extra frame with Seth Falkevitch drawing the lone assist. 
If you’re searching for a picture of Madison Haliuk, it’s probably safe to say that what you’ll find will have something to do with hockey. That’s because, hockey has been a huge part of Madison’s life for just about as far back as she can remember. She first donned hockey…
Tuesday, 01 March 2022 09:31

Tweet Chasing Baseball Dream

By Derek Holtom Some youth have a pool or a playground structure in their backyard for entertainment when the snow’s off the ground. For the Tweet family, it was a batting cage. “When we moved to Russell, my Auntie bought us a batting cage,” says Dawson Tweet, a former area…
Thursday, 23 December 2021 10:29

Trojans win provincials

The Major Pratt Trojan Girls Volleyball team emerged victorious bringing home gold from the MHSAA AA provincials in Warren Manitoba. Back row left to right: April Dalman (grade 12), Mia Cadotte (grade 11), Kylee Peake (grade 11), Cali Lovas (grade 11), Halana McCulloch (grade 11), Taylor Cheyne (grade 10), Coach…