The Carillon Sultans meet the St. James A's tonight (7 p.m.) at A.D. Penner Park in Steinbach. The Sultans are in first place in the Manitoba Junior Baseball League with a 14-4 record. The Elmwood Giants defeated the defending champion St. Boniface Legionaires 5-2 and the Interlake Blue Jays downed the Winnipeg South Wolves 9-3 on Wednesday night. The second place Giants are 13-5 and just one game back of the Sultans. The third place A's are 12-5 while the Blue Jays are in fourth spot at 11-5. 


The Winnipeg Goldeyes dropped an 8-6 decision to the Chicago Dogs at Impact Field. Max Murphy and Roby Enríquez homered for the Fish who have lost seven of their last eight games. The Goldeyes and Dogs will wrap up their three-game series tonight. Winnipeg will then play three against the Gary SouthShore RailCats beginning Friday in Indiana. 


The NHL Awards will be handed out tonight in Las Vegas. Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets and Thatcher Demko of the Vancouver Canucks are finalists for the Vezina Trophy for the league's top goaltender, and fellow Canuck Quinn Hughes is up for the Norris Trophy for top defenceman. Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid is a finalist for the Hart Trophy as league MVP. Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs is a finalist for the Ted Lindsay Award, which goes to the most outstanding player as voted on by the players. 


The Winnipeg Football Club announced its support for the inaugural Team Manitoba Indigenous High-Performance Program. The team that will take part in the second annual Indigenous Cup, set to take place in Edmonton at the end of June with teams from Alberta, Saskatchewan and for the first time, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers are proud to support the team by covering travel fees, uniform costs, accommodations for players and coaches along with coach certification costs for the program. Running concurrently with the U20 IFAF World Junior Championships, the Indigenous Cup elevates its significance by offering a unique opportunity for Indigenous athletes to showcase their talent on an international stage alongside teams from the USA, Japan, Brazil, Austria, Australia, Panama, and host Canada.


The Toronto Raptors selected Ja'Kobe Walter with the 19th pick of the 2024 NBA Draft. Walter averaged 14.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 1.4 assists as a freshman for the Baylor Bears last season. Toronto native and two-time Naismith player of the year winner Zach Edey was chosen ninth overall by the Memphis Grizzlies. The Atlanta Hawks took Zaccharie Risacher with the top pick in the draft, the second straight year a player from France was the first player selected.

baseball_2023Baseball Manitoba's Provincial Championships start next weekend 

Provincial championships begin next Friday. Baseball Manitoba executive director Jason Miller will join Clayton Dreger on the Carillon Minor Ball Report which airs Thursdays at 5:15 p.m. on AM 1250 Radio.