Ava Temple of Providence University College is the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference Female Athlete of the Week. The Pilots centre defender was a big contributor to three consecutive wins in week four. In a busy seven days, Providence powered through with a strong start in a upset win over first place and defending champs Université de Saint-Boniface Les Rouges on September 28th with a 2-1 road victory. Temple played well by defending strongly and PUC only allowed one late goal versus the top scoring team. On the weekend, the Yarrow, BC native exploded with five goals in 24 hours. She scored a hat trick against Assiniboine Community College Cougars on October 1st during a 6-0 road win. The next day, Temple added two more goals in another 5-0 road result at ACC. 


The Winnipeg Jets play their fifth of six exhibition games tonight when they face the Calgary Flames at Canada Life Centre. The Jets, who are coming off a 3-2 shootout loss to the Edmonton Oilers this past Saturday, will wrap up their pre-season schedule on Friday against the Flames in Calgary. Winnipeg will open the 2022-23 NHL season at home on Friday, October 14th against the N.Y. Rangers.


Winnipeg quarterback Zach Collaros and receiver Nic Demski have been named CFL Top Performers for their work in last Friday’s 31-13 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Collaros completed 14-of-25 passes for 296 yards and four touchdowns, with no interceptions. The CFL's reigning Most Outstanding Player currently leads the league in passing yards with 3,874 and touchdown passes with 32. Demski caught five passes for 94 yards and two touchdowns. Demski has now registered 52 catches for 613 yards and nine touchdowns in 11 games this season. 


Glenn Howard is the new coach for Team Jennifer Jones. The 60-year-old Howard, who has won four Briers and four world men's championships, coached Scotland's Eve Muirhead at the 2018 Winter Olympics where they finished in fourth place. Jones and her new team of Mackenzie Zacharias, Karlee Burgess, Emily Zacharias and Lauren Lenentine have already won two events this season including the $50,000 PointsBet Invitational in Fredericton last month.


The Toronto Blue Jays will face the Seattle Mariners in the American League wildcard series which begins Friday at Rogers Centre. Toronto's game in Baltimore was rained out Tuesday night. The Jays and Orioles will play a doubleheader today to wrap up the regular season schedule.