Brad Gushue has an 8-2 record and has qualified for the playoffs heading into the final day of round robin play at the World Men’s Curling Championship in Las Vegas. Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant and Geoff Walker had a win and a loss on Thursday. The four-time Canadian champions dropped a 10-6 decision to Korey Dropkin of the United States and then beat Soo Hyuk Kim of Korea 10-2. Team Gushue will meet Kyle Waddell of Scotland at 11a.m and play their round robin finale at 9 p.m. against Tobias Thune of Denmark.

 

The Boissevain Border Kings will play in Hockey Manitoba's Provincial Senior "A" championship game. The Tiger Hills Hockey League champions and the North Central Hockey League champion Miniota-Elkhorn C-Hawks skated to a 7-7 tie Thursday night in Brandon. The Border Kings took that two-game total goal series 16-13. The Minnedosa Bombers host the South Eastern Manitoba Hockey League champion Warren Mercs tonight. The Mercs lead that total goal semifinal 7-6.

 

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed wide receiver Dalton Schoen. The Overland Park, Kansas native originally signed as an undrafted free agent with the LA Chargers in 2020, but was released following training camp. In 2021, he signed a futures contract with the Kansas City Chiefs and later that year joined Washington’s practice roster. He re-joined the Chiefs in December of 2021, being added to their practice roster. Schoen was a walk-on at Kansas State, climbing up the depth chart to eventually start as a sophomore, and record 92 receptions for 1,569 yards and nine touchdowns over 34 games from 2017-2019.

 

The Manitoba Softball Hall of Fame and Museum Board of Directors have announced that their 19th Induction dinner originally scheduled for May 9, 2020 will now be held May 7th, 2022 in Brandon. Six individuals will be inducted into the Manitoba Softball Hall of Fame and they include Rick DeGagne, Rick Denney, John Kalinowski, Gary Magwood, Jim Lehman and Charlie Kurt. Also to be inducted are the Sportstraders Seniors slo-pitch team and the Winnipeg Colonels fastball team.