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The Dauphin Clippers football team is now 2-0 after another great performance on Saturday. Playing the Moosomin Generals, the Clippers took care of business in a 39-16 win.

Matthew Zurba was a force rushing the ball, as he ran for 112 yards while Mathieu Bray ran for 95 yards. Joseph Lopez ran for 78 yards. 

Garrett Thompson had seven tackles and two assists defensively for the Clippers, who have given up just 16 points in their first two wins. Veteran quarterback Thomas Scott completed three passes. 

Gerald Lopez had this to say after the win.

"As a coaching staff, we're so happy that all these kids are able to play football this year," said Lopez. "There has been a lot of positives early in the season and we're only going to get better as a team." 

A great day was had on Saturday at the Gilbert Plains Country Club and it was another successful event for Team Cary Fillion. The foursome that consisted of Cary, Russ Romaniuk, Kevin Kowerko, and Jeff Hildahl shot a 7-under 65 to win the tournament.

It was the third event that the team has won this summer, as they also teamed up to win the Kings Par 3 and the Canadian Friends of Hockey in Ukraine scramble. Team Walter Toderian, Team Chad Cowan, Team Dean Murray, Team Shawn McQuarrie, and Team Regan Hedley rounded out second thru sixth place.

Closest to the hole:

#4 - Taylor Fletcher - 3'3"

#9 - Bill Albutt - 26"

#14 - Trevor Robak - 18'4"

#17 - Dennis Lukey - 14'8"

The Parkland U18 Rangers have earned another point. 

Welcoming Southwest to town on Friday night, the Rangers lost 3-2, but it took a shootout to decide a winner. 

Kyan Grouette and Carter Zalischuk scored in the tight defeat. Once again Parkland's goaltending put a solid effort forth as Brenden Birch-Hayden stopped 24-of-26 shots. 

The Rangers wrap up a home-and-home with Southwest on Saturday in Souris. 

The Dauphin Kings scored 11 goals in their previous two games but they couldn't get anything going on Friday night.

The club dropped their first meeting with OCN, 3-0 at the Roy H. Johnston Arena.

Bryden Sinclair scored the only goal of the first period off a nice play. The marker with just less than three minutes gave OCN a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes. Carson Cherepak made a very solid saves while Nick Pineo wasn't tested much for the Blizzard. 

After struggling to generate any offence in the opening 20 minutes, Dauphin's struggles in the second period offensively continued. Nick Pineo wasn't tested and OCN capitalized on their chance, taking a 2-0 lead with the lone marker of the period. It was scored 5:25 in by Drayden Kurbatoff as the Blizzard held a 2-0 lead heading into the final period. 

Dauphin did push in the third period but they couldn't find the back of the net while OCN sealed it with an empty-net goal late in the contest.

Dauphin drops to 3-2 while OCN improves to 3-1-0-1.

The two teams will go at it again on Sunday afternoon at Credit Union Place at 4:00 p.m. The South Ticket office will be open at 12. 

King Tips:

  • For the first time this season, Dauphin failed to score a goal in a game
  • OCN hasn't given up a goal in their last 120 minutes of regulation play. Nick Pineo earned his second straight shutout through 60 minutes. The Blizzard lost their last game out, but Pineo didn't allow a game in 60 minutes
  • The Kings power play went cold, failing to score on their four opportunities
  • Dauphin has lost two of their three Friday games this season

After playing 30 games with the Vancouver Canucks last season, Jayce Hawryluk has taken his talents across the pond.

The Roblin native is now playing with Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League. In five games, Hawryluk is off to a solid start as he's scored twice.

Prior to the move, Jayce played 98 games in the National Hockey League and he's a former all star with the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League. His longest tenure with one team in the NHL was in the 2018-19 campaign when he played for the Florida Panthers. He also played with the Ottawa Senators for 11 games.

Back in the 2011-12 season, Hawryluk scored 31 times and added 36 assists with the Parkland U18 Rangers. 

The B.C. Lions are at home to the red hot Winnipeg Blue Bombers tonight. The defending Grey Cup champion Bombers top the CFL at 6-1.

B.C. ranks third in the West Division at 4-3. Lions quarterback Michael Reilly leads the league in passing with 1,870 yards and 10 touchdowns in seven games.

If Winnipeg were to win tonight, it would mark their best start since 2011 when they started the campaign at 7-1. A lot of Friday's focus will be on a member of the Lions as Lucky Whitehead looks to keep his great season going with the Lions.

Whitehead is a former Bomber who was named a CFL Top Performer for the month of September. He signed with BC this past winter on the first day of free agency. 

He has four 100-yard receiving games and four TDs through the air, plus a missed field goal return score.

The Dauphin Kings are in search of their fourth straight win on Friday night. 

For the first time this season, the team plays the most northern club in the league, the OCN Blizzard.

Since dropping their first game of the season, the team has won three straight, all of which came against Neepawa.

OCN; meanwhile, is 2-1-0-1 and are coming off a 1-0 shootout loss to Swan Valley. 

Friday's game is the first of eight meetings between the two teams, with Sunday's rematch being at Credit Union Place. 

Kaden Bryant and Colby Jaquet lead Dauphin's scoring race with six points each heading into the game and Carson Cherepak is 3-0 with one shutout in net. 

There is no broadcast tonight but Darnell Duff will keep you up to date throughout the contest.

The McCreary Mavericks varsity girls soccer team is off to the Zone 8 Championships in Dauphin.

Playing in the Turtle River School Division soccer divisionals, the Mavericks earned a 3-1 win against the Ste. Rose Celtics. 

Both teams goaltenders played very well, but Cyan Bradford had the edge making several key saves.

Cassandra Boldt, Chelsea Kaiser, and Stacey Dunning scored for McCreary in the win. Ste. Rose goal was scored by Marie lee Dicarlo. 

The zone championships are next week. 

Kaden Bryant got off to a slow start this season with the Kings as the 20-year-old returned to Dauphin for his final junior season.

In the first two games of the season against Neepawa as Dauphin earned a split, the sniper failed to hit the scoresheet.

“I would be lying if I said it wasn’t frustrating,” said Bryant. “With that said, it’s not something I lost sleep about. I just refocused and put my focus on moving ahead.”

Motivated and determined to get on the scoresheet during week two of the MJHL season, Bryant certainly did that and ended up racking up a fantastic weekend. Kaden scored his first goal of the season last Friday in what turned out to be a 5-2 win against Neepawa. Then one night later, the Kaden Bryant show had arrived as he took over scoring three times, to record his first hat-trick of the season.

He also had one assist in a 6-3 win as Bryant now is tied with Colby Jaquet for the most points on the team with six. And most importantly, Dauphin secured a perfect weekend winning both of the contests.

“It felt really good to get on the scoresheet. It was a night and day change from our opening weekend,” said Bryant. “Going from scoring two goals in two games to 11 in two, that was great to see. I couldn’t have had that success without my great teammates, I’m just happy to help.”

Kaden played eight games with Dauphin in the 2019-20 season and another two last year in a shortened season, one that Dauphin only played six games.

This year, Kaden has played in all four of the team’s contests. And in three of them, he’s played in front of a goaltender that he’s played with in the past. Carson Cherepak was acquired right prior to Dauphin’s season opener against Neepawa and he made his debut with Dauphin one night later, when he made 45 saves in a 1-0 win.

Cherepak is a former two-time goaltender of the year in the Manitoba AAA U18 Hockey League when he was a member of the Winnipeg Wild when he won 30 games combined between the regular season and playoffs in the 2018-19 season. In that same season, Bryant was busy recording a 108 point season with the Wild. After going their separate ways, Cherepak and Bryant have now reunited in Dauphin.

“It was unexpected when I heard he was coming here and when I found it, I was very happy,” said Bryant. “He was our rock with the Wild and he’s been great here in Dauphin as well. It’s great to have him here.”

Get to know Bryant:

Q: Who are your favourite professional sports teams? Tampa Bay Lightning, Las Vegas Raiders, Philadelphia 76ers.

Q: What are your favourite hobbies?  Basketball for sure. I grew up in a basketball household and it’s always been a part of me. I spent much of my free time either playing pickup or shooting on my driveway.

Q: Go to cheat meal? Without a doubt, McDonald’s!

Q: If you could go on holiday anywhere, where would it be? Ibiza. I would love to go to Europe as a whole but the energy of Ibiza looks unmatched.

Kaden is also a huge Duke Blue Devils fan. And if you’re wondering where is Ibiza, it’s a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of Spain. It is 150 kilometres from the city of Valencia.

Bryant and the rest of the Kings will hit the road on Friday afternoon as they make their first trip to The Pas to play the OCN Blizzard. You can hear Kaden’s full interview with Darnell Duff during the Kings Power Play Show after 4:00 p.m. NewsNow on 730CKDM on Friday afternoon!

Matthew Munro and Rylan Gibbs will share the role of team captains for the Parkland U18 Rangers this season. 

Both are playing their third seasons with the U18 team and will serve as great leaders. 

Jayce Legaarden and Marco Bodnarski; meanwhile, will be the teams assistant captains this season. 

Parkland is back on home ice this Friday against Southwest.

The Swan Valley Stampeders have added some depth to their back end ahead of another week of action.

The team acquired 2003-born defenceman Lare Pahtayken from the Melfort Mustangs of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in exchange for future considerations.

From Onion Lake, Sask., Lare played one game with Melfort this season. Prior to this year, he was with the Tisdale Trojans of the Saskatchewan AAA U18 Hockey League last season, where he had one assist in three games. 

Swan Valley plays on Thursday night in Waywayseecappo as the Wolverines host the Stampeders on Truth and Reconciliation Day.