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The Dauphin Clippers varsity boys volleyball team continues to string together outstanding performances.

Playing in the 48-team DIG tournament in Brandon, the Clippers beat the Niverville Panthers in a three-set thriller, 12-25, 25-18, and 15-10, to claim the B-side championship. The Clippers also beat Wawanesa, Vincent Massey, and John Taylor leading up to their victory against Niverville.

To get things going in round-robin play, Dauphin split with Steinbach Christian and Louis-Riel and they won a split against Calvin Christian. 

Previously this season, the team won a tournament at Calvin Christian Collegiate and were finalists at the Bobcat men's invitational. 

The Parkland U-18 Rangers have suffered their first two-game losing skid of the season.

Following a 7-0 loss on Saturday night, the Rangers couldn't rebound in a rematch with the Winnipeg Wild on Sunday. They were outshot 40-18 and lost the game 7-2. Noah Smigelsky (6) had one goal and one assist while Landyn Garton (1) scored his first goal of the campaign.

Piet Mierau made 33 saves in the defeat. Parkland was only trailing 3-2 after 40 minutes but a tough third period did them in. In two games against the Wild, the Rangers were outscored 9-0 in the third period.

The Rangers head to Souris to play Southwest on Wednesday before heading to Kenora for a pair of games against the Thistles next weekend. 

It's a game that the Parkland U-18 Rangers will want to forget and move forward.

Hosting the Winnipeg Wild for their second game of the weekend, the Wild ran away with five goals in the third period as they hammered the Rangers, 7-0. The loss followed Parkland's impressive victory on Friday night.

Piet Mierau made 43 saves in the game as the Wild were all over the Rangers for the majority of the contest peppering Mierau with 50 shots. Despite the loss, the Rangers have still won nine of their 13 games and are just two points behind the Bruins for first place overall.

The Wild moved into a tie with Parkland with a record of 8-2-1-1. Both teams will return to Credit Union Place for a rematch on Sunday afternoon at 1:30. 

You can make it five in a row and a perfect weekend for the Dauphin Kings.

Wrapping up a quick road trip, the Kings lit up the scoreboard on Saturday night and held on late for a 6-4 win against the Selkirk Steelers at the Recreational Complex. The Kings couldn't have started the game any better as just 47 seconds into the contest, Cayden Glover scored his 15th of the season.

Ashton Paul (5) and Madden Murray (4) would score in the next 12 minutes as Dauphin took a 3-0 lead before Dawson Dear (2) struck back for the Steelers to trim the deficit to 3-1 after 20 minutes.

After killing off an early penalty in the second, Dauphin put together an incredible frame as Madden Murray (5) scored his second of the night while Gavin Nemis (4) also scored to give Dauphin a 5-1 lead after 40 minutes.

Remy Hlady (5) would trim the deficit again for Selkirk before Rylan Gage (3) scored on the power play to give Dauphin a 6-2 lead. Luke McCarthy (9) and Owen Warnick (10) would make it close for Selkirk late; however, it wasn't enough.

With the win, the Kings remain atop the MGEU West Division.

Dauphin (12-4) will play a massive game on Friday when the Steinbach Pistons come to town. That game will be for first place overall after the Pistons beat the Freeze on Saturday to pull into a tie for Selkirk for first overall with 25 points, the Kings have 24. 

The Ste. Rose Celtics varsity girls volleyball team is putting together quite the season on the court.

Ranked third in the most recent power rankings in the 'A' classification, the Celtics did not drop a single set as they defended their home court. 10 teams began the tournament vying for a banner, the Celtics came out on top.

After a perfect round-robin that saw the team win all 10 sets they played, the Celtics received a bye into the semi-finals. They made quick work of Shoal Lake in that game before hammering MacGregor in the gold medal match.

Greg Anstett is the team's assistant coach and is pleased with how the weekend went.

"I'm very happy for the girls, they have worked hard all season," said Anstett. "I'm very glad they're seeing success."

The team has won three tournaments this season. 

The Dauphin Clippers junior varsity boys volleyball team pulled off some impressive upsets on Saturday to win their home tournament.

Hosting a four-team event, the Clippers won one of their three round-robin matches to enter the playoff portion of the event in third place. Going up against a very good Goose Lake Raiders team from Roblin in the semi-finals, Dauphin found a way to get the job done in a straight set, 25-21, 25-18 victory.

Then playing the top-ranked Swan Valley Tigers, who were perfect up until playing Dauphin in the final, the Clippers won a hard fought match in three sets. Scores were 18-25, 25-12 and 15-10. 

Goose Lake would beat Grandview to finish in third place. 

The Dauphin Clippers have been scoring at a crazy pace this season and it continued on Saturday afternoon at Credit Union Place.

Playing their fourth game of the season, the Clippers took it to the Boissevain Broncos in a 15-0 win. Just a day after scoring 10 goals during their Every Child Matters game against Sandy Bay, the Clippers once again filled the net early and often.

Ethan Carnegie had the hot stick for Dauphin completing a hat-trick while Jesse Hockridge, Ethan Zalischuk, Noah Hanneson, and Boston Karlson all scored two goals apiece. Scoring singles were Sully Fox, Riley Durston, Ronin Mouck and Josh Yakielashek.

Dauphin (4-0) has scored 40 goals this season, averaging 10 per game. Their next game is next Saturday when they welcome the Vincent Massey Vikings #2 to Credit Union Place. 

There is a new leader in the MGEU West Division and they're from the City of Sunshine.

The Dauphin Kings had to claw back against a stingy Winnipeg Freeze team and Cayden Glover scored the game-winner as the Kings downed the Freeze, 4-3. Dauphin found themselves down 3-1 against the Freeze just more than two minutes into the second.

Needing to step things up, Dauphin did just that. Ashton Paul (4) cut the deficit to one after 40 minutes. Then in the third period, Dauphin took over when Winnipeg got into penalty trouble. Matt Thomas (4) ripped home a shot 4:20 into the third to tie it and less than five minutes later (14) scored on the man advantage to give Dauphin the lead and they never looked back.

Cole Sheffield made 32 saves in the win. Dauphin (11-4) head to Selkirk on Saturday night, Darnell Duff has the broadcast on 730CKDM. 

He's leading the league in scoring and on Friday, he was the hero.

Quinten Fisk  scored his 15th of the season less than two minutes into overtime as the Parkland U-18 Rangers earned their ninth of the season in a thrilling 4-3 win over the Pembina Valley Hawks. Dayson Martin and Nathan Miller had the assists.

Brayden Budolowski (3), Ryzlie Nepinak (3) and Ryder Gardner (2) scored for Parkland in the win. Kyle Pelletier turned away 30 shots in the game to record the win.

Parkland (9-3) will play the Wild on Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday at 1:30, both of which are at Credit Union Place. 

The Dauphin Clippers have won three straight games to open the season.

In dominating fashion in front of a great crowd for their Every Child Matters game, Dauphin scored five goals in the third period as they hammered Sandy Bay, 10-2.

It was a complete team effort as Dauphin dominated from start to finish.

Julien Lopez led the way with a pair of goals while Ethan Carnegie, Noah Hanneson, Thomas Schmidt, Boston Karlson, Jesse Hockridge, Jorden Braun, Ronin Mouck, and Layne Wolfenden all scored a goal apiece for Dauphin. 

He dons the Blue & White as a member of the Parkland U-18 Rangers and he will don the Blue & White at the junior level.

The Dauphin Kings had a busy Thursday by signing five players to Letter of Intents (LOI) for the 2025-26 season, one of which is dominating the Manitoba U-18 AAA Hockey League. Quinten Fisk of Dauphin was one of the commits.

Fisk is on fire this season. He leads the league in points with 23, 15 of which are goals. Among players who have played multiple games, Quinten is the only player in the league averaging more than two points per game (2.09). The Dauphin product has helped the Rangers win eight of their 11 games this year. They host Pembina Valley on Friday before welcoming the Winnipeg Wild to town on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon.


The next player to put pen to paper was Shea Rollason. He was selected eighth overall by the Kings in the 2024 MJHL Draft. In 10 outings this season with the Winnipeg Bruins, Shea has eight goals and 10 assists.


The third player is 2008-born Sage Dela Cruz. He was outstanding during the Kings' camp this year and is having a strong season with the Bruins, scoring four times and adding four helpers in nine games. You can see Dela Cruz and Rollason on January 18 and 19 when the Bruins come to town.


Dauphin's final two commitments on Thursday were both defencemen, starting with Brady Bell of the Winnipeg Wild. Selected 35th overall in 2024, Bell has eight points this season. You can see him in action this weekend when the Wild are in town on Saturday and Sunday.


Brody Wytinck is Dauphin's final commitment announced. He's currently playing in an academy at Pilot Mound with the Buffaloes. Selected 34th overall, Brody has had an outstanding season to date with four goals and eight assists in eight games.