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Gilbert Plains' Butch Mouck and his curling team, and Dauphin's Ray Baker and his curling team were in Winnipeg for the Senior Men's Provincial Championships this weekend, and both fell short of advancing to the playoffs.
Mouck went 5-2 in the round robin which pushed him into a tiebreaker, but the foursome narrowly lost to last year's Champion Murray Warren from Brandon, 5-4.
Baker went 2-5 in the round robin.
The playoffs for the Championships go tomorrow.
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The Bantam Parkland Rangers capped off their season with a bang, as they won the Bronze Medal at the Rural Provincial Championships that were played in Wawanesa and Killarney this weekend.
After falling in the semifinal this morning to Southwest, the Rangers were set up for a rematch with the rival Yellowhead Chiefs and, for the second time in the tournament, the Rangers got the best of the Chiefs, 3-2.
Tyson Zimmer once again was the leader for the Rangers scoring two goals. Russell's Josh Thompson played hero for the Rangers, as he scored the game-winning goal with Zimmer notching the only assist on the marker.
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The Bantam Grand Plains Ice Dogs can call themselves Provincial Finalists, after they dropped a heartbreaker against Souris earlier today in Reston, 6-5 in the finals.
The Ice Dogs came into the game undefeated and scored 28 goals while giving up none in three games before the final.
In the final, both the Ice Dogs and Souris battled back and forth, and it appeared the game was heading into overtime, but Souris scored with just 10 seconds left in the game to win the A/B Provincial Championships.
Ameron Laliberty picked up two goals and one assist for the Ice Dogs, while Allee Hrechka, Brittan Yaschyshyn, and Riley Turetsky all scored singles.
Several ladies from the Ice Dogs will be back on the ice next weekend as the Bantam Parkland Rangers play in the Rural Provincial Championships.
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The Midget Parkland Rangers scored first, but the Southwest Cougars provided plenty of offence as they beat the Rangers, 5-2.
Vincent Hughes scored for the Rangers to put them up 1-0, but Southwest tied it up as the teams headed into the dressing room tied at one.
In the second, Kurtis Luke scored on a breakaway, but the Cougars scored three goals to lead, 4-2 after 40.
Southwest added one in the third to pick up two points.
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The Dauphin AA Peewee Kings had a slow start and dug themselves in a hole, but they battled back and ended up beating Shoal Lake, 8-7 in a thriller in the Championship Final of the Aspen Insurance Peewee Tournament at Credit Union Place earlier today.
The Kings entered the third period down 5-3, before scoring five goals in the third.
Kyan Grouette stole the show for the Kings, scoring six times including the game-winner with just 1:33 left in the game.
Logan Chapman was also one of the Kings leaders with two goals and two assists, while Madden Murray chalked up three assists.
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Dauphin Clippers playoff hockey is back at Credit Union Place, and a spot in the next round is on the line when the puck drops tonight between the Clippers and Deloraine Colts.
The Colts came into Credit Union Place two days ago and played a great defensive game, and capitalized offensively in taking a 1-0 series lead in the best-of-three.
Dauphin responded yesterday in Deloraine as Wade Kopytko and Riley Hammond scored second-period goals as the Clippers evened-up the series at one heading into tonight's third and deciding game.
Game time is set for 8:30 at Credit Union Place, and a good crowd is expected to fill the stands.
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The Bantam Grand Plains Women's Ice Dogs have been absolutely dominant all weekend long at the Rural A/B Provincials in Reston, and now the team is just one win away from being the Rural Provincial Champions.
The team won the semifinals this morning against Morden, 6-0.
Six different Ice Dogs scored in the game, including Ameron Laliberty. Allee Hretchka, Brittan Yaschyshyn, Levi Derkatch, and Taelor Loewen also added singles in the win.
The Gold Medal game is set for later today at 5:00 p.m.
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The Dauphin Clippers varsity boys basketball team went all the way to the finals in their home tournament this weekend but ended up falling in the final.
Neelin beat the Clippers, 98-58 in the Championship.
The Clippers will now prepare for game three of their best-of-three series with Swan River this Tuesday, with the winner advancing to the Provincial Championships.
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It's been a disappointing season overall for the Midget Parkland Rangers, but they have the chance to end the season on a high note as they welcome the Southwest Cougars to town this afternoon.
The Rangers (16-26-2-3) will not qualify for the playoffs this season, but despite the under .500 record, the team has shown they are capable of playing very good hockey.
The two teams met just two days ago in Souris, and the Cougars came out on top in that game, 5-1.
Game time this afternoon is set for 2:00 at Credit Union Place.
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The Dauphin Kings scored first, but they couldn't hold it as they lost to the Steinbach Pistons, 7-2.
Just over one minute in, Brendan Arnold put the Kings up 1-0, but Steinbach scored two-straight in the first, and another four in the second to lead, 6-1 after 40.
Kyle Oleksiuk notched one for the Kings in the third, and Steinbach also added one to pick up two points.
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It wasn’t quite the finish they were looking for, but what a week it was for Emma Jensen and her curling team as they were in Winkler for the Provincial Championships, and they will head back to the Parkland as Provincial Finalists.
The Clippers went without a loss until the A-Side final where they lost their first game of the tournament against Ashern.
The foursome then got their revenge against Ashern in the B-Side final in the double knockout, which set up another meeting between the two teams, and this time it would be for the Championship.
Steals of one and two paced the way for Ashern as they claimed the Championship.
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