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We may still be in the heart of the winter season, but that isn't preventing the Dauphin Clippers rugby teams from thinking ahead.
The Clippers recently discovered they will host this year's league all-star games on June 10th. Head coach Rod Carberry is looking forward to hosting.
"We're very excited about it," he said. "We always travel all over the place and we're excited everybody's going to be coming to us. Mums and dads and rugby fans will be able to come out that day and enjoy some awesome rugby. It's the elite from the province."
There will be both a boys and girls all-star game held in Dauphin at the DRCSS June 10th.
Carberry attended last year's all-star game in Winnipeg, and he's determined to make this year's festivities an improvement from last year's.
"It was very wishy-washy," he admitted. "There wasn't a lot of structure and organization to it."
Absent from last year's event were simple additions such as a canteen.
"That's certainly something that we want to have. Dauphin's known for it's first class events and we're going to make sure we host a first-class all-star game that everybody's going to remember."
Aside from providing fans with some hot food and cold drinks the Clippers stil have some work to do if they're going to host a memorable all-star game.
A small volunteer base will be required to run the canteen, to help paint lines, and other general duties.
Aside from that the Clippers need some minor equipment upgrades. Their field marking equipment has been adequate for league games over the years, but will need improving in time for June 10th. Fundraisers will be held between now and June 10th to help pay for the new field marking equipment.
The next thing the Clippers have to focus on is fielding a team for this season. The coaches are relying on players to help drive recruiting, particularly targeting grade 9 students who may be unfamiliar with the program.
Clippers begin practice February 6th in the upper gym at DRCSS. Practices run Monday and Wednesday from 5:30-7:00.
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Two Dauphin curling teams earned berths to the Viterra Championships over the weekend.
Ray Baker and his team of Wes Jonasson, Sheldon Oshanyk, and Rae Kujanpaa defeated Swan River's Weston Oryniak's team in the A-side final 9-3.
In the B-side final Team Oryniak's shot at redemption came up short, losing 6-4 to Rob Fisher. Fisher and his team of Mike Cversko, and the father-son duo of Jason and Lawson Yates will also compete at the Viterra Championship.
The Viterra Championship takes place February 8-12 at the Portage Curling Club.
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The Dauphin Kings dropped a decision in The Pas at the Roy H. Johnston Arena to the OCN Blizzard Sunday. The Blizzard defeated the Kings 3-1 on #SaveOurBlizz weekend, spoiling Duncan McGovern's Kings debut.
The Blizzard put up two goals in the first period at 6:25 when Shane Roulette scored the game's first marker, and at 16:56 courtesy of Brady Valiquette. That would be the last scoring for awhile.
No more scoring occurred until 18:19 in the third when Justin Nachbaur scored an empty net marker for OCN.
The Kings weren't done yet though, Keaton Leininger spoiled Brett Epp's otherwise perfect night between the Blizzard pipes with 31 seconds on the clock. Graeme Hore and Riley Shamray added assists.
The Kings now look ahead to a busy weekend when they're in Neepawa, Steinbach, and Portage, their only 3-in-3 of the season.
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The Parkland Rangers were 0-2 over the weekend after 5-2 and 8-2 losses to the Winnipeg Wild and the Pembina Valley Hawks, respectively.
On Saturday the Rangers saw scoring from Andrew Liwiski and Bradyn Smelski. Dauphin Kings prospect Mitchell Joss had two goals for the Wild.
Sunday, Swan River's Carter Cockburn opened the scoring for the Rangers. The Hawks wasted no time in responding, evening the score just 31 seconds later when Everett Bestland scored his first of three goals in the game.
Vincent Hughes had the Rangers second tally.
The Hawks used a four goal third period to separate themselves from the Rangers, taking the win.
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