‘Knows what it takes to win’: Fan favourite Scott back with the Sea Bears

Truth be told, Trevon Scott could take the summer off.

A tale of third trips (to the Stanley Cup final)

The pinnacle of the NHL season has arrived.

Puck drops on the Stanley Cup final Tuesday night at Lenovo Center in Raleigh, N.C., as the Carolina Hurricanes host the Vegas Golden Knights in the best-of-seven series.

With that in mind, here’s a special edition of Dump & Chase to tee up the chase for Lord Stanley’s mug.

Fly-ing high in RaleighThe departure of Nikolaj Ehlers from the Jets was a development that simply wouldn’t go away and seeing him advance to the final for the first time in his 11 NHL seasons is bringing mixed feelings for some of the fan base.

Spurr claims first individual win, Lafleche holds off Hayden at Match Play Championship

David Spurr was in a place he was convinced he’d never reach.

So when the 43-year-old dropped an eight-foot putt on the 12th to cap a dominant seven-and-six triumph over Manitoba’s reigning Amateur Men’s Golfer of the Year Evan Nachtigall and put an exclamation point on his men’s provincial Match Play Championship title on Sunday, he couldn’t help but let it all out.

Spurr’s head fell into his hands while his caddie, Mike, and a group of five supporters, including his girlfriend, rushed the green to share many well-deserved hugs and tears.

“Just how long I’ve been playing for,” Spurr said after his round about the emotional outpour. “I’ve never won anything. I’ve won the (Mundie) Putter League with the guys five or six times — that’s a team thing — but I have no individual wins ever, and it was just like, ‘Maybe I’m just not that guy that’ll ever win anything,’ and I guess it just kind of came out there.

Raise a glass to My Kinda Delite

While the big guns were racking up wins at Assiniboia Downs this week with their expensive purchases, 83-year-old trainer Doug Mustard and his $3,000 Manitoba Yearling Sale purchase stole a little thunder with their own particular brand of wackiness.

Volleyball bench boss named to coaching staff for men’s national squad tourney

Chris Voth is getting bumped into the starting lineup.

The Winnipeg Wesmen men’s volleyball head coach was named to the Canadian senior men’s national team’s coaching staff for the upcoming Volleyball Nations League tournament this summer.

Voth spent five years on the staff of the senior men’s extended roster that trains in Gatineau, Que. That time was spent with Team Canada’s reserve crop, who were young professionals or up-and-coming university athletes.

Now, he’ll help the main roster as it begins its push for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Linebacker Clinton making strong case to be kept on Bombers roster

Ja’Kobe Clinton’s path to the pros hasn’t been anywhere near as glamorous as his brother’s.

The aspiring Winnipeg Blue Bombers linebacker had to scratch and claw just to continue playing after high school. Then there’s his well-known sibling, former Pro Bowl safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix — a two-time national champion at Alabama who was chosen in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers.

He went on to play eight NFL seasons and made approximately US$20 million in career earnings.

“That set the bar way tremendously high for me. But like I tell everybody, we got two different roads and I kind of took the harder route,” Clinton told the Free Press after Bombers practice on Tuesday.

Klaschka first Winnipegger in decades to compete in cross-country skiing World Cup

Taschi Klaschka has emerged as one of Manitoba’s top Nordic skiers.

After quitting hockey twice, Oakbank’s Tabin flying high as Walter Cup champ

Kati Tabin was in the midst of hugging her teammates and soaking in the moment when a stark reminder of the magnitude of the long and winding road that brought her to the pinnacle of this remarkable journey was brought to her attention yet again.

“That was just it — it was like a pinch-me moment, like Holy (crap), we did it,” Tabin said in a telephone interview over the weekend. “It was so crazy, because one of my teammates came up to me after the game and she said ‘hey, remember when you quit hockey?’

“It was just kind of funny to think about that and to think about where we are now. I’m just super grateful that I stuck with it.”

The Oakbank product has been a little busy since Wednesday night, when the Montreal Victoire became the first Canadian team to capture the Walter Cup as champions of the Professional Women’s Hockey League.

Sea Bears feast on River Lions

It was a magical night at Canada Life Centre — both as the theme night, and for the roaring crowd of 6,700. Fans had much to cheer about as the Sea Bears recorded their third win of the season, downing the Niagara River Lions 97-71.

The club remains unbeaten at home this season.

A three-pointer from Winnipeg’s own Simon Hildebrandt opened the first quarter.

From the tip-off, the Sea Bears’ physicality seemed to overwhelm the defending CEBL champions, earning five steals and holding the River Lions to under 30 per cent shooting from the field in the first quarter.

Niverville Nighthawks defeat Summerside Western Capitals 4-1 to take Centennial Cup

For just the fourth time in history, the best junior A team in Canada comes from Manitoba. The Niverville Nighthawks joined the Portage Terriers and Selkirk Steelers in lifting the Centennial Cup, defeating the host Summerside Western Capitals 4-1 in the 2026 final Sunday evening in P.E.I.

Bombers’ Munier-Bailey looking to prove pro dreams possible to siblings back home

A year ago, Kemari Munier-Bailey arrived at Winnipeg Blue Bombers training camp trying to adjust to a new league, new coaches and a new country.

After spending most of last season on the practice roster learning the CFL game, the Global defensive lineman from Birmingham, England, enters camp this year in a much different position — competing to earn a roster spot.

Munier-Bailey smiled as he recalled watching games last season with teammates, saying the loud crowds and atmosphere at Princess Auto Stadium kept motivating him to push through another week.

“You’re still doing something great, you still started something great,” Munier-Bailey said of the mindset he tried to maintain while on the practice roster. “That’s how I was trying to look at it.”

Sandhu siblings two of four Manitobans heading to Pan Am Youth Championships

It’s become evident that Khushreet and Laganjot Sandhu hit the bullseye when choosing which sport they would dedicate themselves to for the foreseeable future.

The Winnipeg siblings haven’t been in Archery very long — Khushreet started three years ago, Laganjot two — but there’s a consensus that they are both on a rocket ship trajectory up the local, national, and possibly global ranks.

“I just kind of got into the rhythm, and I really fell in love with it,” said 12-year-old Laganjot, who was drawn to a bow and arrow shortly after watching his sister. “But also on the competitive side, I really wanted to get better than my sister at it.”

It doesn’t matter if it’s their studies or in sports, the siblings are as competitive as it gets, and it’s fostered some tremendous individual success.

Only compliments from Bombers roster for offensive lineman Eli

You’d think Tui Eli has the patience of a saint.

He’s been a Winnipeg Blue Bomber for five seasons, and yet, the Canadian offensive lineman has started just six games.

Instead of being a full-timer in the trenches, the University of Hawai’i product has been used as a reliable and versatile rotational piece — with zero complaints.

“He will, a lot of times, put other people first and he will always put the team first. So, if you ask him to do something, he’s not going to show any type of disappointment or anything like that — that’s his role and he will not only accept it, but do whatever he can to thrive in that role for everybody else,” said head coach Mike O’Shea after Wednesday’s training camp session.

Volleyball a lifeline for Manitoba Bisons’ Dadash-Adeh

Karil Dadash-Adeh’s story isn’t an easy one for him to tell.

The 24-year-old is deliberate with every word he speaks when revealing how he fled Iran five years ago and went AWOL on a mandatory two-year military service to chase a dream in volleyball.

In a world where you never know who is reading, he is certain to maintain his family’s safety.

The decision to leave home was justifiably challenging for a then 19-year-old phenom, but Dadash-Adeh knew that his only other option could kill him and almost certainly spike any ambition that he had on the court.

Blue Bombers training camp begins with excitement

The first day of training camp can even riddle a franchise player with nerves.

“It’s all anxiety, I’m not gonna lie,” admitted receiver Nic Demski after Sunday’s opening session in a chat with the Free Press.

“But I mean, it’s funny because I was literally about to go to sleep last night and I looked at my (partner) and was like ‘I’m nervous as hell right now.’ She just looked at me and said ‘That’s how you know you still love it.’ And it’s true.”

“We are human after all, believe it or not.”