The 2023 South West Baseball League season got underway Tuesday night in Rivers. Michael McFadden had four hits and Kaelen Huibers had five rbi as the Comets defeated the Deloraine Royals 19-3. Rivers' starting pitcher Scott Beever struck out 12. Eric Sorenson had two home runs for the Royals. 


The Zone 9 High School Fastpitch final takes place today in Virden as the Bears meet the Boissevain Broncos. The Bears downed the Souris Sabres 19-0 while the Broncos outscored Reston/Melita/Elkhorn 16-15 in the semifinals on Tuesday. The Zone 9 champion earns a spot in the Provincial High School Fastpitch Championship June 2nd & 3rd in Winnipeg.


Tommy McCarthy singled down the right field line with two out in the bottom of the tenth inning to score Tra Holmes and give the Winnipeg Goldeyes a 3-2 victory over the Kane County Cougars at Shaw Park.


Canada will face defending champion Finland in the quarterfinals of the 2023 World Hockey Championship Thursday in Tampere, Finland. Tyler Myers, Peyton Krebs and Lawson Crouse did the goal scoring as Canada won its final preliminary round game 3-1 over Czechia. Canada had four regulation wins, one overtime win, one overtime loss and one regulation loss and finished second in Group B with 15 points. The other quarterfinals feature Sweden against Latvia, the United States will meet Czechia and Switzerland will take on Germany. 


It’s day 11 of Winnipeg Blue Bombers main camp. Today’s practice session at IG Field is from 10:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. The Bombers first pre-season game is Saturday against the Edmonton Elks at Commonwealth Stadium.