Tigers basketball advances to Zone Seven Final
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- Published on Friday, February 19, 2016
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
NACI’s varsity boys basketball team has advanced to the Zone Seven finals. The Tigers earned the trip to the championship game by defeating the MacGregor Mustangs on Thursday, Feb. 18, by the score of 75-39.
Logan Enns wins boxing debut
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- Published on Thursday, February 18, 2016
Photo courtesy of Bruce Bumstead/Brandon Sun. Logan Enns (in blue), of Boxe Neepawa, ended up the victor in a closely contested boxing match in Brandon on Feb. 13.
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The bright lights and big crowds of a major boxing card did not intimidate Logan Enns of Boxe Neepawa. The 15-year-old recently competed in his first amateur boxing match, at the Brandon Boxing Club’s winter fight card dubbed ‘Love…is in the Air’. Logan would leave the ring on Saturday, Feb. 13, with a split decision victory over a Brandon boxer.
Neepawa outlasts Selkirk in shootout
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- Published on Thursday, February 18, 2016
By Eoin Devereux
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Aiken Chop scored the shootout winner for the Neepawa Natives on Wednesday, Feb. 17, to secure a 4-3 win over the Selkirk Steelers. After five minutes of overtime solved nothing, it required eight rounds of shooters before the Natives were ultimately able to take home two points in the MJHL standings.
Farmers eliminate Cartwright, will next face Carberry
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- Published on Thursday, February 18, 2016
By Eoin Devereux
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The Neepawa Farmers have swept their first round playoff series in the Tiger Hills Hockey League (THHL). The club began the playoffs with an impressive 7-1 win over the Cartwright Clippers on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the Yellowhead Centre.
Game two of this best-of-three series was played on Saturday, Feb. 13 in Cartwright. That game was a much closer contest, but it was still the Farmers who came away with the win, by a 5-2 margin.
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Tigers blank Devils to begin playoffs
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- Published on Tuesday, February 16, 2016
File photo. The Tigers have hit their stride at the right time, as the WHSHL playoffs get underway.
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The Neepawa Tigers hockey team appears to have found its ‘A’ game at just the right time. After winning its final two games of the Westman High School Hockey League regular season, the club maintained that momentum into the playoffs, defeating the Melita/Waskada Devils 5-0.
