Neepawa Baseball pleased with on & off field results at provincials
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- Published on Thursday, July 23, 2015
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner
A baseball club from Oak River captured the midget “AA” championship on Sunday, July 17 in Neepawa, defeating the Rock Lake Regals 18-8 in the final. Trailing by four runs to the Regals in the top of the seventh and final inning, Oak River scored 14 runs to take the lead and ultimately seal the victory. Oak River ended the tournament with a perfect 5-0 record and will represent Manitoba at the upcoming Western Canadian Championships, scheduled for August 14-16 in St. Albert, Alberta.
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Dominant Marlins pitching sinks Farmers in game 2
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- Published on Thursday, July 23, 2015
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner
The dominant pitching performances from the Brandon’s rotation continued in game two of their best of seven semi-final series against the Neepawa Farmers on Tuesday, July 21, with the Marlins securing a 2-1 victory.
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Marlins top Farmers in game one of MSBL playoffs
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- Published on Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Neepawa Farmers pitcher Josh Loewen
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner
The Brandon Marlins have jumped out to an early lead over the Neepawa Farmers in the best of seven Manitoba Senior Baseball league semi-final series.
Rivers preparing for 2016 curling provincials
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- Published on Monday, July 20, 2015
By Sheila Runions
Banner Staff
First announced through this newspaper last March, more details were printed in April but on Thursday, July 9, the intent became official with the signing of a contract. Thirteen committee heads attended the meeting with Curl Manitoba to review the revised contract before chairperson Les Wedderburn signed the lengthy document. The contract was rewritten because for the first time in the history of Curl Manitoba, a provincial championship will be held in a curling and skating rink. Several sections of the contract required changes, or completely new information was added, regarding the skating ice which will be converted to curling sheets for the Jan. 5-10 event.
Brandon University Wall of Fame includes Neepawa connection
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- Published on Friday, July 17, 2015
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Brandon University Athletics has announced its 2015 Wall of Fame inductees. Among the nine honourees is BU alumni and former Neepawa Press owner Jack Gibson.
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