Chris Jaster
The Brandon Sun
Brandon, MB, Canada
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Fisseha scores late in Massey victory
For Johnny Fisseha, it felt like the football was falling into his hands in slow motion. With seven seconds on the clock and trailing the visiting Sturgeon Heights Huskies 17-14 but with the ball on their 23-yard line, the Vincent Massey Vikings pitched the ball to running back Jayden Engel as they had for the previous four plays and like so many before in the game. → Read More
Penalties, turnovers spoil season opener for Vikings
The Vincent Massey Vikings know they have a lot to work to do to improve on Friday’s Winnipeg High School Football League Division 1 season opener. And it starts with discipline. → Read More
Offensive line a strength for Spartans
There are a lot of question marks around the Neelin Spartans offence. Four players are battling for quarterback, filling the shoes of the Winnipeg High School Football League single-season passing yardage record-holder Evan Nachtigall, and a battle is heating up at running back. → Read More
Ravensdale playing a big role for Plainsmen
Don’t let his size fool you, Colin Ravensdale plays a lot bigger than people might think. His six-foot-one, 190-pound frame may make him look small to be the Crocus Plainsmen’s starting fullback and defensive tackle, but he’s using other tactics to his advantage. → Read More
Thiesen happy to miss Tamarack for mid-amateur
Jay Thiesen is perfectly fine with missing one of his favourite golf tournaments of the year next week. The 32-year-old from Russell always loves going to the Clear Lake Golf Course to compete in the Tamarack, but this year he will be in Ontario. → Read More
Worlds inspired Katjivari
Okeri Katjivari got her first taste of international gymnastics last week and now she’s hungry for more. The Brandon Eagles member was one of three Canadians that competed at the inaugural artistic gymnastics junior world championship in Gyor, Hungary last Friday. → Read More
Title has Knipping pondering future
After last weekend, Katharina Knipping is starting to debate her future. For the first time in her life, the 21-year-old Brandonite won the provincial air rifle shooting championship last weekend, and had decent scores to go with it. → Read More
Curtis back on badminton court
For years, Christine Curtis has been encouraging and critiquing the game of local high school badminton players as the coach of the Vincent Massey Vikings. Today, Saturday and possibly Sunday, her players will be able to do that same to her. → Read More
Wheat Kings part ways with Armstrong
The Brandon Wheat Kings will have a new general manager next season, while the fate of the team’s coaching staff remains up in the air. The Western Hockey League club announced on Tuesday that it will not extend the contract of Grant Armstrong, who was hired as the Wheat Kings’ general manager in August 2016. His contract was set to expire later this month. → Read More
JASTER'S JABBERINGS -- CAS ruling could be a dangerous precedent
Women’s sport was dealt an incredibly disappointing blow last week as a very dangerous precedent was set. The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld proposed rules issued by track and field’s governing body, the IAAF, that women with unusually high testosterone must take medication to reduce their levels if they want to compete in certain events. → Read More
Cats look to surprise at club provincials
The 16-and-under Cats Volleyball Club hopes to follow in the footsteps of its clubmates this weekend. One week after the 14U team won girls’ provincial gold and the 17U and 18U squads earned silver medals, the 16U team would like to add another medal at their provincial championship, which runs today and Sunday at the Healthy Living Centre and Crocus Plains. → Read More
Broncos up for baseball title defence
The Boissevain Broncos won their third Prairie West High School Baseball League championship last year and are looking for a fourth title this spring. It may not be as easy this time around though. → Read More
JASTER'S JABBERINGS -- Hockey league changes its name
Just a few random thoughts this week: • Last week the Manitoba AAA Midget Hockey League officially changed its name to the Manitoba AAA U-18 Hockey League. The move is part of a trend to remove the word midget from sports organizations. → Read More
Plainsmen, Royals looking to repeat as champions
The drive for five is very much alive for the Crocus Plainsmen boys’ rugby team. The Plainsmen enter this season as one of the favourites, and for good reasons. → Read More
Moody to be enshrined in Basketball Hall
Since he started playing basketball at a YMCA in Toronto as child, Bill Moody has loved basketball. He was so passionate about the sport that after moving back to Manitoba after high school, joined a senior men’s league and competed in the first Canada Winter Games, winning a silver medal in the sport. → Read More
JASTER'S JABBERINGS -- Recreation master plan causing concerns for racquetball's future
The City of Brandon had an open house for its recreation and community facilities master plan last week, and for the most part it looked pretty good. A new outdoor pool with waterslides similar to what’s in Souris would be fantastic to replace the current outdated outdoor facilities. → Read More
Abikoye preparing for busy rugby season
Oreoluwa (Oreo) Abikoye still struggles to figure how things have worked out so well in her life. Six years ago, her father decided to move the family from Ibadan, Nigeria to Canada in hopes that they could have more opportunities to build better lives here. → Read More
Youth soccer association making improvements
Breena Murray and the new Brandon Youth Soccer Association board are working hard to make the organization more respectable. Two years ago, there were numerous complaints about jerseys not arriving in time for the spring season and concerns about the field conditions. → Read More
JASTER'S JABBERINGS -- Westmanites up for Sport Manitoba awards this weekend
Just a few random thoughts this week. • There are quite a few Westmanites up for Sport Manitoba awards at its Night of Champions this weekend. → Read More
Hefford still hopeful about women's hockey
In the short term, Jayna Hefford knows that the Canadian Women’s Hockey League folding may not be good for the game, but she’s hopeful it will pay off in the future. The decision to fold the CWHL wasn’t easy but Hefford, the league’s interim commissioner, didn’t see a way to make it economically viable and to grow the game. → Read More