Local sports news and notes: Ebner wins senior men's Western Open; Krzyzaniak invited to Hockey Canada development team selection camp
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- Published on Thursday, August 1, 2013
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Neepawa product Harvey Ebner shot a 79 at the Wheat City Golf Course on Wednesday in Brandon to win this year's senior men’s Western Open championship.
Ken Hoy and Stan Cwiertna finished in a tie for second, two shots behind Ebner, followed by Jake Degroot at 82.
A total of 128 golfers took part in the event.
Krzyzaniak invited to Hockey Canada development team selection camp
Neepawa product Halli Krzyzaniak has been invited to take part in Hockey Canada's national
women's development team selection camp Aug. 10-18 in Calgary.
The 18-year-old blueliner has experience on the national level as she helped lead the Canadian women's team to a second consecutive gold medal at the world under-18 women's hockey championship in January.
"Going into camp, I'm trying to focus on the things that I can control, which is my on-ice play and being a good teammate and hopefully I can prove to the coaches that I deserve to stay there," said Krzyzaniak.
Invitations are based on evaluations by Hockey Canada scouts during the 2012-13 season. The 40 players attending the camp will be split into two teams, which will participate in several practices and intrasquad games, as well as off-ice dryland training, fitness testing and high performance classroom sessions. The camp takes place at the Markin MacPhail Centre, Hockey Canada's home arena at Canada Olympic Park.
Eventually, the development team will be pared down to 13 players, who will join the 27 members of the senior team. Those 40 players will then be split into two squads for a three-games series, from Aug. 19-24 in Calgary.
Krzyzaniak signed a letter of intent to join the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux women's hockey program next season last November.
Brandon's Ashleigh Brykaliuk and Virden's Karissa Kirkup were also selected to take part in the camp.
MSBL: Marlins shut out Rockets; league hands out awards
The Brandon Marlins blanked the Reston Rockets 9-0 in Game 3 of their Manitoba Senior Baseball League semifinal series on Wednesday night.
With the win, the Marlins lead the best-of-five series 2-1 with Game 4 set for Friday night in Reston.
The MSBL doled out some awards late last week.
Meanwhile, the MSBL handed out its yearly awards recently.
Mitch Olson of the Reston Rockets and pitcher Paul Thompson of the Brandon Marlins were named the co-winners of the Gord Smith Memorial trophy, which is given yearly to the league’s most valuable player.
Thompson had three wins, a 2.32 ERA and 81 strikeouts on the mound. He also picked up a pair of saves. Olson meanwhile, batted .354 with a league-high four home runs and 17 RBI in 20 games.
Meanwhile, Ryan Potter of the Brandon Cloverleafs and Nate Andrews of the Marlins were co-winners of the Andy Newton trophy, which is awarded to the manager of the year, while Shane MacGranachan of the Marlins took home the Ian Lowe Memorial plaque, which is given to the rookie of the year.
Jeff Wiebe of the Marlins was named this year’s recipient of the Hamiota Red Sox trophy, which goes to the pitcher with the most wins, while Andy Moore of the Rockets picked up the Barry Moffatt Memorial trophy as the league’s top batter.
Jets re-sign Wheeler, Bogosian, Little
The NHL's Winnipeg Jets have re-signed three of their more important players recently.
The Jets signed defenceman Zach Bogosian to a seven-year contract worth $36 million. Bogosian was the club's last restricted free agent.
The club also recently inked forward Blake Wheeler to a six-year deal worth $33.6 million dollars and forward Bryan Little to a new five-year contract worth $23.5 million.
Wheat Kings' Hawryluk makes Canada national under-18 squad
Brandon Wheat Kings' forward Jayce Hawryluk made Canada’s national under-18 hockey team on Monday.
The 17-year-old forward will now have a chance to wear the Maple Leaf at the Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament, Aug. 5-10 in Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
The Roblin product locked up his spot on the team with a strong performance at the selection camp in Toronto recently, picking up a goal and two assists in three intrasquad games.
Johnstone wins Shoal Lake Men's Open
Paul Johnstone won the latest stop on the Desjardins Financial Westman Golf Tour over the weekend.
Johnstone won the Shoal Lake Men's Open, firing a 70, which was four strokes ahead of Pete LePage.
Andy Oakden currently leads the season standings on the tour, followed by Tyler Turner.
Collings senior men's champ
Garth Collings of Breezy Bend is this year's Manitoba senior men's amateur golf champion.
Collings cruised to the victory at his hometown golf course, firing a three-round total 214, which was 19 strokes better than the nearest competitor Victor Herak.
Killarney's Bill Moslenko was the top Westman golfer as his three-round total 235 had him finish in a tie for fifth place.
Meanwhile, Rhonda Orr of Southwood led the entire way and was able to take home the Manitoba senior women's amateur golf championship.
Souris falls in provincial AA final
Souris took home a silver medal at the provincial mosquito 'AA' baseball championship final over the weekend.
Souris dropped a 7-1 decision to Sturgeon Heights in the final.
In photo: Halli Krzyzaniak looks on during a game at the World under-18 women's hockey championship in January.
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