Two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash was in Winnipeg on Monday to receive the St. Boniface Hospital Foundation’s International Award to recognize his humanitarian activities through the Steve Nash Foundation at a fundraising dinner held at the MTS Centre.
In the afternoon, Nash conducted a basketball clinic with members of the University of Manitoba and Winnipeg teams, as well as selected inner-city players at the Investors Group Athletic Centre.This local lad is certainly swinging sweetly this September.
SWEET SWINGER: University of Manitoba’s Josh Wytinck captured his second straight golf title when he fired a 3-under par 141 to win the 2011 Augsburg College Fall Invitational two-day tournament at Majestic Oaks Golf Course in Ham Lake, Minn., on the weekend.
That score also helped the Bisons men’s team (with Bryce Barr, Charlie Boyechko, Jesse Skelton and Bobby Wiebe) place second with a plus-18 594 among the 21 teams competing.
Wytinck won the 2011 Concordia Invitational earlier this month.
“It was another great weekend for the Bisons men’s golf team and Josh Wytinck,” head coach Garth Goodbrandson said in a release. “Josh won the individual title after another strong performance as he beat a very good field by shooting 73-68 and his 68 ties him for another Bison record.”
That 68 tied the mark set by Scott Borsa in 2005.
HIGH SCHOOL STARS: Vincent Massey Trojans running back Pardeep Khakh was named the Winnipeg High School Football League Potter Division’s offensive player of the week. The Grade 12 student rushed for 221 yards and three touchdowns in Vincent Massey’s victory over the Sturgeon Heights Huskies. Trojans teammate Eric Purcell was named top special teams player after the Grade 12 student kicked two field goals, four converts and one single. Defensive lineman McKenzie Cook of St. Paul’s Crusaders took top defensive honours for recording six tackles and one sack.
In the Vidruk West Division, Neelin Spartans RB Dylan Minshull, Garden City Gophers defensive back Keenan Koswin and Maples Marauders kick returner Jamie Turek took the honours.
In the Vidruk East, Miles Macdonnell Buckeyes receiver Jayden McKoy, Steinbach Sabres DL Garrett Friesen and Beaver Brae Broncos offensive guard Jordan O’Connor got recognized.
In the Currie Division, Elmwood Giants RB Tyree Cayer, Giants teammate Andrew Ricard and St. Norbert Celtics returner/kicker Fergus Branton were the players of the week.
NORTH HOT: Carman’s Dean North shot 9-under par 135 at the Pine Ridge Golf Club to win the PGA Manitoba’s Calloway Fall Classic on Monday. North, who posted round scores of 5-under 67 and 4-under 68, beat Glendale’s Andrew Steep (151) by 11 strokes.
END OF LINE: The Transcona Railers have pulled out of the Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League because they found it too difficult to find enough competitive players, the MMJHL announced.