Local Sports

After eight years, baseball found its way back to Virden, as the Oilers baseball team concluded their inaugural season on July 13, 2015. For the Oilers, home soil proved to be an advantage during the season.

You can have the best pitching in the world but if your bats fall silent and you can't score any runs, it's pretty tough to win a baseball game, let alone a series.

Virden’s Kayleigh Chapman wrapped up her college hockey career in spectacular fashion.

Challenger Sports British Soccer Camp was back from Monday July 13 through Thursday July 16 at the Virden Collegiate Institute soccer field and gym. This year there is two new coaches to the Virden area.

The SWBL regular season is over but not before a nail-biting conclusion on the very last day of the schedule that determined the final order in the standings.

Virden’s Logan Biccum had a hard time choosing the best part of her first year with the Brandon University women’s basketball team. The daughter of Denise and Scott Biccum redshirted last winter for the Bobcats.

Crowe deemed 'perfect fit' as Marketing Manager

The Flat Creek Archers held their second annual outdoor 3D shoot Sunday, July 5 in Oak Lake. Bow enthusiasts from across Manitoba and southeast Saskatchewan attended the event. The course consisted of two rounds of 20 targets.

Brandon Masson was an 18-year-old junior hockey rookie last season, but the Oak Lake product’s playing style reminds his coach of players from the past.

Team Canada's women's soccer team gave it their all but to no avail, as they fell to jolly old England (2-1) in the quarter finals at this year's FIFA World Cup being played right here in Leaf Nation.