Manitoba Thunder Win U-14 Girls Softball Title
Back in July, the Manitoba Thunder
claimed the Softball Manitoba U-14 A
girls’ championship at Simplot Park in
Brandon. The Thunder beat the Smitty’s
Terminators 9-3 in the gold medal
game. Tesia Hrom and Mia Rogerson
combined on a three-hitter for the
Thunder while Rogerson, Natalie Ellis
and Megan Neiles scored a pair of runs
each. The Thunder not only claimed the
provincial title, but they also represented
Manitoba at the Western Canadian U14
Championship in Winnipeg Aug. 6-9.
Smitty’s earned the spot as Manitoba 2 at
that same event while the South Interlake
Phillies were the host team.
Winnipeg’s Richert Wins at Hockenheim
Winnipeg race car driver David Richert, not only reached the
podium in German, he got to take a victory spin. Despite sweltering
temperatures, Richert was able to win the Formula Renault Austrian
Championship race at the Hockenheimring in Germany back in
early July. “With a blistering air temperature of 39 Celsius, drivers were pushed to their absolute limits around
the famous Grand Prix racing circuit in Baden-Wurttemberg,” Richert told SportsLife. “After taking an early
lead, I spent the entire race under relentless pressure from my Polish teammate and fellow competitor, Jakub
Smiechowski. It was a very difficult victory.” After he held off the charging Smiechowski, Richert was able to drive
through the suffocating heat and bring home his first win with Inter Europol Competition in the Formula Renault
category. He’s reached the podium five times and as a youngster in Manitoba, he won some Go-Kart races, but as
a professional driver in Formula Renault, Richert has declared victory for the first time.
Lavallee Wins Another Provincial Archery Crown
Legally blind archer, Christie Lavallee has done it again.
On July 12, Christie managed to set a record for the highest
score achieved at the Manitoba Provincial Outdoor 3D
Archery Championships in the Women’s Junior Compound
Division and took that score all the way to another Gold
Medal. Then, a week later, she attended the Rinehart R1000
US National Tour 3D Tournament in South Dakota and had
to compete in the Women’s Hunter Division because they
did not have a Junior Division. No problem. She put in an
impressive performance and took second place in the 50
target North American Range and second place in the 50
target African Safari Range. When the points were combined
from both ranges she ranked first overall among the Seniorlevel Women who competed at the National Tour event. She
earned an R1000 Pin for breaking the 1000-point mark in the competition and another for her first-place overall
finish. She actually hit an apple that was placed in the mouth of a deer target to earn bonus points.
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