When Mark Scheifele went down on December 27, the Jets were supposed to experience some sort of setback. But at the time of Scheifele’s return on February 9, the team had won seven of its last eight games, including a victory over the league’s best team, the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Jets were also fourth in the league in unblocked shot attempts, attempting nearly eight percent more shots per game than their opponents.

The NCI Varsity and Junior Varsity basketball teams are having great seasons this winter and are getting ready for playoffs. 
 

Eight-year-old Liam Chandler got to curl for the first time this year in the Niverville Curling Club's junior curling program. 

In his role as a basketball coach, James Bartlett is focused on teaching his athletes about more than how to shoot hoops.

Scorpions Elite Cheer (SEC), located in Steinbach and featuring participants from throughout the southeast, hosted the first Manitoba Cheer Federation competition of 2018. 

As the current hockey season starts to wind down, the Île-des-Chênes Elks have rostered a girls team to compete in the Rural Pee Wee B Provincials, to be played in Neepawa from March 16–18.