SportsLife - May 07, 2018

Summer’s Coming, Sport Changes
Summer is coming and, as always, changes are on the
horizon. We move outside. Volleyball becomes beach
volleyball, basketball heads to the outdoor courts and
instead of playing hockey, some our province’s best young
players – Bradley Schoonbaert, Riley Shamway, Brody
Moffatt and Ashton Anderson – move outside to play ball.
Our May/June edition for 2018 will introduce you to some
of Manitoba’s best and brightest young athletes. Our cover
boy, Pembina Valley Orioles pitcher Seth Staple, a beautiful
action shot taken by Dantin Reimer, sets us up for an issue
that includes a complete preview of all eight MJBL teams.
As well, we’ll meet Lucas Meyer, a basketball-volleyball who
has decided to play volleyball at the U of M next season
and Erin Valgardson, a middle-distance runner who is off to
North Dakota State in the fall.
They are young, gifted and ready to compete and they
speak volumes about the types of athletes we get to watch
and enjoy in this province.
In this issue of SportsLife, we pay tribute to Manitoba’s
best badminton players and bowlers, basketball coach
Kirby Schepp and his star from Team Canada Justus Alleyn,
Glenlawn grad Emily Potter who is off to the WNBA and
Manitoba’s 2017 Athletes of the Year.
Oh yes, and we also pay tribute to the latest inductees
into the Manitoba Football Hall of Fame, the KJHL
champion Peguis Juniors and 16-year-old volleyball star
Erika Vermette.
So sit back and enjoy. We hope you meet someone you
didn’t know before and learn about a sport you’d never
thought about before. Winnipeg is blessed. It’s also Canada’s
Place to Play.
– SCOTT TAYLOR
Editor-in-Chief