Sports & Recreation Categories All News Local News Sports & Recreation Commentary Arts & Culture Sports & Recreation Mar 11, 2026 Niverville Reaches 101 Points, Hits 50 Wins in Historic Season The Niverville Nighthawks continued their historic season Tuesday night in Selkirk, defeating the Steelers 4–2 to extend their winning streak to ten games. Sports & Recreation Mar 08, 2026 Nighthawks Clinch Top Spot with OT Win Over Winkler The Niverville Nighthawks battled back on Saturday night and clinched first place in the MJHL, defeating the Winkler Flyers 4–3 in overtime in what could be a preview of a first-round playoff matchup. Sports & Recreation Mar 07, 2026 Vigfusson’s Return Sparks Nighthawks in 5–1 Win Over Monarchs The Niverville Nighthawks closed out their regular season home schedule in style on Friday night, defeating the Winnipeg Monarchs 5–1 at the CRRC while moving a step closer to clinching the MJHL regular season title. Sports & Recreation Mar 04, 2026 Niverville Nighthawks Take Home MJHL Hardware On Wednesday, March 4, the Manitoba Junior Hockey League announced the winners of its annual awards. Among those winners, the Niverville Nighthawks are strongly represented in multiple major categories. Sports & Recreation Dec 31, 2019 New Year, New Jets The calendar is about to change over to 2020. It’s the start of a new year and a new decade. Sports & Recreation Dec 31, 2019 Year in Review: The Top Ten Sports & Rec Stories of 2019 As we mark the new year this week, The Citizen is taking the opportunity to look back at 2019. Yesterday we posted top ten lists of our biggest news and feature articles of the year. Today, we turn our attention to the local sports and recreation stories that most got our attention this year. Very few things in life stir up our hometown pride quite as much as stories about local athletes succeeding. Sports & Recreation Dec 24, 2019 ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas, Jets Edition ‘Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the rink Sports & Recreation Dec 23, 2019 Young Hockey Player Wins Jets Junior Trainer Contest An eight-year-old hockey player from Niverville got the experience of a lifetime earlier this month. On Sunday, December 8, Ryder Couzens, who plays for the Novice B Clippers team, was selected to be the Winnipeg Jets Junior Trainer for a Day. Sports & Recreation Dec 17, 2019 Jets Persevere with Inexperienced Defenders The Winnipeg Jets’ turnover last offseason on defence has been well documented. Sports & Recreation Dec 16, 2019 IDC Novice A Elks Continue Undefeated Season The Île-des-Chênes Elks’ Novice A Boys defeated Beausejour 9–1 on Saturday, December 14 to continue their undefeated season. The lopsided win raises their regular season record of 7–0–0. Sports & Recreation Dec 13, 2019 Trio of Gab-Roy Teams All Take Second Place at Provincials Gabrielle-Roy in Île-des-Chênes had an especially productive volleyball season, with three of its Les Roys teams winning their divisions and heading to provincials. From there, each time was a force to be reckoned with, dominating the competition through the round robin and making it all the way to the finals. Sports & Recreation Dec 11, 2019 Ste. Agathe Volleyball Teams Serve Up Big Season The volleyball program is very popular at École Sainte-Agathe, the Kindergarten to Grade Eight school in Ste. Agathe, and according to a pair of coaches all four teams had great seasons this fall. Pagination Load more Citizen Poll Has the case involving former teacher Braeden Martens's sexual assault charges affected your trust in the school system’s ability to protect students? Choices Yes. This incident raises big questions about how teachers are hired in Manitoba. * No. Despite this disturbing case, the system largely does a good job of vetting teachers. * Vote Have a more nuanced opinion? Leave us a comment below: * By submitting a comment, you acknowledge that your feedback may be printed in a future edition of The Citizen. All responses will be anonymous unless signed by the writer. Signed comments are more likely to be published. Cell Number Comment
Sports & Recreation Mar 11, 2026 Niverville Reaches 101 Points, Hits 50 Wins in Historic Season The Niverville Nighthawks continued their historic season Tuesday night in Selkirk, defeating the Steelers 4–2 to extend their winning streak to ten games.
Sports & Recreation Mar 08, 2026 Nighthawks Clinch Top Spot with OT Win Over Winkler The Niverville Nighthawks battled back on Saturday night and clinched first place in the MJHL, defeating the Winkler Flyers 4–3 in overtime in what could be a preview of a first-round playoff matchup.
Sports & Recreation Mar 07, 2026 Vigfusson’s Return Sparks Nighthawks in 5–1 Win Over Monarchs The Niverville Nighthawks closed out their regular season home schedule in style on Friday night, defeating the Winnipeg Monarchs 5–1 at the CRRC while moving a step closer to clinching the MJHL regular season title.
Sports & Recreation Mar 04, 2026 Niverville Nighthawks Take Home MJHL Hardware On Wednesday, March 4, the Manitoba Junior Hockey League announced the winners of its annual awards. Among those winners, the Niverville Nighthawks are strongly represented in multiple major categories.
Sports & Recreation Dec 31, 2019 New Year, New Jets The calendar is about to change over to 2020. It’s the start of a new year and a new decade.
Sports & Recreation Dec 31, 2019 Year in Review: The Top Ten Sports & Rec Stories of 2019 As we mark the new year this week, The Citizen is taking the opportunity to look back at 2019. Yesterday we posted top ten lists of our biggest news and feature articles of the year. Today, we turn our attention to the local sports and recreation stories that most got our attention this year. Very few things in life stir up our hometown pride quite as much as stories about local athletes succeeding.
Sports & Recreation Dec 24, 2019 ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas, Jets Edition ‘Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the rink
Sports & Recreation Dec 23, 2019 Young Hockey Player Wins Jets Junior Trainer Contest An eight-year-old hockey player from Niverville got the experience of a lifetime earlier this month. On Sunday, December 8, Ryder Couzens, who plays for the Novice B Clippers team, was selected to be the Winnipeg Jets Junior Trainer for a Day.
Sports & Recreation Dec 17, 2019 Jets Persevere with Inexperienced Defenders The Winnipeg Jets’ turnover last offseason on defence has been well documented.
Sports & Recreation Dec 16, 2019 IDC Novice A Elks Continue Undefeated Season The Île-des-Chênes Elks’ Novice A Boys defeated Beausejour 9–1 on Saturday, December 14 to continue their undefeated season. The lopsided win raises their regular season record of 7–0–0.
Sports & Recreation Dec 13, 2019 Trio of Gab-Roy Teams All Take Second Place at Provincials Gabrielle-Roy in Île-des-Chênes had an especially productive volleyball season, with three of its Les Roys teams winning their divisions and heading to provincials. From there, each time was a force to be reckoned with, dominating the competition through the round robin and making it all the way to the finals.
Sports & Recreation Dec 11, 2019 Ste. Agathe Volleyball Teams Serve Up Big Season The volleyball program is very popular at École Sainte-Agathe, the Kindergarten to Grade Eight school in Ste. Agathe, and according to a pair of coaches all four teams had great seasons this fall.
