Titans’ playoff hopes slim after losses to Portage Terriers

By Eoin Devereux Neepawa Banner & Press

While the Neepawa Titans are not yet mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, a pair of weekend losses to the Portage Terriers have made solving that equation near impossible. The MJHL’s top team blanked the Titans on Friday, Feb. 24, by a 6-0 score. This effort at Stride Place in Portage la Prairie capped off an impressive three game home stand for the Terriers, as they had posted three straight shutouts

Game results

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Ladies’ High Single & Triple: Carole LeBoutillier 200 & 484. Men’s High

Saturday, Feb. 25

Portage 3-2 Neepawa

First Period

05:29 NPA M. Hartley (5)

ASST: C. Bendtsen (11), J. Romanyk (17)

15:12 POR B. Kiesman (11)

ASST: G. Klaassen (7), S. Stanick (20)

19:18 NPA C. Trimble (9)

ASST: K. Reynolds

Single: Darrell Gabler 255. Men’s High Triple: Calvin Goetz 610. Other Scores to Note: Judy

Gabler 160, 150; Len

Pritchard 196, 168; Calvin Goetz 190, 245, 175; Carole LeBoutillier 165; Lawrence Smith 199, 155; Frank Porada 241; Muriel Porada 179; Eleanor Scott 155; Darrell Gabler 168; Ray Criddle 207, 203.

February Bowlers of the Month: Calvin Goetz & Muriel Porada.

The next night, these two teams would meet once again, this time in Neepawa at the Yellowhead Centre. Early in the first period, the Titans would end the Terriers’ shutout streak at 235 minutes and 36 seconds, with Mason Hartley capitalizing on a partial breakaway to beat goaltender Bailey Monteith.

The Terriers would tie it up about ten minutes later, but Cameron Trimble would reply for Neepawa just before the end of the first, knocking home his ninth goal of the year.

The second period felt a touch disconjointed, as the on-ice officials decided they needed to get involved. A queue of back and forth penalties created an air of frustration for both teams. To add to the drama, Portage received a penalty shot just before the end of the second, though Titans goaltender Mason Lobreau ensured nothing came of it, as he stopped Ryan Botterill.

Unfortunately, Neepawa suffered from more penalties just before the end of the period, giving the

Neepawa’s Mason Hartley and Portage’s Parker Scherr during a Titans’ home game on Saturday, Feb. 25. While Hartley would score the first goal for Neepawa on this night, it was the Terriers who would win this game, by a score

Terriers 5-on-3 power play. Just a few seconds into the 2-man advantage, Bryden Kiesman sniped home a goal, his second of the night, to make it 2-2 after 40 minutes.

Portage was able to get its first lead of the game at around the mid-way point of the third period, with yet another power-play opportunity. Mike Stubbs scored, what would turn out to be the game winner with 10:41 remaining in regulation. Portage would finish the night 2-for-6 on the power

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Valley, have the Titans on the edge of elimination. The next home game for Neepawa will be on Sunday, Mar. 5 versus the Steinbach Pistons. Start time is set for 7:30 p.m. at the Yellowhead Centre.

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Nutrition Bite

March is Nutrition Month and the Neepawa Eats Healthy Committee is excited to be introducing the Meal in 30 Project – A partnership with local community groups, agencies, the health region and the Neepawa Gladstone Co-op and Neepawa Safeway Grocery stores. The goals of this project are to encourage local community members to cook and prepare healthy, budget friendly meals at home, build food skills, eat healthy and shop local. In addition to the March recipe feature, look for new recipes being released in the month’s of April and May too!

Here is how everyone can get involved:

• Pick up the monthly featured recipe at Safeway or the Neepawa Gladstone Co-op

• Look for the tagged food items with the Neepawa Eats Healthy Logo on the grocer shelves

• Take home and cook up your tasty meals/once you are done….

• Scan the recipe QR code to complete a short survey for a chance to win a free grocery pack drawn each month.

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March Meal in 30 Recipe: Quick Chicken Quesadillas

1 Green pepper

10” whole wheat flour tortillas

2 Tomatoes

2 Chicken breasts (Cooked)

Preheat the oven to 350 F.

Sour cream (optional)

Salsa (optional)

Vegetable oil

Cheddar cheese (block or 1 packet shredded)

Chop up the onion and green pepper. Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat. Add the onion and green pepper and cook until the vegetables are soft. Set aside. Chop up the tomatoes. Chop up the cooked chicken. Place 1/4 of the onion, peppers, tomatoes, cheese and chicken on each tortilla. Fold in half. Place in oven and bake for 8 minutes until browned. The cheese should be melted, and the filling should be hot! Enjoy!