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sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Knights of Columbus Knights U18 baseball team took care of business over their weekend series. The Knights swept their three-game exhibition slate at Jeffries Park against the U18 Outlaws from Okotoks. They opened the weekend with a 10-0 win Saturday morning. Ward Davies have two RBIs, two hits and scored three [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb A lot of rubber has been burned and even more left turns have been made at the Medicine Hat Speedway over the last 39 seasons. As they approach their 40th season, which gets underway Saturday night, the locally run speedway has stood the test of time. Whether it be pandemic shutdowns or an ever-growing [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com An already spectacular rookie season for Gavin McKenna was capped off on a winning note. The Medicine Hat Tigers forward had already earned himself a summer break after a 34-goal, 97-point debut season in the Western Hockey League. The 16-year-old instead added to his already growing hockey resumé, winning gold for Canada at the [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews High school softball teams recognized their own Thursday evening. All eight of the high school softball teams in Medicine Hat honoured their graduating players ahead of their respective games. The Eagle Butte Talons Team 1 honoured seven graduating players ahead of their game against the Oyen Scorpions, Emerson Baugh, Tayler Cohen, Maddison Andrew, Ryann [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Monsignor McCoy JV Colts hit a speed bump heading into playoffs. The JV Colts lost both of their games Tuesday night in a doubleheader at Vauxhall to the Vikings. They lost the first game 12-5. James Cole, Ethan Grad, Reed Hall and Owen Fisher shared the mound work for the JV Colts in [...] Read More »

No matter which team wins the Stanley Cup championship this year it will be a first this century. The Dallas Stars won the franchise’s lone championship in 1999, months before the world worried computers would malfunction at the start of a new millennium. The New York Rangers haven’t done it since their magical run in [...] Read More »

TORONTO – York United FC, which sits fifth in the eight-team Canadian Premier League at 2-3-1, has fired coach Martin Nash. Assistant coach Mauro Eustaquio has been named interim coach during the search for a permanent replacement. The Toronto team, under new Mexican ownership this season, lost its first two games of the season but [...] Read More »

ANTALYA, Türkiye – Stephen Maar had a match-high 24 points as Canada opened play at the men’s Volleyball Nations League with a 3-1 win over host Turkey on Tuesday. Fynn McCarthy added 14 points for Canada, which dropped the first set 25-17 before winning the next three 25-23, 25-21 and 25-21. Efe Mandiraci led Turkey [...] Read More »

TORONTO – The Edmonton Elks selected Antonio Alfano, a defensive tackle from Lackawana College, in the CFL supplemental draft Tuesday. Alfano was the only player selected. By taking Alfano, the Elks forfeited their eighth-round pick in the 2025 CFL draft. The supplemental draft is for players who weren’t declared as Canadians in time for the [...] Read More »

One year after reaching the Stanley Cup Final, the Florida Panthers are back in the Eastern Conference final. The Presidents’ Trophy-winning New York Rangers have made it there for the second time in three years. Now, the East’s division winners will meet in the playoffs for just the second time – first since 1997 – [...] Read More »