August 13th, 2025

Local Sports

Gulls advance to WCBL finals for first time in franchise history

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 13th, 2025

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Sylvan Lake Gulls are soaring to new heights. Sylvan Lake advanced to the WCBL finals Monday with an 8-4 win at home over the Okotoks Dawgs, punching their ticket to the championship series for the first time in their five-year existence. The Gulls’ finals appearance also ends a run of consecutive finals appearances ... Read More »

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Tigers shine on second day of Hlinka Gretzky Cup

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 13th, 2025

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Tigers were well represented at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup on Tuesday. The Ruck twins recorded their first points of the U18 tournament with a combined trio of assists in Canada’s 9-1 win over Switzerland. Markus had a pair of helpers, notching two assists on a pair of goals by Spokane Chiefs ... Read More »

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Canada, United States open Hlinka Gretzky Cup with wins

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 12th, 2025

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The four Medicine Hat Tigers playing at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup opened their tournaments Monday in winning fashion. Canada, with forwards Markus and Liam Ruck, beat Finland 5-3, and the United States, with forwards Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll and Noah Davidson, beat Czechia 6-3 on the first day of play at the U18 tournament hosted in ... Read More »

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U17 Thunder Red pick up two wins at Westerns

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 12th, 2025

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U17 Thunder Red recorded two wins at Westerns in Regina over the weekend. The Thunder Red opened their Westerns play with a 9-2 win over Manitoba’s Central Energy. Gracie Eddy had three hits and four RBIs in the win. Ryleigh Jackiw had a pair of hits and an RBI. Adriene Campbell ... Read More »

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Hat runner captures nationals gold in 800m

By JAMES TUBB on August 12th, 2025

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Medicine Hat’s Keegan Kolody has found his new specialty race, one he’s captured national gold in. The 21-year-old track athlete captured a gold medal in the 800m Para ambulatory race at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Ottawa on Aug. 2. Kolody, losing his right shoe at the start of the race, ran ... Read More »

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Desert Blume holds Club championship Sunday

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 12th, 2025

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Desert Blume Golf Club held their club championship on Sunday. Four individual champions were crowned during the one-day tournament. Mike Valk won the men’s division and Sheri Fried won the ladies’ division. Ernie Lehman took first in the senior division and Kellen Heddeman was the junior division champion... Read More »

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Hat Golf Course crowns 2025 Club champions

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 12th, 2025

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club crowned their club champions over the weekend. The two-day tournament, part of the Club’s member appreciation weekend, wrapped up on Sunday with six individual champions and one team scramble champion. Mitch Kurtz was the men’s champion, finishing +6 with a pair of rounds of 75. TJ Cranston ... Read More »

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Regina, Sylvan Lake one win away from WCBL finals

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 12th, 2025

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Western Canadian Baseball League finals are nearing shape. The WCBL playoffs entered the division finals on Sunday with the Regina Red Sox and Saskatoon Berries facing off in the East and the Okotoks Dawgs and Sylvan Lake Gulls meeting in the West. Regina earned their spot in the division finals with a 2-0 ... Read More »

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Dawgs sweep, Regina awaits Game 3 winner

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 9th, 2025

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Okotoks Dawgs were the first team to advance to the Division finals Thursday. The Dawgs beat the Brooks Bombers 9-2, completing a two-game sweep of the No. 4 seed to advance to the West Division finals. They’ll await the winner of the Sylvan Lake Gulls and Lethbridge Bulls with the Dawgs two wins ... Read More »

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Mavs swept by Red Sox in WCBL semifinals

By JAMES TUBB on August 9th, 2025

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb A first-round exit showed a different Medicine Hat Mavericks team than the one that found success all summer at Athletic Park. The Mavs bowed out of the WCBL playoffs with a 13-7, Game 2 loss Thursday at Regina to the Red Sox, eliminated by a two-game sweep for the first time since the WCBL ... Read More »

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WCBL playoffs kick off with upset, blowout and rainout on display

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 8th, 2025

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Western Canadian Baseball League Playoffs got underway Wednesday with different results on tap. Sylvan Lake vs. Lethbridge Only one of the four series was unable to get started as rain in Sylvan Lake postponed Game 1 between the Gulls and the Lethbridge Bulls. They will face a modified schedule, with Game 1 rescheduled ... Read More »

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