By James Tubb on June 17th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com Twitter: Reporter Tubb Medicine Hat reminds Jacob Prosch of his home in Minnesota and he feels more at home because of it. He’s also enjoying the lack of humidity. “I’m not sweating bullets playing baseball here, so I’ll choose here,” Prosch said. The 20-year-old says he is amazed at how quick the team gelled ... Read More »
1 responseBy James Tubb on June 17th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com Twitter: ReporterTubb Gerad Wagenaar is still blown away by the community support at the Karen’s Purple Shirt ball hockey tournament in early June. He said they raised around $23,000 this year after not being able to have one the past two due to COVID-19. He said that was $2,000 less than what they raised ... Read More »
1 responseBy JAMES TUBB on June 17th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Kadon McCann is looking forward to getting started on his time in Medicine Hat with the Tigers. The 6-foot-2 forward was selected in the second round, 23rd overall by the club in the WHL prospects draft, and on Thursday put pen to paper signing a standard player agreement. In a Tigers’ press release announcing ... Read More »
1 responseBy James Tubb on June 16th, 2022
The Medicine Hat Mavericks can’t get a bounce right now. The Mavericks dropped their fourth straight game Thursday night, losing 7-3 to the Lethbridge Bulls at Athletic Park. Pitching coach Rod White said it’s been the little things adding up and it’s become an unstoppable force. “It’s like a snowball. We have all these hills ... Read More »
1 responseBy JAMES TUBB on June 16th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Isaiah Bartels is a better baseball player when he’s just having fun. The Medicine Hat Mavericks pitcher is often one of the first players to cheer on a teammate, or express his own emotions when he’s on the field. He says it’s all part of having fun. “As long as you can have fun ... Read More »
1 responseBy JAMES TUBB on June 16th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Matt Paranych has wanted to be a Medicine Hat Tiger for a long time and that dream came true this week. The Tigers announced Wednesday they had signed the 15-year-old defenceman to a Standard WHL Player Agreement. The Edmonton product was drafted 45th overall by the Tigers in May’s WHL prospects draft. Last season ... Read More »
1 responseBy GRAHAM KELLY on June 16th, 2022
What a wacky, wonderful weekend to kickoff the 2022 CFL season. Three games went down to the wire while the fourth was historic and heart-warming. Everywhere I’ve gone folks are commenting on how exciting the games were and how they witnessed the CFL at its best. That may be true in terms of entertainment but ... Read More »
1 responseBy MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 16th, 2022
The annual YMCA River Run is in action this weekend. The 37th rendition of the run goes Saturday, kicking off at 8 a.m. This years run is offered in in-person and virtual formats for: 3 km, 5 km, 10k m and 21.1 km routes. Funds raised in the charity run go to local YMCA Strong ... Read More »
1 responseBy JAMES TUBB on June 15th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Jeff Bullock and Cade Harrison will trade in their Medicine Hat jerseys for Team Alberta ones this summer. The duo of Grade 11 baseball players from Medicine Hat High school were named to the Alberta baseball team which will compete at the 2022 Canada Summer Games in Niagara Falls, Aug. 6-21. They’ll be joined ... Read More »
1 responseBy MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 15th, 2022
The Medicine Hat U18 Monarchs went even in four weekend games. They opened the weekend with an 8-3 loss to the Braves U18AA. Payton Eddy was the starter and worked six innings with four strikeouts. Kayden Hleucka led the way offensively with a three-RBI home run. The Monarchs also dropped their first contest on Saturday, ... Read More »
1 responseBy MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 15th, 2022
The Medicine Hat Boxing Club was in action last weekend in Regina. The club attended the Battle of the Prairies on Friday with two fighters. Nate Vossler lost to the host club’s Jack Senga (Lonsdale Boxing) in the 54 Kg. Jr. B division. Porter Ostrowski defeated Sidney John Jr. from Kopas Boxing in Saskatoon in ... Read More »
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