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Vikings, Colts enforce mercy rule in victories
By Sean Rooney on April 27th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Crescent Heights improved to 6-1 in league play with a 13-3, six-inning win over South Central Thursday. Adam Klick struck out 12 in going the distance for the Vikings, who applied the mercy rule in the Southern Alberta High School Baseball Tier 2 clash. Leadoff man Dylan Fauth went 2-for-3 with 2 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vikings put up football-like score to beat Falcons
By Sean Rooney on April 26th, 2018
Medicine Hat News When Maxx Suhai ripped a two-run double into left-centre field in the second inning of Wednesday’s high school baseball game at McCoy field, it felt like the Crescent Heights Vikings were well on their way to beating the Foremost Falcons. They were, but the visitors made them work for the mercy rule ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Club volleyball scene growing
By Sean Rooney on April 25th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney None of their teams won a championship banner but the the South East Alberta Volleyball Club’s sheer number of players who competed at 14-under girls provincials this past weekend spoke volumes. At Edmonton, six different Rattlers squads were among the dozens at the last tournament of the spring —up from three that competed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Colts back in the picture
By Sean Rooney on April 25th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney The result was familiar, but this spring things are a little different for the Monsignor McCoy Colts baseball team. Their 10-0, mercy-rule-shortened win Tuesday over the Eagle Butte Talons at Athletic Park is the sort of result Colts players have come to expect. But after a few years only playing exhibition games while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gas City athletes climb the podium
By Sean Rooney on April 25th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Gas City CrossFit athletes took a couple top finishes at an event in Pincher Creek this past weekend. At the Festivus Games at Badlands CrossFit, Debbie Sawyer and Mike Reimer each won their respective divisions. Sawyer narrowly edged fellow Gas City competitor Deirdre Mayzes in her division. Other finishers included Erin Rathgeber ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Angels prevail at Methanex
By Ryan McCracken on April 24th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Nine men’s soccer teams got outdoors at the Methanex Bowl this past weekend for the latest installment of a long-running tournament. The Alleycat Angels prevailed 6-2 over the Earls Phantoms Sunday in the final of the 7-a-Side Men’s Spring Classic at the Methanex Bowl. It was the 24th edition of the event, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vikings slug their way over Comets
By Sean Rooney on April 24th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Crescent Heights’ bats couldn’t be cooled down in an 11-7 win over Erle Rivers Monday in local high school baseball league play. At Jefferies Park, Maxx Suhai pitched the last inning and went 3-for-3 with 2 RBI in the victory, but it was Adam Klick’s two-run home run in the third inning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trio of Mohawks make Senior Bowl roster
By Sean Rooney on April 24th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Three Hat High Mohawks have made the cut to play in Football Alberta’s Senior Bowl all-star game next month. Offensive linemen Cody Lyons and Aidan Beattie plus defensive back Jaren Halladay were among the 42 players picked for the South All-Stars following a selection camp at McMahon Stadium in Calgary this past ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat cheerleading teams compete in Edmonton
By Sean Rooney on April 24th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Local cheerleading teams wrapped up their competitive seasons in Edmonton over the weekend at the All-Star Cheer Extravaganza, each overcoming adversity to put up big scores. Both the Stingerz and Ultimate Cheer Fusion had multiple teams at the event, though they only competed head-to-head in one division. In the 10- to 18-year-old ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mohawks rugby squad blows out Chinook
By Ryan McCracken on April 23rd, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Hat High Mohawks rallied to a landslide 39-0 victory over the Chinook Coyotes on Thursday in Lethbridge. Louis Van der Westhuizen and Owen Mustard led the Mohawks with two tries apiece in the victory. Bretton Labash, Joe Winterburn and Fatmir Krqeli added individual tries and Lachlan Hardiker chipped in with one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Comeback falls short
By Ryan McCracken on April 23rd, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Sun Devils went down swinging on Sunday afternoon at the Kinplex. Entering the third period in a 9-4 deficit to the Calgary Wranglers, the Sun Devils managed to narrow the gap to three before falling back to .500 with a 13-9 loss. While head coach Chris Loran says he’d like ... Read More »
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