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Playoff positioning at the fore as Tigers host Hitmen tonight
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on March 6th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken There likely won’t be any tiebreakers for final playoff spots this season, but the race for placement has reached a boiling point in the Western Hockey League’s Central Division. Although the Edmonton Oil Kings have all but cemented their place as Central champions, the Medicine Hat Tigers, Lethbridge Hurricanes and Calgary Hitmen remain in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Training Matters: Not the time to focus on winning: Trust the process, the victories will happen
By Brittney Nyrose on March 6th, 2020
With our college hosting the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference women’s volleyball and basketball championships this past and upcoming weekends, and most high school basketball teams heading into championships at this time also, I thought it would be fitting to talk about how one can mentally prepare for the big games or championships in their sport. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Midget Hounds win playoff opener
By Medicine Hat News on March 6th, 2020
The host Medicine Hat Hounds kicked off the South Central Alberta Hockey League’s midget AA South Conference playoff tournament with a 2-0 victory over the Foothills Bisons on Thursday night at Moose Recreation Centre. Cayden Dumanowski scored just over a minute into the second period to break open a scoreless contest then Evan Gebhardt added ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Colts win trio of league titles
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on March 6th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Colts completed a championship trifecta on Thursday night at McCoy High School. After watching the junior varsity girls basketball team cruise to a 67-28 win over the Brooks Buffalos in their Southeast Basketball Conference final, the senior girls rallied to defeat the Eagle Butte Talons 63-44 , then the varsity boys hit the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cubs felled in Game 7
By Medicine Hat News on March 5th, 2020
The Medicine Hat Cubs will have a month off before provincials. The junior B team was ousted from the Heritage league playoffs Wednesday, a 4-1, Game 7 loss in Cochrane to a Generals team that had trailed in the series 3-1. Patrick Forde had the first two goals and the Generals never trailed. Sam Norris ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A decade of dominance
By Medicine Hat News on March 5th, 2020
At a meet originally designed to give wrestlers in smaller centres a chance to win something prior to Calgary- and Edmonton-based athletes dominating at the official provincials, Hat High again stole everybody’s lunch. The Hawks did what they always do, claiming a 10th straight boys team title this past weekend in Lethbridge. For a team ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sillinger glad he’s healthy
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on March 5th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken When Cole Sillinger was driven off the ice following a hard neutral zone check in a game against the Swift Current Broncos on Jan. 28, he circled Feb. 28 on the calendar. Although he would have liked to return sooner, the 16-year-old Medicine Hat Tigers forward still managed to lace up his skates exactly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ringette provincials in the Hat start Friday
By Medicine Hat News on March 5th, 2020
Nearly 300 ringette players will do battle in Medicine Hat this weekend with two provincial titles on the line. Both under-16 and under-19 A Alberta championships begin Friday morning at both the Kinplex and Family Leisure Centre, with finals set for 1 p.m. Sunday at the two Kinplex rinks. The host Riptide (under-16) and Mighty ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Which style will reign? ACAC basketball championship an example of contrast
By Medicine Hat News on March 5th, 2020
What works better, a grind-it-out, post-heavy team or a run-and-gun side built on speed? And more importantly, who’s got what it takes to win an Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference women’s basketball title? Those questions will get answered this weekend at Medicine Hat College. Eight teams begin play today in the Snake Pit with an eye ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bantam AAA Tigers swept by top seed Rebels
By Medicine Hat News on March 4th, 2020
They fought but the South East Athletic Club’s Tigers were simply no match for Red Deer in bantam AAA playoffs. The Rebels completed a series sweep with a 5-2 win at Hockey Hounds Recreation Centre Tuesday. Following Sunday’s 8-2 decision in Red Deer, SEAC kept close for 40 minutes. Dawson Seitz had two game-tying goals, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photo finishes go Hat runners’ ways at track provincials
By Medicine Hat News on March 4th, 2020
Medicine Hat athletes twice needed photo-finishes to confirm their spots on the podium at the Alberta Indoor Track and Field Championships in Edmonton this past weekend. Both Zaynna Willoughby and Renae Ryan edged other athletes at the line, with Willoughby’s going down to to the smallest margin possible – one thousandth of a second. In ... Read More »
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