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Vikings unable to break through on dominant Mohawks
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on September 21st, 2019
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Crescent Heights Vikings have been waiting for their day to steal back the Rangeland Football Conference limelight – but it didn’t come Friday. Lining up against the five-time reigning champion Hat High Mohawks, the Vikings managed to keep things close early but were unable to string together any sustained momentum in a 33-6 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dad’s numbers are in reach for Chyzowski
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on September 21st, 2019
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Ryan Chyzowski is on pace to bring his family name to new heights this season. The 19-year-old Medicine Hat Tigers centre entered the Western Hockey League season just 15 points shy of his brother Nick’s career point total of 134 and 25 back of his father Dave’s 144 – but given that his dad ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mohawks celebrate their history
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on September 20th, 2019
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Hat High Mohawks are celebrating the Rangeland Football Conference’s 40th season in style with some flashy new additions to their clubhouse. While they’ve been practising out of the clubhouse at Hat High for more than a season, head coach Quinn Skelton says they recently completed a few upgrades that help celebrate the decades ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coach back after birth of baby boy
By Medicine Hat News on September 20th, 2019
Francesco Cavicchia is the newest member of the Medicine Hat College Rattlers soccer teams, and also the youngest – by about 17 years. Head coach Robert Cavicchia had to fly home to Toronto last week when wife Pauline went into labour, missing the weekend’s games but adding a baby boy to the family instead. “They’re ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Training Matters: “I have no idea what I’m doing, but I’m doing it!”
By Courtney Marchesin on September 20th, 2019
Back to school, sports, and in general the routine that seems to shape the years from September to June. For all youth, it’s a time of transitioning back to earlier bedtimes, earlier wake-ups, and long hours spent in a classroom. Missing the summer sun and the fun that came with it. Yet it is also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers set to drop puck on 50th season
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on September 20th, 2019
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Something was missing from Willie Desjardins’ roster ahead of his first season back at the helm of the Medicine Hat Tigers – but on Monday the head coach and general manager found the piece he was looking for in defenceman Parker Gavlas. Though his acquisition from the Edmonton Oil Kings leaves the Tigers with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Søgaard taking nothing for granted ahead of second WHL season
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on September 19th, 2019
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken A lot has changed since Mads Søgaard set foot in Medicine Hat last September. On top of achieving a rise to local stardom and earning a 37th overall selection from the Ottawa Senators in June’s NHL entry draft, the 18-year-old Tigers goaltender enters this season as the go-to guy in the Gas City – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cubs to play for provincial glory
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on September 19th, 2019
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Dave Kowalchuk was all smiles when he took to the podium at HomeStay Inn and Suites Wednesday. The Medicine Hat Cubs general manager and director of hockey operations could hardly contain his excitement as he announced the local junior B club will be playing for a ring in April as hosts of the Hockey ... Read More »
1 responseLawn bowlers get out for tourney
By Medicine Hat News on September 18th, 2019
Fantastic weather allowed the Medicine Hat Lawn Bowling Club to hold a year-end triples tournament Sunday, though it’s entirely possible they’ll be on the greens for another month. Skip Jeff Desjarlais and teammates Wes and Jean Bresee won the day-long event, one of four teams to post a 2-1 record. Six teams were entered in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mohawks still sit seventh in rankings
By Medicine Hat News on September 18th, 2019
A loss to the top-ranked team in the province didn’t hurt Hat High’s Mohawks much in Football Alberta’s weekly rankings. After falling 21-4 to the Holy Trinity Academy Knights in Okotoks Friday, Hat High fell one spot in the Tier 2 rankings to seventh. They’re just 1-2 on the season but have a key matchup ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sky the limit for new black belts
By Medicine Hat News on September 18th, 2019
She speaks better than most 20-year-olds, tested well enough to be a top-notch official in her sport and earned her black belt in taekwondo this summer. But Jade Hirsche is only 10 years old. Hirsche was among 19 Fire Dragon Taekwondo members who achieved new or higher-level black belts, the certificates for which were presented ... Read More »
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