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Rodeo winds up with big rides and quick times

By Medicine Hat News on April 8th, 2019

The first big rodeo of the Canadian season is in the books. Medicine Hat’s annual Broncs and Honky Tonks Indoor Pro Rodeo wrapped up with performances Saturday night and Sunday afternoon at the Cypress Centre, with lots of high scores and low times earning money. Garrett Green (Meeting Creek, Alta.) closed out the Sunday show ... Read More »

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Icebreaker Tourney starts off high school ball

By Medicine Hat News on April 6th, 2019

High school baseball season got underway Friday, but the scores were far less important to just getting out there and playing. The Icebreaker Tournament, as it’s been dubbed, opened with all four local teams plus Brooks playing a purely round-robin event. Hat High coach Lyall Foran said modified rules such as five-inning games, plus run ... Read More »

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Elliott a double threat

By SEAN ROONEY on April 6th, 2019

srooney@medicinehatnews.com@MHNRooney The big names were in the money early at the Broncs and Honky Tonks Indoor Spring Rodeo, and some of them were even trying to double-dip. Clay Elliott put up the best saddle bronc score of the first day, an 88 aboard Kesler’s Gone Country, then hopped on a friend’s horse and gave tie-down ... Read More »

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Barrel racing life suits Cora Wutch perfectly

By JUSTIN SEWARD on April 6th, 2019

news@cypresscourier.com When Cora Wutch got up on the saddle at the age of nine, she knew she wanted to be a barrel racer. The Cypress County cowgirl has made her hobby a full-time job since 2012 and was in the midst of preparing her horse Lou for another Broncs and Honky Tonks indoor rodeo Friday. ... Read More »

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Teammates finish 1-2 on opening day

By SEAN ROONEY on April 6th, 2019

srooney@medicinehatnews.com@MHNRooney All season long, Chelsia Cooper and Deija Gehring have pushed each other, with the results to prove it. The two Medicine Hat gymnasts were again on top of the leaderboard Friday night as the Alberta Compulsory Championships began at the Cypress Centre Pavilion. “Sometimes we do our routines, we try to score each other,” ... Read More »

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Special Olympians bowl their best

By Medicine Hat News on April 6th, 2019

Medicine Hat’s Special Olympics crew was in Lethbridge last weekend for a tournament, and to no surprise they were all smiles. The 17 bowlers combined for seven first-place finishes, three seconds and five thirds on their respective lanes, then won eight medals for their pins over average results at the banquet that followed. Christine Sullivan, ... Read More »

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Twist and Flip does well in Olds

By Medicine Hat News on April 3rd, 2019

Seven athletes from Redcliff’s Twist and Flip Gymnastics Club were in Olds this past weekend and came home with some impressive results. Emily Robinson won gold for her floor routine at the Hay Classic, then added a bronze on the uneven bars to wind up fifth overall in Level 3. Tia Malcom took second on ... Read More »

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Peewees settle for third at provincials

By Medicine Hat News on April 1st, 2019

They only lost one game at peewee AA hockey provincials, but the Medicine Hat Hounds wound up with bronze medals around their necks at the end of it. At Irvine, the Hounds beat Edmonton’s SouthWest Zone Oil Kings 6-2 in the third-place game Sunday morning, relegated there due to a tiebreaker rule which meant a ... Read More »

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Magical season ends with title

By SEAN ROONEY on April 1st, 2019

srooney@medicinehatnews.com@MHNRooney It was a dream finish Sunday in Edmonton for the Medicine Hat midget AA Hounds. The Hounds won a provincial championship, many of them playing their last games in minor hockey, culminating with a 5-2 win over the Calgary Canucks. “This year we had a pretty veteran-heavy team so we were hoping we could ... Read More »

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Memories and medals: Special Olympics World Games a success for Hat athletes, coach

By SEAN ROONEY on March 30th, 2019

srooney@medicinehatnews.com@MHNRooney Christine Sullivan was so happy with her performance, she went and high-fived a judge. Mitchell MacDonald was having so much fun, he yelled the same thing on the podium as he had on a roller coaster a few days earlier. Yes, they came home with medals from the Special Olympics World Games in Abu ... Read More »

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Sillinger makes some history with goal

By RYAN MCCRACKEN on March 30th, 2019

rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken EDMONTON Some players spend their entire career hoping to make history with their club, league or within their sport. It took Cole Sillinger three games. The Medicine Hat Tigers affiliate became the youngest player in franchise history to net a playoff goal when he opened the scoring in his team’s 5-0 victory over the ... Read More »

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