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Local squad takes second at BCA Pool League World Championships
By Ryan McCracken on August 6th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Five local pool players made the trip to the Rio in Las Vegas for the Billiard Congress of America World 8-Ball Championships last month and returned home as world silver medallists. The team of Alex Pettyjohn, Dennis Porth Jr., Kim Bohnet, Sean Mckay and Jenman Luk —dubbed fLUKie shtz — battled their way ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat juniors settle for third at nationals
By Ryan McCracken on August 6th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat’s junior AAA All-Stars settled for a third-place finish at the Junior Little League Canadian Championship after falling one run shy of reaching the finals in Saturday’s 4-3 loss to the host Lethbridge Junior Bulls. Medicine Hat bounced back from the narrow setback to take third place at the national tournament ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Third time’s the charm
By Ryan McCracken on August 6th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Medicine Hat Mavericks pitcher Jared Libke is convinced the third time will be the charm. The Mavericks are set to open a third consecutive Western Major Baseball League Western Division final against the Edmonton Prospects after dropping each of the past two meetings as the higher seed. While it’s an eerily similar situation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mavs advance
By Ryan McCracken on August 4th, 2018
Nick Kuhl Lethbridge Heraldnkuhl@lethbridgeherald.com The Medicine Hat Mavericks used a six-run third inning to stake a lead they would not give up Friday. For good measure, they put up seven more runs in the fifth. It helped them clinch the series 3-1 and eliminate the Lethbridge Bulls from the 2018 season. Carson Johnson had six ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shot at redemption awaits Mavericks in Western Division final
By Ryan McCracken on August 4th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Mavericks will have a shot at redemption when the Western Major Baseball League’s Western Division final kicks off Monday. After collecting a series-deciding 17-4 victory over the Lethbridge Bulls in Game 4 of the Western Major Baseball League’s Western Division semifinal Friday at Spitz Stadium, the Mavs will once again ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat team drops game, on to national semis
By Sean Rooney on August 3rd, 2018
Medicine Hat News It’s down to crunch time for Medicine Hat’s all-stars at the Junior Little League Canadian Championships. At Lethbridge Thursday, the Alberta representatives fell 11-1 to Quebec in the minimum five innings due to the mercy rule. But their week is far from over, with a semifinal game set and still a chance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kane-Rissling triple medallist at provincials
By Sean Rooney on August 3rd, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat-based Bulldogs Track and Field Club was in Sherwood Park this past weekend and saw a number of athletes earn medals at a meet that served as provincials for some age groups and a western Canadian competition for others. According to Bulls coach Sean Freeman, Madison Kane-Rissling was a triple ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mavericks bats heat up in Lethbridge
By None on August 3rd, 2018
Nick Kuhl Lethbridge Herald LETHBRIDGE The regular season doesn’t matter come playoffs. That’s what the Lethbridge Bulls were telling the Medicine Hat Mavericks. Until the top of the fourth inning hit Thursday night. That’s when the Mavs promptly hit two of their three home runs on the night on their way to a 9-4 win ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vandette goes low, wins national title
By Ryan McCracken on August 3rd, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @McCracken Christopher Vandette made history on multiple fronts at Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club Thursday. Trailing by six strokes after three rounds at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship, Vandette says he knew he would need to make up at least four in order to force a playoff in Thursday’s finale — so he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CanadianJuniors ‘an extraordinary success’ for Hat club
By Ryan McCracken on August 3rd, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken After four rounds and a finish for the ages, Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club general manager Cam Jacques is happy to call the 2018 Canadian Junior Boys Championship “an extraordinary success.” The local links played host to 156 young golfers from across the nation for an incredibly close tournament that Jacques says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat juniors top Sooners at nationals
By Ryan McCracken on August 2nd, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat’s junior AAA All-Stars jumped back to .500 at the Junior Little League Canadian Championship with an 8-7 victory over the Atlantic Sooners on Wednesday in Lethbridge. Hayden Hall picked up the victory after entering in relief of Payton Eddy in the second and holding the Sooners to one run on ... Read More »
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