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Athletes arrive for Alberta Games
By Sean Rooney on July 20th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney The bus ride took all day but dozens of Medicine Hat and area athletes were all smiles Thursday in Grande Prairie. A total of 53 Hat athletes will compete in a range of sports this weekend at the Alberta Summer Games, boarding a bus just after midnight and arriving in time for lunch. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Risling, Booker win titles at Redcliff Senior Open
By None on July 19th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Kelly Risling and Denise Booker won titles at the Redcliff Senior Open Monday. At Riverview Golf Club, Risling needed two playoff holes before edging Warren Gnam with a birdie. He said it was his eighth title in the past 10 years. Both Risling and Gnam shot 2-under 69’s to force the extra ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawn bowling greens reinvigorated
By Sean Rooney on July 19th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney It was a lawn gone wrong. Ever since the Medicine Hat Lawn Bowling Club got its surfaces redone some nine years ago, the quality of the greens gradually went downhill. It got so bad that club members were forced to stop using the eight lanes on the surface closest to the clubhouse this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ross ready for the national stage
By Sean Rooney on July 19th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney It’s the end of the third inning and K of C Knights catcher Reece Whelen was at bat, so someone needs to warm up the pitcher while he gets his gear on. The backup catcher strolls out, blonde ponytail blowing behind her. Nobody thinks anything of it. For years this has been the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mavericks suffer walk-off defeat
By Ryan McCracken on July 19th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Mavericks had a three-game winning streak snapped at the hands of the Edmonton Prospects on Wednesday at ReMax Field. Tony Olson scored on an error in the 10th to break open a tie game and snuff out Medicine Hat’s lengthy comeback attempt with a 7-6 walk-off. Nick Spillman put ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Junior AAAs punch ticket to Canadian Championship
By Ryan McCracken on July 19th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat AAA junior All Stars are heading to nationals. The All Stars punched their ticket to the Junior Little League Canadian Championship with a two-game sweep over Cal West Tuesday, running out their opponents with 22-4 and 22-0 victories. The junior squad features a number of players who graduated from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Knights felled twice by Lethbridge Miners
By Sean Rooney on July 18th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney Their bats may be showing some progress but the K of C Knights still can’t get a win over their Highway 3 rivals. The Lethbridge Miners escaped Athletic Park with a doubleheader sweep Tuesday, beating the host Knights 8-6 and 16-4. Lethbridge is 5-0 head-to-head against Medicine Hat this summer. “Our bats are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers’ new assistant comes full circle
By Sean Rooney on July 18th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney Ryan Smith’s first experience in Medicine Hat came as a 14-year-old invited to a Tigers training camp. Three decades later, the Manitoba product is going to have his second stint with the team start at camp again. Only this time, he’s an assistant coach. Smith, 44, was named the Tigers’ newest coach Tuesday, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers hire new assistant coach
By medicinehatnews on July 17th, 2018
The Medicine Hat Tigers have found a new assistant coach. The team announced today the hiring of Ryan Smith, who spent the last three season as associate coach with the Swift Current Broncos. The Broncos won the Ed Chynoweth Cup this season. “I am very excited and proud to be a Tiger and to join ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rattlers name two new soccer coaches
By Sean Rooney on July 17th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney Medicine Hat College is officially moving on from its long-time, award-winning soccer coach —and, for that matter, a one-coach system. Jim Loughlin’s name was nowhere to be seen in Monday’s press release announcing Ian Tully to run the men’s team and Stephen Newton for the women’s. Loughlin —hired in 2004 as the men’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Under-16 Thunder take bronze at softball provincials
By Sean Rooney on July 17th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Thunder won bronze at under-16 B softball provincials, and very nearly had a spot in Sunday’s final. In the town of Calahoo, the Thunder forced an extra inning and had a runner at third base to force a second but fell 14-13 to the Sedgewick Oilers in their semifinal. ... Read More »
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