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Peewee Tier 1 team comes back for win
By Sean Rooney on March 14th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat’s peewee Tier 1 team is moving on after a wild playoff series against Airdrie. In the Central Alberta Hockey League post-season, the Hounds hosted Airdrie for the first two games of the best-of-three. On Friday, Airdrie scored shorthanded in the third, then Brodie Davis got the game-winner with seven seconds ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers come up short against Hitmen, but clinch Central anyway
By Ryan McCracken on March 13th, 2018
The Medicine Hat Tigers may not have left the ice with a victory on Tuesday night at the Canalta Centre, but by the time they climbed into their cars, they were Central Division champions. Calgary Hitmen winger Riley Stotts scored with seven minutes left in the third to steal a 3-1 victory from the hands ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wagner repeats as men’s champ
By Sean Rooney on March 13th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Kyle Wagner’s team defended its title at the 114th annual Men’s Bonspiel at the Medicine Hat Curling Club this past weekend. On Sunday, Wagner, with Correy Perrin, Jason Kunz and Greg Sjolie, beat the Darcy Geigle team 6-3 in six ends of the A final. Lloyd Robinson and Alex Bowyer’s foursomes wound ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Madness raises money, awareness and more
By Ryan McCracken on March 13th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken There was no shortage of spirit on Saturday at the Family Leisure Centre. While the Medicine Hat College Rattlers team came out with the March Madness wheelchair basketball tournament championship thanks to a 20-19 victory over Crestwood Dental, the real winner was Medicine Hat Adaptive Sport and Recreation. The event raised an estimated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Colts fall in zone finals, girls advance to provincials
By Ryan McCracken on March 12th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The McCoy Colts girls and boys basketball team both came up just short of a 3A zone championship on Saturday at McCoy High School, but the girls still managed to punch their ticket to provincials. Despite falling 71-63 to the WR Myers Rebels in the Alberta Schools Athletics Association South Zone Championship final, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rattlers women win futsal gold, men settle for bronze
By Ryan McCracken on March 12th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat College Rattlers women’s futsal team defended their Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference title once again on Sunday at Lakeland College. The Rattlers secured their fifth consecutive ACAC futsal gold medal with a 3-0 win over the Lethbridge Kodiaks in the championship game after going undefeated on their way to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hounds fall short of semis
By Ryan McCracken on March 12th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Hounds fell short of the semifinal at the South Central Alberta Hockey League bantam AA South Conference playoff tournament with a 7-3 loss to the Foothills Bisons Saturday at the Kinplex. Josh Drefs did all he could to push his Hounds into the semifinals, netting a hat trick to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Moore looks to end high school career with gold
By Ryan McCracken on March 10th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken It’s been a long time coming for Cash Moore. The Grade 12 Hawks wrestler picked his first victory in a matter of seconds at the Alberta Schools Athletics Association provincial wrestling championships on Friday at Hat High, but Moore admits there was a time when wins didn’t come so easy. “The first year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Zone finals all set
By Sean Rooney on March 10th, 2018
Medicine Hat News As the clock ran down on their season — and for a few, their high school basketball careers —the Crescent Heights Vikings girls stood instead of sitting on the sidelines for their teammates. It was a tough moment as the team fell 79-48 to Taber’s WR Myers Rebels in a 3A South ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rassell makes history in win over Oil Kings
By Ryan McCracken on March 9th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Mark Rassell cemented his name in Medicine Hat Tigers history on Friday night at the Canalta Centre. The 21-year-old captain scored just over two minutes into his team’s eventual 6-4 victory over the Edmonton Oil Kings to become the 23rd player in franchise history to score 50 goals in a season and just ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Midget Hounds win opener
By Sean Rooney on March 9th, 2018
Medicine Hat News At the South Central Alberta Hockey League’s midget AASouth Conference playoffs in Lethbridge Thursday, Medicine Hat’s Hounds beat the Taber Golden Suns 7-3. Levi Schlosser had a hat trick in the victory, while three other players also put up a trio of points each. Brett Gray had two goals and an assist, ... Read More »
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