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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Cubs have a chance at making franchise history this weekend. The Cubs hold a commanding 2-0 lead in the HJHL Finals over the Red Deer Vipers, and hit the road Saturday for Game 3 of the best-of-five series with a chance to capture their first HJHL title. Medicine Hat opened the [...] Read More »

Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Tigers did their part to set up an interesting Saturday night in the WHL. With a 9-3 win Friday in Red Deer over the Rebels, the last two spots in the Eastern conference are all separated by a point. The Regina Pats, who lost 6-3 Friday to the Brandon [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb For one of the biggest Medicine Hat Tigers, it’s been the little things leading to success in the second half. Kade Stengrim, the seventh Tiger to hit the 20-goal mark this season, has honed in on the details of his game to the tune of success. “All the little things lead to success and [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers find themselves in a similar spot two straight years entering the final week of the regular season. A year after it took Game 68 for the Tigers to win the Eastern Conference, they enter the final weekend of the 68-game season in a battle for first place of the conference. [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Waves Swim Club was in action over the weekend in Lethbridge. They sent 29 swimmers to the Pronghorn Classic held at the University of Lethbridge’s Max Bell Pool. The weekend started off with the short course (25m pool length) racing Friday with Saturday’s racing all long course ((50m pool length). Four [...] Read More »

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Kymora Johnson scored 28 points and Sa’Myah Smith added a career-high 23 to go with 11 rebounds as 10th seed Virginia beat seventh seed Georgia 82-73 in an NCAA Tournament first-round game on Saturday. The Cavaliers (21-11) became the first lower seed to win in March Madness this season. Virginia [...] Read More »

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Hannah Hidalgo had a dominant performance with 23 points, nine rebounds, eight steals and six assists as sixth-seeded Notre Dame led the entire game en route to a 79-60 victory over 11th-seeded Fairfield on Saturday in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. The Fighting Irish, who have advanced to [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Orlando Magic guard Jalen Suggs has been fined $25,000 for throwing his mouthpiece in the direction of the stands, the NBA announced Saturday. The incident occurred with 5:35 remaining in the first quarter of the Magic’s 130-111 loss to the Hornets on Thursday in Charlotte. Suggs tossed his mouthpiece off the [...] Read More »

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Western Michigan has hired Kahil Fennell away from Texas-Rio Grande Valley to take over its struggling men’s basketball program, athletic director Dan Bartholomae announced Saturday. Fennell was 35-29 in two seasons with the Vaqueros and will take over a WMU team coming off its eighth straight losing season and fourth under [...] Read More »

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Rickard Rakell scored in a shootout and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-4 on Saturday. Pittsburgh, which is jockeying for playoff positioning, earned an extra point in the shootout for the second time this season. The Penguins have points in seven of their last eight games and [...] Read More »