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sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U12C Mustangs closed out their season in winning fashion. The Mustangs captured Chinook Regionals gold over the weekend, winning their final tournament in Lethbridge. They set the tone early in the tournament, kicking things off with a 13-1 win over Airdrie. Medicine Hat carried momentum into their second game, winning 11-1 [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Waves Swim Club sent three swimmers to provincials. The local swim club raced at the Winter Provincial Championship in Edmonton over the weekend, with three swimmers representing the Waves. All three set new club records, Francesco D’Ursi (Boys, 17) in the long course 1,500m Free, William Miller (Boys, [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Kyle Woolridge has done a lot of leading in his HJHL career. First in the league in goals, points, breaking the Medicine Hat Cubs goals and games played records. In his fourth and final season in the league, he was first in postseason scoring and led the Cubs to the franchise’s first Heritage Junior [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb After a year of re-writing history books, defying expectations and pacing the way, the Medicine Hat Tigers are ready to turn the page. The Tigers finished off their 56th season with a 50-10-5-3 record, reaching the 50-win plateau for just the fifth time in franchise history. They captured a second straight Central division title, [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Austin Derzaph wasn’t sure how his last season with the Medicine Hat Cubs would go, playing for his dad Trent as head coach. He certainly couldn’t have predicted they would end the season as champions. The father-son duo captured an Heritage Junior Hockey League championship as Saturday as the Cubs swept the Red Deer [...] Read More »

SEATTLE (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians selected the contract of first baseman Rhys Hoskins from Triple-A Columbus as the team got down to the 26-man active limit Wednesday ahead of its opener against Seattle. To make room for Hoskins, the Guardians designated right fielder Johnathan Rodríguez for assignment. Hoskins, 33, agreed to a minor league [...] Read More »

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin’s fiancee, Carolina Matovac, is back in Buffalo and on Wednesday attended her first game since her heart failed while the couple vacationed in France last summer. The Sabres welcomed Matovac by showing her in the stands during the first period of their game against Boston. Matovac waved [...] Read More »

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider said Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s record-setting contract extension shows the team’s commitment to keep winning. Smith-Njigba signed his extension with the Seahawks on Wednesday. The four-year, $168.8 million deal, with $120 million guaranteed will make the 24-year-old the highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL, and should help [...] Read More »

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tony Vitello turned down the basket of pastries during his morning coaches’ meeting on opening day, and that became an immediate victory in his book. “You want as many wins as possible in a day. I avoided one of those pastries, and they all looked pretty deadly, so I’m at least [...] Read More »

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Northwestern hired former UConn star Carla Berube as its women’s basketball coach on Wednesday. Berube replaces the retired Joe McKeown and will be tasked with turning around a program that hasn’t won more than nine games in a season since 2021-22. Berube, who helped UConn win its first NCAA championship in [...] Read More »