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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 »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Open B Smash skated to a provincial gold over the weekend. The Medicine Hat team was in Calgary for an eight-team provincial tournament, with four teams from the South, including the host, and three from the North. The Smash went 2-1 in Pool A play, beating the Calgary Blitz 5-2, losing 7-6 to [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Mavericks will return some experience to their infield this summer. The local WCBL club announced Monday shortstop Johnny Vulcano will return for a foruth summer in the red and white. In 38 games last season Vulcano had 43 hits, one home run and 23 RBIs with a .262 batting average. In [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Montana’s Brier champion Matt Dunstone and teammates Colton Lott and E.J. Harnden withdrew from the inaugural season of Rock League on Friday. Tyler Tardi, who won Olympic gold as an alternate with Team Brad Jacobs last month at the Milan Cortina Games, has also pulled out, The Curling Group said in a statement. [...] Read More »

HINWIL, Switzerland (AP) — Team principal Jonathan Wheatley has left the Audi Formula 1 team just two races into its rebranding from Sauber, following reports Aston Martin was seeking to sign him as it tries to turn around a troubled season. Audi said Friday that Wheatley, who took charge of what was then the Sauber [...] Read More »

Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate was the target of “vile and abhorrent” racist abuse online, the Premier League club said Friday. Konate was targeted after Wednesday’s Champions League victory against Galatasaray when he was involved in an incident that led to opposition striker Victor Osimhen sustaining a fractured arm. Liverpool condemned the abuse as “dehumanising, cowardly [...] Read More »

MADRID (AP) — Athletic Bilbao coach Ernesto Valverde will leave the club at the end of the season, he said on Friday. Valverde has coached the most games in the history of Athletic. Sunday’s La Liga game against Real Betis will be No. 495 in charge of the club based in northern Spain. Valverde, whose [...] Read More »

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech announced on Friday that Troy’s Scott Cross will replace Damon Stoudamire, who was fired on March 8, as its men’s basketball coach. Georgia Tech athletic director Ryan Alpert moved quickly to hire Cross, who won seven conference championships and 350 games in 19 seasons at Texas-Arlington and Troy. Cross closed [...] Read More »