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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 »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U13A Wildcats defended home ice during provincials this weekend. The Wildcats took the gold, winning the U13 Female A provincials held in Irvine, beating the GHC Chaos 7-3 in Sunday’s final. Emily Gergely had a goal and three points in the final, Harlyn Schimpf had a goal and an assist, and [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The U17AAA South East Tigers playoffs came to a close over the weekend. After an upset in the first round, taking down the top-seed Red Deer Chiefs, the Tigers lost two straight games to the Calgary Northstars, dropping the best-of-three series 2-0. The Northstars won Game 1 3-1 Wednesday in Calgary. Dane Friedt scored [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb For the first time in 25 years, the Medicine Hat Cubs will hang a championship banner. The Cubs captured their first HJHL championship on Saturday, winning 5-2 in Red Deer to sweep the HJHL Finals series with the Vipers. It’s their first title in their 24th season in the Heritage Junior Hockey League, with [...] Read More »

zmason@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Tigers closed out their regular season with back-to-back wins in a home-and-home with the Red Deer Rebels this weekend. The Tigers took the first tilt 9-3 in Red Deer before closing out the season with an 8-3 win on home ice. Saturday’s win locked in a first-round playoff matchup with the [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Anton Frondell was playing in the Swedish hockey league playoffs on Saturday and got the call shortly after his team was eliminated that the Chicago Blackhawks want their top prospect to come to North America. Not eventually. Now. “I was shocked,” the 18-year-old Frondell said. “Everything has been going really fast.” [...] Read More »

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Paul George declined to get into the specifics of his failed drug test that landed him a 25-game suspension but says he is mentally and physically ready to help the Philadelphia 76ers with their playoff push over the last 10 games of the season. George will play for the Sixers on [...] Read More »

Jeff Webb, the founder of Varsity Spirit who helped transform cheerleading into an International Olympic Committee-recognized sport and mentored late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, has died. He was 76. A family spokesperson said Webb died Thursday in Memphis, Tennessee, following a “tragic accident.” The family has declined to comment on specifics. Webb founded the Universal [...] Read More »

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Matt Fitzpatrick was one putt away from a chance at winning The Players Championship. Seven days later, his final putt made him a winner at the Valspar Championship. That would seem to bode well for him with the Masters next on the horizon. “Yeah, I’m probably going to win,” Fitzpatrick [...] Read More »

ROME (AP) — Arsenal defender Riccardo Calafiori says Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso called him more often than his mother did over the last four months. Which shows just how much attention Gattuso paid to his players between the Azzurri’s last game in November and Thursday’s World Cup playoff with Northern Ireland. With the four-time champion [...] Read More »