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Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Cubs draw first blood in the HJHL Finals. The Cubs, starting on the road for the first time this postseason, beat the Red Deer Vipers 6-2 Saturday night for a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five league finals. It’s the first appearance in the HJHL finals for the Cubs who [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com A Saturday night of flip-flopping scripts saw the Medicine Hat Tigers get the final line. The Tigers overcame a pair of two-goal deficits to come back and beat the Lethbridge Hurricanes 6-5 in overtime at Co-op Place. With the win the Tigers sweep the season series with the Hurricanes 8-0. Liam Ruck scored on [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Kaitlyn Ross is going pro. The Redcliff product has signed a 10-day, PWHL players agreement with the Ottawa Charge, the team announced Friday. The 24-year-old played five years at Mount Royal University, in 78 games she had a 55-20-3 record with a 1.42 goals against average and a .945 save percentage, working 13 shutouts. [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Stand firm at the gates, the Medicine Hat Cubs are ready for their first shot at an HJHL title. The best-of-five HJHL Finals series gets underway Saturday with Game 1 in Red Deer before the Cubs host the Vipers for Game 2 at the Kinplex on Sunday. After a week of practice, head coach [...] Read More »

The Medicine Hat Tigers opened the weekend on a winning note. They won 6-3 Friday night in Lethbridge, beating the Hurricanes for the seventh time this season. Defenceman Jonas Woo scored on a power play in the third period, fittingly assisted by his D-partner Bryce Pickford, setting a new franchise record for points by a [...] Read More »

MIAMI (AP) — Shohei Ohtani walked off the infield after Japan’s World Baseball Classic ended, just like three years ago, only the final out could not have been more different. Ohtani triumphantly tossed his glove and cap in 2023, then stretched his arms wide as teammates mobbed him when he struck out Mike Trout to [...] Read More »

SHANGHAI (AP) — Kimi Antonelli is seeking to convert his record-breaking pole position into a first career Formula 1 win but will have to stay ahead of his Mercedes teammate George Russell at Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix. Antonelli became the youngest driver to qualify on pole position for an F1 Grand Prix race Saturday. The [...] Read More »

PARADISE, Nev. (AP) — Dominique Daniels Jr. hit three 3-pointers in the final two minutes and finished with 23 points on Saturday night to help No. 2 seed Cal Baptist beat top-seeded Utah Valley 63-61 to win the final Western Athletic Conference Tournament and clinch the first NCAA Tournament berth in program history. Cal Baptist [...] Read More »

MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has won the toss Sunday and chosen to bat in the first of five Twenty20 internationals against South Africa, beginning only a week after New Zealand’s loss to India in the T20 World Cup final. Eight members of the New Zealand World Cup squad including Rachin Ravindra, [...] Read More »

MIAMI (AP) — Wilyer Abreu watched the ball leave the park and tossed his bat high in the air. His Venezuela teammates streamed out of the dugout in celebration. The comeback was on, and the win over the reigning World Baseball Classic champion Japan was within reach. Japan, its 11-game WBC winning streak on the [...] Read More »