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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 HJHL title. [...] 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 »

HAFJELL, Norway (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin secured a record-tying sixth women’s overall World Cup skiing title by holding off a challenge from emerging German rival Emma Aicher in the final race of the season Wednesday. Shiffrin needed only to finish in the top 15 of a giant slalom and the American standout secured that before [...] Read More »

HAFJELL, Norway (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin wins record-tying sixth women’s overall World Cup skiing title. The Associated Press[...] Read More »

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Iranian club Tractor FC will travel to Saudi Arabia for a playoff against Shabab Al Ahli of Dubai for a place in the Asian Champions League Elite quarterfinals against Buriram United of Thailand. The Asian Football Confederation held the draw Wednesday to determine the quarterfinal pairings, a day after announcing [...] Read More »

When Fabio Cannavaro raised aloft the golden World Cup trophy inside Berlin’s Olympic Stadium in 2006, few could have imagined the pain soccer’s biggest event would inflict on Italy over the next two decades. In 2010, the Azzurri put up a woeful title defense, not even winning a game in an embarrassing group-stage exit. In [...] Read More »

MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid will try to close in on a first semifinal appearance in the Women’s Champions League when it hosts three-time champion Barcelona in the first leg of the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Manchester United will make its debut in the last eight against Bayern Munich. Barcelona will try to make it to [...] Read More »