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They came up short against the eventual provincial champions, but Crescent Heights High School’s girls volleyball team made an impression on those around them at their last tournament of the year. Coach Scott Galloway was informed this week that his Vikings won the 3A sportsmanship banner for how they conducted themselves at the finals in [...] Read More »

rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Coming off a massive four-player trade and a 5-0 loss to the Everett Silvertips on Saturday, the Medicine Hat Tigers entered a three-game road trip with something to prove. Nineteen goals later and two victories later, they’re the talk of the Western Hockey League. “We’re playing like we want to put teams on notice [...] Read More »

Caleb Wyrostok had a night to remember Wednesday. Called up by the Swift Current Broncos for his first-ever WHL game, the 16-year-old from Medicine Hat produced a highlight-reel goal at Rogers Place in Edmonton against the league-leading Oil Kings. Speaking via cellphone late after the big debut, Wyrostok was still sorting through dozens of congratulatory [...] Read More »

The Medicine Hat Tigers were briefly atop the Western Hockey League standings after beating the Prince Albert Raiders 8-4 Wednesday. Following up an 11-3 drubbing in Saskatoon the night before, Medicine Hat’s explosive offence didn’t miss a beat against a Raiders team missing two of its top scorers. With 2,358 fans looking on at the [...] Read More »

Monsignor McCoy’s girls faced a concerted effort from the host Eagle Butte Talons and held on for a 63-53 win Wednesday night. At Dunmore, the varsity Southeast Basketball Conference game saw the Talons press the Colts on both ends of the floor, but never take the lead against the perennial powerhouse. Jaden Brown’s 18 points [...] Read More »

COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. – Canada’s Rachel Karker won the bronze medal at a ski halfpipe World Cup on Friday while fellow Canadian Noah Bowman finished third in the men’s event. The 22-year-old Karker from Guelph, Ont., scored 81.75 points on her second of three runs. A skier’s best score is counted as their final score. [...] Read More »

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Niagara IceDogs goaltender Tucker Tynan says he’s “looking forward” to returning from a scary injury he sustained Thursday night during an Ontario Hockey League game against the London Knights. Tynan needed surgery after getting cut in the thigh with a skate blade in the opening minute of the second period. The [...] Read More »

TORONTO – Ryan Dinwiddie had the head coaching bug back when he was a CFL quarterback, regularly drawing up plays for consideration by his bosses at the time. Now he’s getting a chance to do the real thing with the Toronto Argonauts. Dinwiddie, who spent the last four seasons as a quarterbacks coach with Calgary, [...] Read More »

A downside of skipping a curling team of former NFL players is the team photo, says Jason Smith. “I hate taking pictures with them because I look like a little kid,” the Minnesotan told The Canadian Press. “I can’t shave now because I will look like their kid. And I’m not that small. I’m six [...] Read More »

WINNIPEG – Wade Miller is proud the “Canadian Mafia” will continue running the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The CFL team’s president and CEO was flanked by fellow Canadians Kyle Walters and Mike O’Shea at a press conference Friday to talk about new deals for the pair. O’Shea received a three-year contract to remain the head coach [...] Read More »