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Desert Blume holds Club championship Sunday
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 12th, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Desert Blume Golf Club held their club championship on Sunday. Four individual champions were crowned during the one-day tournament. Mike Valk won the men’s division and Sheri Fried won the ladies’ division. Ernie Lehman took first in the senior division and Kellen Heddeman was the junior division champion... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat Golf Course crowns 2025 Club champions
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 12th, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club crowned their club champions over the weekend. The two-day tournament, part of the Club’s member appreciation weekend, wrapped up on Sunday with six individual champions and one team scramble champion. Mitch Kurtz was the men’s champion, finishing +6 with a pair of rounds of 75. TJ Cranston ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Regina, Sylvan Lake one win away from WCBL finals
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 12th, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Western Canadian Baseball League finals are nearing shape. The WCBL playoffs entered the division finals on Sunday with the Regina Red Sox and Saskatoon Berries facing off in the East and the Okotoks Dawgs and Sylvan Lake Gulls meeting in the West. Regina earned their spot in the division finals with a 2-0 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dawgs sweep, Regina awaits Game 3 winner
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 9th, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Okotoks Dawgs were the first team to advance to the Division finals Thursday. The Dawgs beat the Brooks Bombers 9-2, completing a two-game sweep of the No. 4 seed to advance to the West Division finals. They’ll await the winner of the Sylvan Lake Gulls and Lethbridge Bulls with the Dawgs two wins ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mavs swept by Red Sox in WCBL semifinals
By JAMES TUBB on August 9th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb A first-round exit showed a different Medicine Hat Mavericks team than the one that found success all summer at Athletic Park. The Mavs bowed out of the WCBL playoffs with a 13-7, Game 2 loss Thursday at Regina to the Red Sox, eliminated by a two-game sweep for the first time since the WCBL ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mavs turn to season-long identity of resiliency to keep summer alive
By JAMES TUBB on August 8th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Mavericks have prided themselves on an ability to bounce back throughout the season. They’ll need to embrace that identity as they try to stretch the summer a little longer. The Mavs dropped Game 1 of their first-round series with the Regina Red Sox, falling 6-2 on Wednesday at Athletic Park. They ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WCBL playoffs kick off with upset, blowout and rainout on display
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 8th, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Western Canadian Baseball League Playoffs got underway Wednesday with different results on tap. Sylvan Lake vs. Lethbridge Only one of the four series was unable to get started as rain in Sylvan Lake postponed Game 1 between the Gulls and the Lethbridge Bulls. They will face a modified schedule, with Game 1 rescheduled ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mavs swept from WCBL playoffs with 13-7, Game 2 loss Thursday
By James Tubb on August 7th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The 2025 season came to a close for the Medicine Hat Mavericks Thursday night. The Mavs lost 13-7 at Regina, dropping Game 2 of the first-round series with the Red Sox. It’s the first time the Mavs have been swept in the first round of the best-of-three format playoffs. A four-run first inning propelled ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inside the CFL: Stamps have right man at helm to return to Grey Cup legacy
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 7th, 2025
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews uring Jay McNeil’s 14-year career (1994-2007) as an offensive lineman with the Calgary Stampeders, he played in four Grey Cups, winning two, was a CFL all-star three times and made the Western Division dream team six times. In 2005 and 2006 his teammates awarded him the President’s Ring, which is presented annually to the ... Read More »
1 responseMavs’ vets hungry for final shot at WCBL title
By JAMES TUBB on August 7th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb It’s a bittersweet time of year for the oldest players on WCBL teams. With the playoffs getting underway Wednesday, those graduated or too old for next season get ready for their final games of school/summer ball before the next steps begin. The feeling of excitement and also savouring the moment is embraced in the ... Read More »
1 responseMavs drop Game 1 Wednesday to Regina
By James Tubb on August 6th, 2025
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Mavericks will hit the road Thursday with the season on the line. The Mavs scattered 12 hits Wednesday night at Athletic Park but were held to just two runs as they lost Game 1 of the first-round series, falling 6-2 to the Regina Red Sox. It’s a fifth straight loss for ... Read More »
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