September 7th, 2025

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Tennis Club hosts Open tournament, crowns singles and doubles champs

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 26th, 2025

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Tennis Club held its annual open tournament over the weekend. The weekend tournament saw open and doubles competition spread across 11 divisions with men’s and women’s action. There were two new winners crowned in the men’s and ladies’ division. In the Men’s Open singles, Brent Meyer defeated Thomas Fentabil (6-1,6-0). Geoff ... Read More »

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Rucks take pride in Hlinka Gretzky Cup experience

By JAMES TUBB on August 22nd, 2025

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Markus and Liam Ruck have been racking up the passport stamps in their young career. The twin Medicine Hat Tigers forwards are coming off a third-place finish with Canada at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup held in Czechia and Slovakia. In 2024 they donned the red and white at the Youth Winter Olympics in South ... Read More »

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Davidson, Gordon-Carroll relish golden chance with U.S. at Hlinka Gretzky Cup

By JAMES TUBB on August 21st, 2025

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The United States captured their first gold at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup since 2003, just the second in the country’s history. There was no other goal for the two Medicine Hat Tigers in the U.S. lineup. “We knew that stat but it’s kind of hard to kind of wrap your head around it, how ... Read More »

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Inside the CFL: CFL’s commish sees reason for optimism in league’s future

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 21st, 2025

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The new commissioner of the CFL is Stewart Johnston , the former senior vice president, content and sales, Bell Media. After graduating from Queen’s University in 1997, he began his career with TSN, progressing through the ranks until he became president of that organization. In 2024, he became senior vice president, content and sales, ... Read More »

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Thunder Softball hands out season awards

By James Tubb on August 20th, 2025

Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Softball Association honoured the top Thunder players last week. The Thunder wrapped up the 2025 summer season with a banquet on Aug. 16 where they named the award recipients for their three season awards, the most valuable player, heart and hustle and thunder achievement awards. MVP U17: Gracie Eddy  ... Read More »

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Mavs promote assistant coach Ryan Reed to head coach for 2026 season

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 19th, 2025

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Mavericks have named a new head coach for next summer. The Mavs announced via social media Monday that assistant coach Ryan Reed has been promoted to the head coach position for the 2026 season. Reed joined the Mavs this summer from Mid-America Christian University where he is the assistant coach and ... Read More »

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Lawn Bowling Club hosts annual yardstick tourney

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 19th, 2025

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Lawn Bowling Club broke out the yardsticks for its annual tournament. The local club held the Welltraxx Yardstick tournament on Saturday, an event that is played as regular lawn bowls with the exception that all the bowls, on either team, score if they are within a yard of the jack. It’s ... Read More »

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Red Sox capture third WCBL championship with two straight wins over Gulls

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 19th, 2025

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The WCBL’s Harry Hallis Memorial Trophy will have some Saskatchewan fun this winter. The Regina Red Sox captured the Western Canadian Baseball League crown on Saturday, beating the Sylvan Lake Gulls 5-4 to win the finals 2-1 and raise the franchise’s third championship. It’s their first title win since 2012, the second of back-to-back ... Read More »

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SGC, Davidson golden with the U.S. at Hlinka Gretzky Cup

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 19th, 2025

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The final day of the Hlinka Gretzky Cup saw four Medicine Hat Tigers don medals. Forwards Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll and Noah Davidson captured gold Saturday with the United States, beating Sweden 5-3 for the U.S.’s second ever gold medal at the U18 tournament. Davidson scored in the first period to put the U.S. up 2-1, ... Read More »

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Gordon-Carroll, Davidson win Hlinka Gretzky Gold with U.S., Rucks and Canada take bronze

By James Tubb on August 16th, 2025

Medicine Hat News The final day of the Hlinka Gretzky Cup saw four Medicine Hat Tigers don medals. Forwards Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll and Noah Davidson captured gold Saturday with the United States, beating Sweden 5-3 for the U.S.’ second ever gold medal at the U18 tournament. Davidson scored in the first period to put the U.S. ... Read More »

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Gulls one win away from WCBL title after 11th inning win

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on August 16th, 2025

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Sylvan Lake Gulls need just one more win for their first championship in franchise history. The Gulls opened up the 2025 WCBL finals with a 3-2, 11th inning win Thursday at Regina over the Red Sox to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series. It’s the first trip to the finals for ... Read More »

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