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Rattlers on road Friday with teams’ focus on building
By Medicine Hat News on February 7th, 2020
With both men’s teams eliminated from contention and both women’s sides hosting conference championships, Medicine Hat College’s volleyball and basketball teams hit the road Friday for games that are certainly important, but for far different reasons. For the women’s sides, it’s all about building momentum as they prepare for their respective eight-team tournaments which are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Injuries piling up for Tigers
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on February 7th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken With three key forwards missing from the lineup, the Medicine Hat Tigers have been forced to lean on their depth. Although the Tigers are riding a small two-game slide following Wednesday’s 4-3 overtime backbreaker to the Prince Albert Raiders, Medicine Hat’s unsung heroes have been making the most of their increased responsibility through the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Raiders pull a fast one for OT victory
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on February 6th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Prince Albert Raiders escaped the wrath of the broom on Wednesday night at the Canalta Centre. Trailing by a goal with less than 10 seconds left in regulation, Raiders centre Aliaksei Protas scored on the doorstep to force overtime before pulling the rug out in sudden death to steal a 4-3 victory from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ringette: Mercury climbs to silver finish
By Medicine Hat News on February 5th, 2020
Medicine Hat’s Mercury ringette team was hot when it needed to be in reaching the final of a tournament in Strathmore this past weekend. The under-14 A side wound up second at the Laurie Morton Ruppe Memorial, their only two losses to the host team but no blowouts reported on either end of the ledger. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wheelchair team rolls to tourney win
By Medicine Hat News on February 5th, 2020
Every Thursday, Medicine Hat’s Mustangs take over a corner of the Family Leisure Centre gymnasium with their wheelchairs and play basketball. This past weekend in Lethbridge, they took over in a far more competitive setting. The Mustangs won what is likely their only event of the season, the Alberta B Wheelchair Basketball Tournament at the ... Read More »
1 responseMinor hockey: Heading down the homestretch
By Medicine Hat News on February 4th, 2020
Playoffs are a month away and the South East Athletic Club’s midget 15-year-old Tigers are right in the mix. The Tigers split a pair of games this past weekend, beating the Calgary Royals Blue Saturday before a loss in Lethbridge Sunday. They never trailed in Calgary, with first-period goals from Kyle Woolridge, Daniel Ganert and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ex-Gator is showing bite as a Cougar
By Justin Seward on February 4th, 2020
Alta Newspaper Group It is not often a rookie university volleyball player cracks the starting lineup in their first year. But Bow Island’s Chris Byam jumped right in during in his first semester with the Mount Royal University Cougars men’s volleyball team in Calgary. “Definitely a big accomplishment for me,” said Byam, a 6-foot-6 outside ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Late push falls just short: Tigers score twice in final three minutes, but fail to force overtime in loss to Brandon
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on February 3rd, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken A flash of leather snuffed out a three-game winning streak on Saturday night at the Canalta Centre. After allowing an empty-netter with just over three minutes left in regulation, the Medicine Hat Tigers struck for two late goals to narrow a three-goal gap to just one, but a buzzer-beating glove save by Brandon Wheat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Burgess records triple-double in loss to Red Deer
By Medicine Hat News on February 3rd, 2020
Kieron Burgess posted a triple-double on Saturday night at Red Deer College, but even that wasn’t enough to keep the Medicine Hat Rattlers in the running for the playoffs. The Rattlers guard recorded 22 points with 10 steals and 15 rebounds – 10 of which came off the defensive glass – while going 3-for-8 from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It all comes down to this: Cubs top Lakers to set up home-and-home battle for second with Cochrane
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on February 3rd, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken It all comes down to next weekend for the Medicine Hat Cubs. After cruising to a 9-0 victory over the Lomond Lakers on Sunday at the Kinplex, the Cubs moved into sole possession of second in the Heritage Junior Hockey League’s Southern Division standings with just two games left in the season – a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Second in sight: Cubs beat Copperheads, inching closer to first-round bye in playoffs
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on February 1st, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Cubs ousted the Coaldale Copperheads from the race for second place with a 6-1 victory on Friday night at the Kinplex. Cooper Hilworth scored twice, Brayden Anderson had four assists and Logan Leroux logged 43 saves to lead the Cubs their Highway 3 rival – ending Coaldale’s hopes of finishing second ... Read More »
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