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Tigers to play their pre-season games in Irvine, Taber this fall
By Medicine Hat News on June 13th, 2019
The Medicine Hat Tigers released their pre-season schedule Wednesday, with two nearby community matchups planned to bookend the four-game calendar. The Tabbies will kick off the pre-season at the Irvine Sports Complex on Sept. 4 against the Swift Current Broncos before closing it out on Sept. 14 at the Taber Community Centre against the Calgary ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tournier tuned up for another shot at Gas City title
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on June 13th, 2019
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Luke Tournier will look to climb back to the top of the leaderboard when the World Professional Chuckwagon Association returns to the half-mile at the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede grounds this evening. Tournier took top spot when the WPCA stopped in Medicine Hat two years ago, and after kicking off his season with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McCoy player commits to Olds
By Medicine Hat News on June 13th, 2019
One of Medicine Hat’s top high school basketball players is heading to play with the defending national college champions. Monsignor McCoy’s Halle Gjerlaug has committed to the Olds Broncos, according to a press release from the college Wednesday. “I was happy to come because I wanted more for my basketball career after high school,” Gjerlaug ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mohawks punch ticket to final
By Medicine Hat News on June 13th, 2019
It’ll be Hat High and McCoy in the high school soccer final next Monday after the Mohawks won their semifinal against the combined Crescent Heights and Eagle Butte team Wednesday. At the Methanex Bowl with a few dozen fans in attendance, the two semifinalists were locked in a 1-1 draw at halftime before Hat High ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another rough night at Athletic Park
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on June 13th, 2019
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Jarrett Joyner came ready to duel on Wednesday night at Athletic Park. The Brooks Bombers starting arm kept Medicine Hat’s offence restrained into the later innings while his bats steadily chipped away at Mavericks starter Brandon Ponticelli en route to a 10-5 victory. “Jarrett was outstanding today,” said Brooks head coach Kyle MacKinnon, whose ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Busy season for softball teams continues
By Medicine Hat News on June 13th, 2019
Softball season is in full swing in the Medicine Hat area with rep teams picking up tournament wins, the high school season wrapping up and a lot more games to come this summer. The Thunder under-14 team won their division at the Okotoks Fury Classic this past weekend, wrapping up gold with a 15-8 win ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Monarchs split long doubleheader with Royals
By Medicine Hat News on June 12th, 2019
Medicine Hat’s Moose Monarchs got a big shot in the arm Tuesday with an extra-inning win. Drew Niwa drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth inning as the American Legion baseball team beat the Billings Royals 4-3 at Jeffries Field. Heyden Harrison threw a complete game six-hitter for the Monarchs, who went ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rattlers get national award
By Medicine Hat News on June 12th, 2019
The Medicine Hat College athletics department was awarded a prestigious honour at the Canadian Collegiate Athletics Association’s banquet Tuesday. In Calgary, the Rattlers were named the winners of the CCAA Community Service Award, recognizing their work in the community. Medicine Hat boasted thousands of hours logged in the community in past years, helping out dozens ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Great weekend for Sun Devils
By Medicine Hat News on June 12th, 2019
With dozens of teams from out of town, the Medicine Hat Sun Devils knew having any of their teams win their hometown tournament would be a tall order. So when not one, not two, not even three but all four gold medal games at the Lax to the Max Tournament Sunday featured Sun Devils squads, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat High’s top athletic honours go to multiple-sport athletes
By Medicine Hat News on June 12th, 2019
Hat High held its athletic awards banquet Tuesday night, with the top awards going to a pair of multi-sport stars. Zach Campbell, who starred in football, wrestling and track and field in his final year of high school, picked up the male athlete of the year award. Brooklyn Kaczynski, a standout in basketball and track, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mavs continue to add faces
By SEAN ROONEY on June 12th, 2019
srooney@medicinehatnews.com@MHNRooney A couple new faces in the Medicine Hat Mavericks’ lineup gave the team a quicker, even more experienced look this past week. With Julien Ly likely out for the season after a disastrous collision in centre-field June 3, the team got a replacement in Freddy Walker who’s already stolen eight bases in his first ... Read More »
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