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Watson claims silver with Team Canada in 4×400
By Medicine Hat News on August 12th, 2019
Sage Watson draped another medal around her neck at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru this weekend. The 25-year-old Seven Persons sprinter helped Canada clinch silver in the women’s 4×400-metre relay Saturday evening with a combined time of 3:27.01, adding to her gold earned Thursday in the 400-metre hurdles. Watson took the baton with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local under-15 girls squad set to defend home turf at Alberta Soccer Championship
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on August 10th, 2019
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Rattlers Athletic Soccer Club’s under-15 Tier 3 girls squad has been waiting all year to play a meaningful game on home turf. Well, it doesn’t get much more meaningful than the Alberta Soccer Championship. “It’s honestly really exciting because it’s not often that we get many teams to drive out here because they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mavericks face uphill climb
By Nick Kuhl on August 9th, 2019
nkuhl@lethbridgeherald.com@NKuhlHerald It is just one game into the playoffs, but the Lethbridge Bulls are already only one game away from the second round. And the Medicine Hat Mavericks are on the brink of elimination. Bulls DH Kaleb Warden hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth off Mavs reliever Junior Pimentel as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A city behind them: Hatters come out to support All-Stars ahead of Junior Little League World Series
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on August 9th, 2019
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The city came out in support of the Medicine Hat AAA All-Stars on Thursday evening at Jeffries Field. The local ball team recently became the first Hat squad in history to punch their ticket to the Junior Little League World Series, and on Thursday they welcomed an overwhelming amount of support from at a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Training Matters:
By Ed Stiles on August 9th, 2019
Prepare the body! Sorry to all the old school non-believers out there who think that things like stretching, foam rolling and warming up are just another coddling of soft kids and a waste of time. Twenty years ago, I agreed with you. But the reality of today’s youth is that they simply don’t move like ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Watson wins gold at Pan Am Games
By Medicine Hat News on August 9th, 2019
Sage Watson wrote another chapter into her storybook summer with a gold medal at the Pan American Games Thursday in Lima, Peru. The 25-year-old Seven Persons sprinter bested the field to take the top of the podium in the women’s 400-metre hurdles with a season-best time of 55:16. Watson placed second in the semifinal with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Soccer team finishes summer with a trophy
By Medicine Hat News on August 8th, 2019
Two Medicine Hat soccer teams were in Calgary this past weekend and brought home medals – one to close out its season and the other as a great lead-in to provincials. The Rattlers Academy Soccer Club under-11 boys are too young to enter in provincials, so finishing their summer with a win was pretty much ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dawgs win final game of regular season over Mavs
By Medicine Hat News on August 8th, 2019
It couldn’t have meant less in the standings, but with 3,626 fans looking on at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks, the Medicine Hat Mavericks weren’t able to finish their regular season with a win. The teams traded first-inning runs, then lazed their way until the home team earned a 6-1 win with five runs in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Legion teams celebrate season
By Medicine Hat News on August 8th, 2019
Ask Skyler Stromsmoe to rattle off the record of any of the teams he played for in his baseball career and he’s going to draw a blank. That was the advice the coach of the Medicine Hat Moose Monarchs gave to his players at the Monarchs and K of C Knights’ annual awards banquet Wednesday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tale of the tape shows similar sides
By Alta Newspaper Group on August 8th, 2019
The Lethbridge Bulls and Medicine Hat Mavericks open their Western Canadian Baseball League best-of-three first-round playoff series tonight at Spitz Stadium, with very little to choose between the teams. Lethbridge (31-25) was a game head of Medicine Hat (30-26) in the West Division standings, winning the season series 5-3. Kaleb Warden paced the Bulls’ offence ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sun Devils silver
By Medicine Hat News on August 8th, 2019
A Medicine Hat lacrosse team had a successful weekend south of the border, extending their season by being part of a major tournament and nearly winning it. At the U.S. Box Lacrosse Nationals in Huntington Beach, Calif., the Sun Devils fell 9-7 to the Atlanta Revolution in Sunday’s midget B final. Medicine Hat, whose league ... Read More »
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