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Jevne expected to return this weekend after missing time with injury
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on March 1st, 2019
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Tigers could be getting a sorely-needed boost with the potential return of veteran winger Ryan Jevne this weekend. Jevne suffered an upper-body injury on Feb. 16 and has been forced to watch from the stands as his team’s losing streak reached six games last weekend. But after a six-day break, Jevne ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers fighting for playoff spot
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on March 1st, 2019
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken With just two points separating the Medicine Hat Tigers from the wrong side of the wild card race, it’s safe to say the playoffs have already begun. The Tigers (31-24-3-2) have just eight games left to correct their course and steer into the post-season for a third consecutive year. While it heaps the pressure ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FAME: Specialized warm-up can reduce injuries
By Kayla Repas (FAME) on February 28th, 2019
We all know that participating in physical activity and sport poses its own risk of injury, however most of these injuries are preventable. A three-year study in Calgary junior high schools with the partnership of the University of Calgary’s Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre and Ever Active Schools showed that students who participated in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rattler basketball teams begin conference playoffs tonight in northern Alberta
By Medicine Hat News on February 28th, 2019
On the heels of the best regular season they’ve ever had, the Medicine Hat College Rattlers women’s basketball team enters playoffs tonight in Fort McMurray as something they’ve never been before. Favourites. The 18-3 team that went to nationals last year came back with a deeper bench, more veteran firepower and, perhaps most importantly, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vikings embody toughness in championship loss to Rebels
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on February 28th, 2019
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Vikings brought the Southeast Basketball Conference junior varsity basketball championship right down to the wire on Wednesday night at Crescent Heights. Despite trailing by double digits early, the Vikings rallied to erase the deficit and steal away a narrow lead in the final two minutes of the game, but three straight layups from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SEAC boys earn first playoff win
By Medicine Hat News on February 27th, 2019
Edit: The original version of this story incorrectly stated the final score. It’s just one win, but it represents a whole lot more. On Tuesday in Okotoks, the South East Athletic Club’s bantam AAA Tigers beat the Oilers 4-3 to open their best-of-three opening round playoff series. It’s the first playoff win ever by a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kuntz adds one last accolade in final home game with Rattlers
By Medicine Hat News on February 23rd, 2019
Medicine Hat News Kendell Kuntz closed the book on her Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference career at Medicine Hat College on an all-time high. The Medicine Hat Rattlers guard drained four three-pointers in Friday’s 76-52 victory over the St. Mary’s Lightning at the Snake Pit to finish her women’s basketball career ranked second all-time in the ... Read More »
1 responseCubs keeping heads high after loss to Coaldale
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on February 23rd, 2019
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken RYAN MCCRACKEN rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com Twitter: MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Travelodge Cubs were dealt their first loss of the Heritage Junior Hockey League post-season on Friday night in a 3-1 loss to the Coaldale Copperheads at the Kinplex, but they’re keeping their heads held high. While it leaves the Cubs in a 1-1 stalemate through two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pair of local club’s athletes take top spot at indoor track provincials
By Medicine Hat News on February 21st, 2019
Two local track club members won provincial indoor title this past weekend. At the Alberta Indoor Games in Edmonton, Renae Ryan and Maxwell Archibald of the Bulldogs club garnered first-place finishes, though in each case their competition literally didn’t show up. Ryan, in the women’s under-20 pentathlon, wound up the lone competitor when Calgary’s Lisa ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hawks golden at Junior Olympics
By Medicine Hat News on February 21st, 2019
Two Medicine Hat Hawks wrestlers had great results in Edmonton this past weekend. At the Junior Olympics meet at the University of Alberta, both Kiana Ivey and Kade Linford won their respective divisions. Ivey came out victorious in her junior high 48 kilogram class, beating a field of five. Linford, in the novice boys division, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another powerlifter set national records
By Medicine Hat News on February 21st, 2019
There were even more records set by Hat powerlifters at the Iron Challenge competition Saturday than we first realized. Mel Perron of the host Gas City CrossFit location claimed national Raw federation records in all three of her lifts. Perron, 43 and in the 90-plus kilogram division, put up a squat of 132.5 kilograms, a ... Read More »
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