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Ringette Roundup: Ringette team finishes weekend in Lethbridge with a win
By None on November 22nd, 2018
Medicine Hat News Game-by-game improvement was the story for Medicine Hat’s open C ringette team this past weekend in Lethbridge. Playing in the Chinook Ringette Tournament, the Kruse Glass Force opened with a tie, then took a couple losses before finishing with a win in Sunday’s bronze medal game. After falling 4-3 to the Calgary ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inside the CFL: Top Canadian the hardest one to pick ahead of awards night
By None on November 22nd, 2018
EDMONTON Tonight at the Winspear Theatre in Edmonton, the CFL awards will be presented to the most outstanding performers in six categories plus coach of the year. The honours are decided by 68 voters from the Football Reporters of Canada and the league’s head coaches. It is my privilege to be one of the voters. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WHL Roundup: Tigers trio noticed by NHL scouting
By Ryan McCracken on November 22nd, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat Tigers Mads Søgaard, Josh Williams and Ryan Chyzowski were all named in NHL Central Scouting’s updated players to watch list last week. Søgaard and Williams both earned B-ratings while Chyzowski picked up a C-rating after helping Medicine Hat to a 10-11-1-2 record. Søgaard joined up with the Tigers in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FAME: Coaches need to be supported
By None on November 21st, 2018
Coaching, though it can be a thankless task, has the potential to be one of the most fulfilling jobs a person can undertake. Whether coaching an under-7 soccer team or a national hockey team, the impact a coach has on the lives of their players is significant. Coaches have the position and ability to ignite ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hundreds of medals won at Marlins meet
By None on November 21st, 2018
Medicine Hat News Hundreds of swimmers churned the water at the Family Leisure Centre this past weekend at the Marlin Marquee Invitational. To no one’s surprise, the home teams had great results. Both the host Alberta Marlin Aquatic Club and Medicine Hat Waves came away with dozens of podium placements in the three-day event, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inside the CFL: Younger Campbell well on his way to Hugh status
By None on November 21st, 2018
The Campbells are CFL royalty, the first family of Canadian football. Father Hugh played in three Grey Cups with the Roughriders, including the team’s first championship in 1966. Son Rick played for Harry Ainley High School in Edmonton. Hugh was the Eskimos’ head coach from 1977 through ’82. After losing the Grey Cup game in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mavs on road to start ’19 season
By None on November 21st, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Mavericks will get their longest road trip out of the way early as they start the 2019 season. The defending champions in the newly-renamed Western Canadian Baseball League got their schedule finalized Monday and will open at home Thursday, May 30 against the Brooks Bombers. But after that they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Minor hockey: Tigers earn single point in lone game of weekend
By None on November 20th, 2018
Medicine Hat News For the second weekend in a row there was only one game on the slate for the South East Athletic Club midget 15-year-old Tigers. At Hockey Hounds Arena Saturday, the Tigers wound up with a 4-4 tie against the Calgary Rangers. Ethan Machan’s power play goal with 3:46 remaining salvaged the single ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Talons and Vikings off to provincials
By Justin Seward on November 20th, 2018
Justin Seward Alberta Newspaper Group The Eagle Butte Talons senior girls volleyball team lived up to their No. 1 seed at the South Zone championships. The Talons beat host Crescent Heights High School 3-0 in Saturday’s zone final to take the 3A banner. “It was nice because there was a lot of pressure on us,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inside the CFL: Wally synonymous with CFL greatness
By None on November 20th, 2018
I began writing about the CFL for the News in 1972, the same year Wally Buono signed with Montreal. His dad died when he was a boy and his Italian immigrant mother struggled to make ends meet. For a time she placed Wally and his brother in a reform school until she got back on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inside the CFL: Will weather be a factor again at Grey Cup?
By None on November 19th, 2018
The first question that comes to mind when one hears the Grey Cup will be played in Edmonton, is what will the weather be like? My first Grey Cup was 1974 when it rained cats and dogs in Vancouver, as linebacker Wally Buono’s Alouettes downed Edmonton 20-7. Calgary in 1975 (Eskimos 9, Montreal 8) and ... Read More »
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