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Slice of the Game: Understanding shoulder and hip rotation can help your golf swing
By None on September 6th, 2018
The backswing and the downswing phases of the golf swing have dramatically different needs and considerations. Confusion and frustration often present themselves when a player tries to simply mirror the various swing requirements in both directions. Having a solid understanding of what is required, and when, is an important step toward increasing your physical progress ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rassell likes his options
By Ryan McCracken on September 6th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Mark Rassell isn’t taking any chances when it comes to his future. The former Medicine Hat Tigers captain touched down in Los Angeles Wednesday to forge a potential career with the Kings. But if an entry-level contract isn’t in the cards, Rassell will head to the University of New Brunswick to play with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vikings, Mohawks both ranked on the gridiron
By None on September 5th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The high school football season has begun with all three Medicine Hat-area teams in action leading up to their first home dates. Both Crescent Heights and Hat High earned top-10 positions in the first Football Alberta power rankings of the season. Released Monday, the Vikings were No. 6 among Tier 3-size schools ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Buckles handed out at team roping memorial
By None on September 5th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Believe it or not, there were actually less teams at the Memory Lane Team Roping Memorial this past weekend than a year ago. Still, 1,552 headers and heelers made sure it was a grand celebration. The annual event saw lots of impressive times and plenty of emotion as the buckles donated in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A round to remember
By Sean Rooney on September 4th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney Sure, it was just one round out of three she had to play at the 85th Southeastern Open. But oh, what a round it was for Becky Martin. The Medicine Hat golfer shot an incredible 7-under 66 Saturday at Connaught Golf Club, believed to be the lowest round ever shot in competitive women’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inside the CFL: Both Bombers and Redblacks fans on edge
By None on September 4th, 2018
Despite an interception that set up a touchdown on their first possession, a blocked field goal and a punt return for a touchdown, and a third quarter fumble at the enemy 31 yard line, the visiting Winnipeg Blue Bombers were only only one point behind Saskatchewan with less than three minutes remaining. They lost 31-23 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers split exhibition set with Hurricanes
By Ryan McCracken on September 4th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken TABER The Medicine Hat Tigers exacted a bit of pre-season revenge on Saturday at the Taber Civic Centre. After falling in overtime to the Lethbridge Hurricanes Friday at the Enmax Centre, the Tabbies bounced back with a 6-3 victory to set the stage for the season to come by splitting the two-game set ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricanes win thanks to vet
By None on September 1st, 2018
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald LETHBRIDGE Let the game-time auditions begin. The Lethbridge Hurricanes and Medicine Hat Tigers took that first step Friday night, kicking off their pre-seasons in a back-and-forth affair that went to overtime before the Canes snagged a 5-4 win at the Enmax Centre. As both teams’ younger players looked to make an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Legion teams to host sessions
By Sean Rooney on September 1st, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat’s American Legion Baseball program is already looking to the future. Moose Monarchs coaches Skyler Stromsmoe and Adam Moser will lead a quartet of camp sessions at Jeffries Park starting next week, designed to get a first look at potential players for Legion teams next season. The sessions are open to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers sign a pair of draftees
By Sean Rooney on September 1st, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Tigers signed another two players from their 2018 bantam draft class Friday. Fourth-round selection Ashton Ferster and fifth-round pick Rhett Parsons both affirmed their intention to play for the Tigers at some point in the future. Both got ice time in a 5-4 overtime loss at Lethbridge to open ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Roping event started small
By Sean Rooney on August 31st, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney It started in memory of one young man taken too soon. Eight years later, the Memory Lane Team Roping Memorial has become a full weekend of camaraderie with so many people it honours that you simply can’t name them all. “The original spot, even before the eight years there was a really really ... Read More »
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