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Wild pitch forces deciding Game 5
By Sean Rooney on August 10th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney Aug. 10 has not been kind to the Medicine Hat Mavericks. Each of the past three years it’s the date on which their season has come to an end. It looms large again after the Edmonton Prospects dramatically forced Game 5 in their Western Major Baseball League semifinals. The Prospects beat the Mavs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fuel yourself for the season to come
By None on August 10th, 2018
For many athletes the summer months are a key time for off-season training. Healthy snacks and meals are important to provide enough energy and protein for athletes to train and build strength and endurance. But with the summer heat we experience in Southern Alberta it can be challenging for anyone, including athletes, to want to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Olympic dreams
By Sean Rooney on August 10th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney Kyla Leibel remembers being 10 years old, huddled around a computer screen in the Alberta Marlin Aquatic Club’s office upstairs at the Family Leisure Centre. They were watching teammate Tianna Rissling compete for a spot at the Olympics. Six years later, Leibel finds herself on a similar path as someone she idolized. “I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grabbing hockey by the horns
By Ryan McCracken on August 9th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney Driving up to the Family Leisure Centre Wednesday you might have thought there was a rodeo school going on. Kids outside gleefully roping fake calves. Inside, rodeo legend Robert Bowers held court with room-fulls of youth, telling stories of his days at the National Finals Rodeo and showing off the cheque for $85,677 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mud Bog returns to strip for 10th summer
By Ryan McCracken on August 9th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Things are about to get dirty at the Medicine Hat Drag Strip. The Medicine Hat Boggers Mug Bog returns to the local strip for 10th consecutive year of filth-flinging fun on Saturday afternoon, and organizer Derek Yanke says the action seems to ramp up on annual basis. “Every year it seems our crowd ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Patience pays off in Game 3
By Ryan McCracken on August 9th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney Patience, they preached after giving up a seven-run inning Tuesday. Patience, they preached again after going down three runs Wednesday. Finally, the Medicine Hat Mavericks rewarded themselves, staying the course and exploding for a 14-3 win over the Edmonton Prospects in Game 3 of their Western Major Baseball League semifinal series. Now up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Life, golf aren’t always fair
By None on August 9th, 2018
Golf is a metaphor for life. I have been in and around this great game since 1986, and to this day, it still continues to teach me countless lessons about myself, life, relationships and happiness. What exactly has the game reminded me of recently? Enjoying myself each and every day has more to do with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Routine matters in baseball, even before the game starts
By Sean Rooney on August 8th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney There’s Sal Rodriguez, serious look on his face, headphones on, sitting in the first seat of the first row in section C. Go around to the patio at Athletic Park 90 minutes before game time and there’s Jared Libke, arms on the rail, staring out at the field. And Jaxson Hooge in one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Big inning sinks Mavericks
By Sean Rooney on August 8th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney They say hitting is infectious. So when the Edmonton Prospects got a couple in Tuesday’s playoff game against the host Medicine Hat Mavericks, the bug spread. An eight-hit, seven-run third inning propelled the Prospects to a 7-6 win at Athletic Park, earning the exact road split in the best-of-five Western Division finals they’ve ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WMBL seniors cherish their final shot at league title
By Sean Rooney on August 7th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney It’s now or never for 13 players involved in the Western Major Baseball League’s Western semifinals. As the league only allows college-eligible players on rosters, those who’ve finished their senior seasons are acutely aware they’ll be done sometime in the next two weeks. “It’s a surreal feeling, a feeling I kind of don’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Manziel in awfully tough spot with terribly bad Alouettes team
By None on August 7th, 2018
Finally! The moment everybody had been waiting for! The unveiling of Johnny “Football” Manziel or as TSN’s Rod Black loudly proclaimed at the beginning of the telecast, “A new era in Montreal and the CFL is about to begin.” It turned out to be more like the prom scene in Sissy Spacek’s “Carrie.” He was ... Read More »
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