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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!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!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!Hat team wins oldtimers baseball title in Charlottetown
By Sean Rooney on August 7th, 2018
Medicine Hat News They’ve hosted the tournament three times but only one Medicine Hat team had ever won at the Canadian National Oldtimers Baseball Federation championships. And now there’s a second. The Medicine Hat Oilmen beat the Regina Drifters 13-0 Monday in Charlottetown, P.E.I. to claim the 43-over division Tier 2 crown. The Medicine Hat ... 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 »
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!Bonus power wins Game 1
By Sean Rooney on August 7th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney David Salgueiro might be known for his feet, but the Medicine Hat Mavericks centre-fielder is doing damage with his bat in these playoffs too. Salgueiro swung, flipped his bat about seven feet in the air and watched his two-run home run sail over the fence in the fourth inning of Monday’s Western Major ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Third time’s the charm
By Ryan McCracken on August 6th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Medicine Hat Mavericks pitcher Jared Libke is convinced the third time will be the charm. The Mavericks are set to open a third consecutive Western Major Baseball League Western Division final against the Edmonton Prospects after dropping each of the past two meetings as the higher seed. While it’s an eerily similar situation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat juniors settle for third at nationals
By Ryan McCracken on August 6th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat’s junior AAA All-Stars settled for a third-place finish at the Junior Little League Canadian Championship after falling one run shy of reaching the finals in Saturday’s 4-3 loss to the host Lethbridge Junior Bulls. Medicine Hat bounced back from the narrow setback to take third place at the national tournament ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local squad takes second at BCA Pool League World Championships
By Ryan McCracken on August 6th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Five local pool players made the trip to the Rio in Las Vegas for the Billiard Congress of America World 8-Ball Championships last month and returned home as world silver medallists. The team of Alex Pettyjohn, Dennis Porth Jr., Kim Bohnet, Sean Mckay and Jenman Luk —dubbed fLUKie shtz — battled their way ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mavs advance
By Ryan McCracken on August 4th, 2018
Nick Kuhl Lethbridge Heraldnkuhl@lethbridgeherald.com The Medicine Hat Mavericks used a six-run third inning to stake a lead they would not give up Friday. For good measure, they put up seven more runs in the fifth. It helped them clinch the series 3-1 and eliminate the Lethbridge Bulls from the 2018 season. Carson Johnson had six ... Read More »
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