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Lacrosse: Teams wrap up regular season schedules in busy weekend
By Sean Rooney on June 20th, 2018
Medicine Hat News With playoffs on the horizon, Medicine Hat lacrosse teams had a crazy weekend wrapping up the respective regular seasons. For a few teams, that meant doubleheaders both Saturday and Sunday —not that they seemed to slow down by the end of the ride. One Sun Devils’ peewee team went 3-1, finishing their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Softball: Thunder take silver in league
By Sean Rooney on June 20th, 2018
Medicine Hat News There was no expansion draft, no multi-million dollar contracts, but let’s call the Medicine Hat Thunder the Vegas Golden Knights of Prairie League Softball anyhow. The under-16 girls team joined the league this year and got all the way to the championship final Sunday before falling 7-2 to the host Unity Panthers. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Werre leads at Alberta Open
By Sean Rooney on June 20th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Redcliff’s Ryan Werre has come out firing at the Alberta Open. The 25-year-old shot a 6-under 66 at River Spirit Golf Club near Calgary Tuesday, the best score of the first round by a shot thanks to six birdies and no bogeys. Werre didn’t get under par until the sixth hole, but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Juniors go 5-0 in Kindersley
By Sean Rooney on June 20th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Seemingly always in the running for a national title, Medicine Hat’s junior AAA all-star baseball team has started exactly how you’d expect them to. The squad went 5-0 at a tournament in Kindersley this past weekend, wrapping up the title with a 5-2 win over the host Royals Sunday afternoon. Other wins ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mavericks’ streak snapped
By Sean Rooney on June 19th, 2018
Medicine Hat News For 10 straight games nobody could seem to tame the Medicine Hat Mavericks’ bats. The Mavs still put up some offence Monday in Edmonton, but their double-digit winning streak came to an end. At Re/Max Field, the Prospects earned an 8-5 win, never trailing and getting the go-ahead runs in the sixth ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Home track advantage at strip
By Sean Rooney on June 19th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Drag racers brought the horsepower at the Medicine Hat Drag Strip’s points races this past weekend. In junior thunder, it was High River’s Morgan Caron dominating with wins both Saturday and Sunday. Redcliff’s Kyle Wagenaar took the Saturday junior lightning title before being eliminated by Medicine Hat’s Tanner Gaetz in Sunday’s semifinal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat swimmers do well at Southern Alberta championships in home pool
By Sean Rooney on June 19th, 2018
Medicine Hat News For the second straight weekend, the Alberta Marlin Aquatic Club hauled in 40 medals at a swim meet. But this was no ordinary meet. With Medicine Hat’s Family Leisure Centre the host facility for the Southern Alberta championships, both Marlin and Medicine Hat Waves athletes showed what they can do against a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Great results for track athletes at Calgary meet
By Sean Rooney on June 19th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Track and field season continued for Medicine Hat and area athletes affiliated with one of the region’s club teams at the huge Caltaf Classic in Calgary this past weekend. Unsurprisingly, many of them wound up on the podium, some with numerous medals. Josh Suelzle won both discus (with a 39.40-metre hurl) and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sun Devils drop final home game of regular season
By Ryan McCracken on June 18th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Sun Devils closed the book on their home campaign with a frustrating 10-6 loss to the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League-best High River Heat in Tier 2 junior B action Saturday at the Kinplex. The loss left Sun Devils forward Zach Wilson wanting more, but he says the effort is still ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Monarchs off to hot start at Mary Oikawa
By Ryan McCracken on June 16th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Moose Monarchs are off to a hot start at the Mary Oikawa Memorial baseball tournament following an 11-8 victory over the host Lethbridge Elks to kick off the weekend Friday. Jack Suhai kept Lethbridge’s pitchers and hitters on their heels after combining a relief pitching victory with 4 RBI ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Walters sitting pretty through two runs
By Ryan McCracken on June 16th, 2018
Medicine Hat News JohnWalters is on pace to reclaim his World ProfessionalChuckwagon Association Medicine Hat title. The Delburne, Alta., product took the top time at the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede for a second consecutive night — besting Thursday’s 1:03.28 with a time of 102.27 Friday — to lead the aggregate by nearly two seconds ... Read More »
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