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Hodgins wins junior stop in Banff
By Sean Rooney on May 23rd, 2018
Medicine Hat News Winning his first weekend on the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour this season was apparently a sign of things to come for Ryan Hodgins. The 15-year-old from Medicine Hat didn’t just win his second MJT stop in a row this past weekend in Banff, he ran away with the title. Hodgins shot ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boccia champ ready to defend on home floor
By Sean Rooney on May 23rd, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney Throwing some weighted bean bag-like balls around on a gym floor looks easy enough at first. Try talking to Aiden White about competitive boccia for five minutes, however, and it’s easy to see how much more there is to it. “It’s more just planning your shots around, if you want to block somebody ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trio of Mohawks help South to fourth straight win
By Sean Rooney on May 23rd, 2018
Medicine Hat News Three Hat High players finished their high school football careers on a winning note Monday in Edmonton. The South beat the North 38-23 at Foote Field in the 29th annual Senior Bowl all-star game, marking the fourth year in a row the South has emerged victorious. Mohawks defensive linemen Cody Lyons and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Watson wins race in Japan
By Sean Rooney on May 22nd, 2018
Medicine Hat News Asia proved to be a great place for Sage Watson to run this month. The professional sprinter from Seven Persons won the 400 metre hurdles Sunday at the Osaka Golden Grand Prix in Japan, one week after taking third at the IAAF’s Diamond League series event in Shanghai, China. “I’m so sad ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Legion ball teams each go 1-3
By Sean Rooney on May 22nd, 2018
Medicine Hat News Wins were hard to come by in the first tournament weekend for Medicine Hat’s two American Legion baseball teams. After opening-day wins Friday, both the Moose Monarchs and K of C Knights dropped their remaining games at events in Vauxhall and Lethbridge. For the Monarchs, Friday started well with a 7-6 win ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ready for a bigger role
By Sean Rooney on May 19th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney He knows there’s still lots to learn about being a professional football player, but Connor McGough is ready to take on a bigger role in his second year with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The 22-year-old Medicine Hat native spent the off-season in Calgary and headed back east this week for training camp. After spending ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Special Olympics: MacDonald golden at bowling nationals
By Sean Rooney on May 19th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat’s Special Olympics bowlers wrapped up their time at nationals in Prince Edward Island Friday, with one athlete claiming a gold medal and a team barely edged out of Saturday’s playoff round. Ten-pin bowler Mitchell MacDonald, 27, wound up the all-events champion in his Male 8 division, counting 1,299 pins — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sun Devils No. 2 surge to 7-0 start
By Ryan McCracken on May 18th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Sun Devils No. 2 are winning by committee. Six different players scored to extend the local peewee squad’s Southern Alberta Lacrosse League season-opening winning streak to seven games with a 6-4 victory over the Sun Devils No. 1 Thursday at the Kinplex. While the Sun Devils No. 1 racked ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Small dances out of danger
By Ryan McCracken on May 17th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Travis Small nearly lost his teeth Wednesday night at McCoy Field, but the Hat High Mohawks’ starting pitcher danced his way out of danger — literally, then figuratively. Small’s Mohawks had a narrow one-run lead in the fifth inning of Wednesday’s Southern Alberta High School Baseball League game against the Brooks Buffalos when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mohawks earn split
By Sean Rooney on May 17th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat’s high school boys rugby teams won one and lost one Wednesday. At Lethbridge, the Mohawks — who have players from all three Hat high schools but are officially from Hat High — played junior and varsity games against Winston Churchill. The varsity boys lost 39-14, with tries from Alex McNaughton ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Midget Sun Devils sweep through tournament in Sylvan Lake
By Sean Rooney on May 17th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat’s midget Sun Devils lacrosse team won a tournament in Sylvan Lake this past weekend. The Devils went 4-0, including a 7-5 championship final win over the host Buccaneers Sunday. Trailing 3-2 through two periods, Medicine Hat got two third-period goals each from Quinn Canadine and Ethan Machan, the eventual game-winner ... Read More »
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