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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 »
Be the first to comment!Lacroix named boxer of the year
By Sean Rooney on May 15th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Provincial and national titles might be the in-ring highlights of his season but Janick Lacroix can add another huge accomplishment to his boxing resume for 2018. Lacroix, fighting out of the Medicine Hat Boxing Club, was named the best boxer in Alberta this past weekend at an awards ceremony in Edmonton. According ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat team second
By Sean Rooney on May 15th, 2018
Medicine Hat News A team from Gas City CrossFit won second place at a competition in Red Deer this past weekend. Kaine Dick and Brittny Jordan paired up for the mixed prescribed event at Riot on the River, held at Pure Fitness in Red Deer. Fifth after the opening event, they put up two third-place ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wyrostok, four Tigers draft picks invited to Team Alberta camp
By Sean Rooney on May 15th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat’s Caleb Wyrostok was drafted into the WHL last week, and this week he’s one step closer to the Canada Winter Games. The local forward was among 80 named to Hockey Alberta’s under-16 summer camp in Camrose July 3-8, which is part of the selection process ahead of the 2019 Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thunder softball team has great first league weekend
By Sean Rooney on May 15th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The resurgence in Medicine Hat softball is continuing with its top team entering a league — and starting off pretty darn well. The Medicine Hat Thunder under-16 team went 4-1 in their first weekend of play in the Girls Prairie League of Softball, capping it off with a wild, come-from-behind 7-6 win ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Taking back the Hat
By Ryan McCracken on May 12th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Crescent Heights Vikings are aiming to take back the Hat. While the Hat High Mohawks have built up Rangeland Football Conference dynasty with four consecutive championships, the Vikings recently recruited former fulback Sean Davis as head coach — and he’s making it his mandate to put Crescent Heights back on top of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Junior darts players headed to nationals
By Sean Rooney on May 11th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney There are a lot of skills required to be a provincial champion in darts. Hand-eye coordination. Focus. And, of course, math. Two junior players from Medicine Hat have proved they’ve got those and more, and the benefit isn’t just that they get to go to Drummondville, Que. May 16-21 for youth nationals. “When ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mohawks start drive for five
By Ryan McCracken on May 11th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Hat High Mohawks football team officially started their drive for five with an impressive outing at Thursday’s high school football jamboree at the Methanex Bowl. Hat High has strung together four consecutive Rangeland Football Conference championships to solidify their status as the team to beat entering next fall. While the position leaves ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hodgins wins junior tourney for second year in a row
By Sean Rooney on May 10th, 2018
Medicine Hat News For the second year in a row, Medicine Hat’s Ryan Hodgins has started the junior golf season with a win. The 15-year-old fired a final-round 6-under 65 Sunday to claim first in his division at the Maple Leaf Junior Tour’s Alberta Spring Classic in Lethbridge. Hodgins, now at the bottom of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rubins living the dream
By Ryan McCracken on May 10th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Kristians Rubins spent the past two years building a name for himself in the Western Hockey League —and last week he got to bring a taste of that action back home to Latvia. The 20-year-old Medicine Hat Tigers defenceman closed the book on his major junior career last month but immediately moved into ... Read More »
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