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Hat indoor under-18 boys teams each start provincials with W’s
By Sean Rooney on March 17th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat is hosting a pair of under-18 boys indoor soccer provincial championships this weekend, and both host teams got off to a great start Friday. At the Family Leisure Centre, both the Tier 2 and Tier 3 Rattlers Academy Soccer Club squads opened with wins over Calgary sides. First, the Tier ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Colts girls shooting for bronze at 3Achampionship
By Sean Rooney on March 17th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Losing a zone final made the Monsignor McCoy Colts play an extra game at provincials this week. The defending Alberta 3A girls basketball champs won it, and now they’ll play for bronze. At Cochrane, McCoy lost 70-52 to top-ranked St. Peter the Apostle Friday night in a semifinal. It was their third ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Peewee girls earn spot in provincial semifinal round
By Sean Rooney on March 17th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Brianna Finke had two first-period goals and Maddy Ferguson made 14 saves as the Medicine Hat Wildcats improved to 2-0 at the peewee B girls hockey provincials Friday with a 2-1 win over Innisfail. At the Kinplex, Finke’s goals stood up as the hosts outshot Innisfail 27-15. Alexandra Evans scored with 3:42 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shooting woes doom Rattlers women
By Sean Rooney on March 17th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney The numbers are simply not with the Medicine Hat College Rattlers. Through two games at the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association women’s basketball finals in New Brunswick, the Rattlers have shot an atrocious 28 per cent from the field, 16 per cent from beyond the three-point line and a meagre 60 per cent from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cinderella story falls short for Mohawks
By Ryan McCracken on March 17th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Hat High Mohawks’ Cinderella story came to an end on Friday at the Alberta Schools Athletic Association 4A boys basketball championship. While the host and 13th-seeded Mohawks kicked off the tournament with an upset — edging out the No. 4 St. Mary’s Saints — they finally met their match in an 88-57 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers officially book playoff series date with Brandon
By Ryan McCracken on March 17th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Tigers brought some meaning to Saturday’s regular season finale with a 4-2 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Friday at the Enmax Centre. Ryan Chyzowski scored with just over two minutes left in regulation to lead the Tigers out of a two-game skid and knot up their season series with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat girls win first game at peewee provincials
By Sean Rooney on March 16th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat’s Wildcats might have got a spot at peewee B girls hockey provincials because they’re the hosts, and on Thursday they proved they’re no host team to take lightly. The Wildcats beat the Lethbridge Cyclones 5-2 at the Kinplex, never trailing and constantly putting pressure on their opposition. Affiliate player Jayda ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hollett hopes to return to Tigers lineup Saturday
By Ryan McCracken on March 16th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Medicine Hat Tigers goaltender Jordan Hollett is back in the nick of time. The sixth-round Senators draft pick made the trip to Ottawa over the weekend and got the green light from by his big league club after missing the past 15 games with a knee injury. While nothing is concrete, Hollett says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Devo FC clinches men’s indoor soccer title
By Ryan McCracken on March 16th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Earls Phantoms got the last laugh, but there was no stopping Devo FC from taking this year’s Medicine Hat Senior Men’s Indoor Soccer League crown. Matt Wilson scored twice to lead Earls to an 8-7 win over Devo in their final game of the season on Sunday at the Family Leisure ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Salta girls tumble to podium at Airdrie meet
By Sean Rooney on March 15th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Salta Gymnastics members were in Airdrie this past weekend for the Gymnastics on the Edge competition, and proved they belong with the province’s best at the right time of year. Olivia Chenard and Kristen Friesen finished 1-2 in the Level 6 all-around for their age group, each finishing with three podium spots ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smash take provincial spot in OT
By Sean Rooney on March 14th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Another Medicine Hat Ringette team is off to provincials. The Smash open B team won 6-5 in overtime against the Central Alberta Sting this past weekend in Rockyford, earning them a spot in this weekend’s championships. Kayty Smith had two goals while Hope Boychuk, Jody Lamb, Michelle Plante and Mahala Boychuk got ... Read More »
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