Local Sports
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 »
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 »
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