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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!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 »
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!Colts steamroll to 16-0 win over Talons in five frames
By Sean Rooney on May 9th, 2018
Medicine Hat News It was a one-sided affair at Athletic Park Tuesday as the Monsignor McCoy Colts beat Eagle Butte’s Talons 16-0 in a mercy-rule shortened high school baseball game. Eagle Butte managed just one hit off McCoy pitcher Ethan Boutkan, a first-inning triple by Eric Lust. But he was stranded on third and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Club teams finish strong at provincials
By Sean Rooney on May 9th, 2018
Medicine Hat News It was a fantastic weekend for Medicine Hat’s club volleyball teams as they wrapped up provincial tournaments in Calgary and Edmonton. Between 16-under and 15-under girls divisions, there was a gold medal winner, a silver and a fourth-place top-division finish that might be the best ever for a South East Alberta Volleyball ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rugby team tops in Vulcan
By Sean Rooney on May 8th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Their ultimate goal is a banner, but Medicine Hat’s high school boys rugby team now has a trophy to show for their efforts thus far this season. The Mohawks — made up of players from all three Hat high schools —came out victorious at the Star Trek Tournament in Vulcan this past ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bullion to play CIS in Oshawa
By Sean Rooney on May 8th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Michael Bullion has decided where his hockey career is going next. The ex-Medicine Hat Tigers goaltender was introduced as the newest member of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology’s team Monday in Oshawa. Bullion, who turns 21 next week, graduated as an overager from the WHL with a 45-31-5 regular season ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nine gymnasts top divisions in Okotoks
By Sean Rooney on May 8th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Provincials might be the high point of the gymnastics season but there are still meets afterwards in the competitive circuit, and Medicine Hat’s Salta Gymnastics Club members took full advantage of one this past weekend in Okotoks. At the Mountain Magic Invitational, Salta kids combined for 62 medals and nine all-around champions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Athletes get proper sendoff
By Ryan McCracken on May 8th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Eight local athletes are gearing up for the Special Olympics Canada Bowling Championships in Prince Edward Island later this month, and they got a proper sendoff Saturday afternoon at the Elks Lodge. Friends, family and supporters stopped by the lodge to wish the seven bowlers and one powerlifter luck while signing a few ... Read More »
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