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Yardsticks the prize for bowlers

By Sean Rooney on August 29th, 2018

Medicine Hat News Precision was rewarded with a unique prize at the Medicine Hat Lawn Bowling Club Sunday. The club held what it called the Yardstick Tournament, in which all bowls winding up a yard from the jack (target) ball counted in the scoring. Usually only the team with the closest (or multiple closest) bowls ... Read More »

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Inside the CFL: Mid-season report card: Riders can still be the best

By None on August 28th, 2018

Labour Day marks the beginning of the second half of the CFL season. It kicks off with the traditional back-to-back matchups, Winnipeg at Saskatchewan, Edmonton in Calgary and Toronto at Hamilton. Montreal is in Ottawa while the B.C. Lions lick their wounds in a bye week. On June 12, I predicted Saskatchewan would finish first ... Read More »

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Burzminski plays well at MJT stop

By Sean Rooney on August 28th, 2018

Medicine Hat News A pair of Medicine Hat golfers were in the hunt at the Maple Leaf Junior Tour’s event in Swift Current over the weekend. Sixteen-year-old Nolan Burzminski pushed Lethbridge’s Rylie Seaman for two full rounds, finishing with rounds of 71 and 77 on the par-71, 6,386-yard layout at Elmwood Golf Course. Seaman won ... Read More »

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Dream comes true for Willms

By Sean Rooney on August 28th, 2018

srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney About a dozen years ago, a four-year-old Caleb Willms wrote a letter to a cousin who was playing on a junior A hockey team. “I said I want to play WHL with him one day,” said Willms after signing to play for the Medicine Hat Tigers Monday. “I’ve been thinking about this day ... Read More »

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Rattlers push each other at combine

By Ryan McCracken on August 28th, 2018

rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat College Rattlers hit the gym on Saturday. With training camps for all teams either started just around the corner, members of the men’s and women’s basketball, soccer, volleyball and golf teams met up to test their mettle at the college’s second annual athletic combine. “It’s a great opportunity for all ... Read More »

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Weich wins Men’s Open

By Ryan McCracken on August 27th, 2018

rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Raymond Weich had to dig deep on Sunday at the Medicine Hat Tennis Club. With his first MHTC Men’s Open title in six years up for grabs, Weich quickly found himself staring down a one-set deficit to reigning champion Calvin Heller — who has won the event four times in the past five ... Read More »

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Strong Saturday sets up final points race of the season at Speedway

By Ryan McCracken on August 27th, 2018

Medicine Hat News The drivers were out in full force on Saturday night at the Medicine Hat Speedway. Thomas Payne, Rich Cuhaime, Wayne Seaward, Blake Erb and Zack Schmidt all collected the checkered flag in their respective main events to set up the Speedway’s final points race, Sept. 8. Payne took top spot in the ... Read More »

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Hat’s Prosofsky making the most of Tigers training camp

By Ryan McCracken on August 27th, 2018

rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Hayden Prosofsky spent his childhood watching the Medicine Hat Tigers play at The Arena and Canalta Centre — and this weekend, he finally joined them on the ice. The 14-year-old Medicine Hat product was invited to attend training camp with the Tigers after an impressive season with the Canadian Sport School Bantam Hockey ... Read More »

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Wave of the future: Tigers camp concludes with all-prospects intrasquad game

By Ryan McCracken on August 27th, 2018

rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken All eyes were fixed on the future during Sunday’s Medicine Hat Tigers intra-squad game at the Canalta Centre. With all of Medicine Hat’s returning players watching the game from a box upstairs, the spotlight shifted squarely onto the shoulders of the team’s next wave of talent. And it didn’t disappoint. “I think they ... Read More »

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Smart diet, sound work ethic lead to impressive results for Tabbies winger Rybinski

By Ryan McCracken on August 25th, 2018

rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The term off-season doesn’t do Henry Rybinski’s summer justice. The 17-year-old Medicine Hat Tigers winger tacked on some size while honing his speed, skating and shot over the summer months and now sits poised for a career year in the Western Hockey League thanks to a smart diet and a sound work ethic. ... Read More »

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