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Lacroix going for gold
By Sean Rooney on March 31st, 2018
Medicine Hat News Janick Lacroix has his shot. At the national junior boxing championships in Edmonton Friday, the Medicine Hat Boxing Club fighter beat B.C.’s Elias Martinez to advance to Sunday’s final against Saskatchewan’s Thomas Gordon. After losing last year’s final in Quebec, Lacroix is back in position in the 70 kilogram division against a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sorry, there’s no magic pill
By Sean Rooney on March 31st, 2018
First off, Happy Easter! Secondly, in the last year, I have read or had a couple of questions regarding an “exercise pill.” The conversation usually goes as follows: an individual will come up to me and say something like, “If we have pills to help us sleep, relax, or inhibit our hunger, why don’t we ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hounds have great day at provincials
By Sean Rooney on March 31st, 2018
Medicine Hat News They’ve now got two losses on the year, but oh, how did the Medicine Hat peewee AAHounds respond. After dropping their opener 5-4 Thursday to the Springbank Rockies, the South Central Alberta HockeyLeague champs bounced back in a big way Friday with wins of 11-3 (over the Sherwood Park Jets)and 7-0 (over ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Irvine team wins at provincials
By Sean Rooney on March 29th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Irvine’s Bulldogs claimed the Hockey Alberta peewee D title Sunday. At Oyen, the team went unbeaten including a 5-2 win over Horse Lake in the championship game. Tavynn Schlaht and Kellin Hodgson each had two goals while Makhi Carriere added the fifth to complete the gold medal run. Kaige Schafer made 19 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wheat Kings top Tigers to tie series at 2-2
By Ryan McCracken on March 28th, 2018
The Western Hockey League’s Eastern Conference quarter-final series between the Medicine Hat Tigers and Brandon Wheat Kings is now a best-of-three. Five different Wheat Kings lit the lamp to lead Brandon back from a two-game series deficit and into a 2-2 tie with a 5-2 victory over Medicine Hat in Game 4 on Wednesday at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wheat Kings battle back into series with win over Tigers
By Ryan McCracken on March 27th, 2018
The Medicine Hat Tigers battled adversity to build up a 2-0 series over the Wheat Kings in the Western Hockey League’s Eastern Conference quarter-finals, but on Tuesday it was Brandon’s turn. After getting outscored 14-5 through the first two games of the series, the Wheat Kings entered Game 3 in Dauphin without starting goaltender Logan ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat’s Bell, Alberta fall to seeding pool
By Sean Rooney on March 27th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Team Alberta —including Medicine Hat’s Sandy Bell — is out of the hunt at the midway point of the Canadian Senior Curling Championships. At Stratford, Ont., the Alberta side skipped by Calgary’s Terri Loblaw and including lead Cheryl Hall, Bell at second and Judy Pendergast at third is 2-4 after dropping a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Force turns up ringette title
By Sean Rooney on March 27th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney With less than a dozen games together leading up to this past weekend, it’s fair to say Medicine Hat’s Force ringette team had tempered expectations. A handful of the Open C-division players drove from as far away as Calgary to play with their hometown team, and without a regular goalie they got help ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Training Ground also a homecoming for Lay
By Ryan McCracken on March 26th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Medicine Hat’s best and brightest young athletes swarmed the Family Leisure Centre on Saturday morning to showcase their potential in front of some of the country’s top sports organizations, and hometown Olympian Kirsti Lay was on hand to cheer them all on. The Medicine Hat-born cyclist won bronze in team pursuit at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MacPherson out, Nassen also hurt, Wheaties’ Thompson suspended
By Ryan McCracken on March 26th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Medicine Hat Tigers defenceman Dylan MacPherson will be on the shelf for at least a few weeks and fellow blueliner Linus Nassen is listed as day-to-day after both were knocked out of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarter-final series against Brandon on a series of checks from 6-foot-5, 252-pound Wheat Kings winger ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rassell’s rise
By Ryan McCracken on March 24th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Every off-season brings a plethora of changes to all Western Hockey League franchises, but few faces will be missed by fans more than Mark Rassell. While the Medicine Hat Tigers captain’s major junior career will conclude at the end of the playoffs, Rassell says it’s been an honour to wear orange and black ... Read More »
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