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Gold, bronze at indoor provincials
By Sean Rooney on March 20th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney Two Medicine Hat-based indoor soccer teams finished on the podium at provincials this past weekend, including one on home turf and another that brought home a title. While the under-18 boys Tier 2 Rattlers Athletic Soccer Club won bronze at the Family Leisure Centre Sunday, the under-14 boys Tier 2 Rattlers were in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Host girls take provincial silver at the Kinplex
By Sean Rooney on March 20th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat’s peewee B girls hockey team had a magnificent run to the provincial final on home ice, then gave the Olds Grizzlys everything they could handle. In the end, though, the Grizzlys wound up with the title banner Sunday at the Kinplex, thanks to a 2-1 overtime win in front of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Streak over but peewee Hounds still earn spot at provincials
By Sean Rooney on March 20th, 2018
Medicine Hat News In the end, the Medicine Hat peewee AA Hounds are off to provincials —like most of their fans thought they’d be. But they’re going without the weight of a season-long unbeaten streak on their shoulders. At Lacombe Saturday, the Central Alberta Selects ended Medicine Hat’s streak with a 5-4 win that forced ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricanes snap eight-game slide with win over Tigers
By Ryan McCracken on March 17th, 2018
The Lethbridge Hurricanes snapped a lengthy losing streak without a moment to spare on Saturday night at the Canalta Centre. Logan Barlage scored just over one minute into the third to snap a tie game and lead Lethbridge out of an eight-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the Medicine Hat Tigers in their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Enjoying the ride
By Sean Rooney on March 17th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney The coaching staff of the Medicine Hat Hounds’ unbeaten peewee AA team has a pretty straightforward job these days, though nobody would necessarily qualify it as easy. “It’s a full-time job to keep them on the ground,” said head coach James King. “We just go shift-by-shift, we break it down into mini-games. Five-minute ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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!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!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 »
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