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Peewee Hounds clinch provincial championship
By Ryan McCracken on April 2nd, 2018
Medicine Hat News Deegan Kinniburgh got to live out a dream on Sunday afternoon at the Flames Community Arena in Calgary. The Medicine Hat Hounds forward scored 17 seconds into double overtime to send his teammates pouring over the bench in a 2-1 provincial peewee AA championship victory over the Springbank Rockies. Springbank’s Aidan Larose ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Werre, Dolter win top awards at college’s athletic banquet
By Sean Rooney on March 31st, 2018
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat College held its annual athletic awards banquet Thursday and the top awards went to a pair of graduating stars. Kennedy Werre, who set multiple records with the women’s basketball team, was named female athlete of the year. Fellow fifth-year player Brodie Dolter, an all-conference player in men’s volleyball, got the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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!Down to their last life
By Ryan McCracken on March 31st, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Tigers will return to Dauphin in desperation mode. Ty Lewis potted a goal and added three assists to lead the Brandon Wheat Kings to a 5-2 win over Medicine Hat in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference quarter-finals on Friday at the Canalta Centre —leaving the Tigers teetering on the ... 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 »
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