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Bresbee, Desjarlais take Hat lawn bowling title
By Medicine Hat News on August 24th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Their husbands teamed up and won one title, but Jean Bresbee and Chelsea Desjarlais got the last laugh at the Medicine Hat Lawn Bowling Club. Bresbee and Desjarlais beat Wes Bresbee and Jeff Desjarlais 10-6 in the club’s year-end tournament final Tuesday, ensuring the boys didn’t get too high on themselves after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Earls Phantoms crowned City Cup champions
By Medicine Hat News on August 24th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat’s senior men’s soccer league came to a close Tuesday with the Earls Phantoms crowned City Cup champions. Earls beat the Wild 5-3, never trailing in the final match. Brendan Lutz, Dallas Neufeld and Cory Holton had first-half goals for Earls, with Tony Agbonkese getting one back. Anthoney Shields scored twice ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rams get first win at Methanex
By Sean Rooney on August 24th, 2017
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney It’s just an exhibition game, you might say. The starters only played the first quarter. And no, it doesn’t count in the standings. But make no mistake, the University of Regina Rams were far better than the University of Calgary Dinos Wednesday in Medicine Hat, a 39-3 exhibition football win emblematic of a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Plenty of new faces at Tigers’ training camp
By Ryan McCracken on August 24th, 2017
Medicine Hat News The boys are back and the ice is in. It’s time to get excited for hockey season. The Medicine Hat Tigers will start gearing up for the 2017-18 Western Hockey League season with tonight’s orientation, leading into the weekend’s training camp at the Canalta Centre. The Tigers can return as many as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Huff and Puff team wins in St. Albert
By Medicine Hat News on August 23rd, 2017
Medicine Hat News Smart, consistent hitting gave Medicine Hat’s Huff and Puff men’s slow pitch team a tournament win in St. Albert this past weekend. In a round robin, the 70-plus squad beat an Edmonton team 20-3, the Northern Slammers 23-10, the St. Albert Dynasty 17-9 and Calgary’s Bill’s Pick-Ups 15-4 to leave no doubt ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Champions race highlights this past weekend at Medicine Hat Drag Strip
By Medicine Hat News on August 23rd, 2017
Medicine Hat News There were lots of winners at the Medicine Hat Drag Strip this past weekend for their third-last set of races for the season. But with scheduled WDRL cars cancelled, one impromptu set of races drew some extra attention. Sunday’s class winners squared off in what was billed Member Track Madness, with Dunmore’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coehoorn looks back on career with Eskimos
By Southern Alberta Newspapers on August 23rd, 2017
Justin Seward Alberta Newspaper Group Former Edmonton Eskimo wide receiver and Redcliff native Nate Coehoorn decided to hang up the cleats from the gridiron for good this past April after six seasons, but not before winning a title with the green and gold. The 30-year-old won the 2015 Grey Cup with the Eskimos and it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ross caps amazing month
By Medicine Hat News on August 23rd, 2017
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney After a month that saw her travel to three separate major baseball tournaments, Redcliff’s Kaitlyn Ross got a reprieve Tuesday —and wisely spent it at West Edmonton Mall. “Hopefully tonight I’ll get a good sleep,” said the 16-year-old after a day of shopping. Given what she’s accomplished in the last few weeks, that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Semenok carries local torch at Methanex
By Sean Rooney on August 23rd, 2017
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney Nobody puts much stock in exhibition football games, but there is something to prove tonight when the Regina Rams and Calgary Dinos square off at Medicine Hat’s Methanex Bowl. The third-annual game pits two of the best teams in Canada West against each other, though this time around only one side will have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Juniors square off in tourney
By Medicine Hat News on August 22nd, 2017
Medicine Hat News Kids got a chance to compete at the Medicine Hat Tennis Club Saturday, taking to the court for the annual Tim Hortons Junior Open. Three age divisions saw action on a beautiful day on the courts. Ryder Siegers outlasted Amaly Bartman 8-5 in the teen group final. In 10-under play, it was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Benoy fifth in high hump at Legion track nationals
By Medicine Hat News on August 22nd, 2017
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat’s Lewis Benoy brought back a fifth-place finish from the National Legion Track and Field Championships in Brandon, Man. earlier this month. The 17-year-old cleared 1.86 metres in the high jump, his first try at the height, but went out at 1.91 metres. The winner, Winnipeg’s John Olukoju, cleared two metres. ... Read More »
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