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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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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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 »

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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 »

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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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