May 9th, 2025

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Playoff Ward-en: Tigers overage forward rising to occasion

By JAMES TUBB on April 24th, 2025

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb For a majority of the population, the most wonderful time of the year comes in December. Ask Mat Ward, his favourite time of year isn’t when Santa Claus shows up, but when the lights turn bright. The Medicine Hat Tigers overage forward’s game has translated well in the playoffs as they get set for ... Read More »

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Clash in the Coulees Strongman competition returns to showcase sport

By JAMES TUBB on April 23rd, 2025

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Strength athletes from Western Canada will be back in the Hat to put their talent and will on display. The Clash in the Coulees strongman event returns for a second year, with athletes coming from across the prairies looking to showcase their strength and qualify for provincials. The second-year event will be held at ... Read More »

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Tigers work, watch and rest as East finals await

By JAMES TUBB on April 23rd, 2025

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb There’s nothing left for the Medicine Hat Tigers to do but watch and wait as their next opponent is finally decided tonight. The Tigers will join WHL Eastern conference fans who will be tuned into Victory+ or in Calgary’s Saddledome tonight for Game 7 of the second-round series between the Calgary Hitmen and the ... Read More »

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46th annual Rattle Run gets underway Saturday

By JAMES TUBB on April 23rd, 2025

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Registration is nearing a close for the Rattler Run. The 46th annual run around Medicine Hat College is Saturday with registration for the 3 km, 5 km and 10 km races open until Thursday. Race director and Rattlers cross-country coach Bill Corcoran says they’re excited to kick off the spring as usual. “The temperature ... Read More »

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Two second round Game 7s, can we make it three?

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 22nd, 2025

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Western Hockey League fans are getting their money’s worth in the second round. There are two decisive Game 7s on the slate to wrap up the second round and one Game 6, with more than a possibility of a Game 7 coming from that series as well. The Everett Silvertips host the Portland Winterhawks ... Read More »

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Tigers goaltending standing tall

By JAMES TUBB on April 22nd, 2025

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers have had a lot of success through two rounds of the WHL Playoffs. That success has started and stemmed from the back end. Tigers goaltenders have led the way for the orange and black, with overage net minder Harrison Meneghin atop the rest. The 20-year-old leads all qualified postseason goaltenders ... Read More »

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Trio of Hat boxers show well on weekend card in Weyburn

By Medicine Hat News on April 19th, 2025

@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Boxing Club was at a bout in Saskatchewan last weekend. The local boxing club sent three fighters to a show in Weyburn, Sask, with two of the three fighters returning with a win. Kade Steiger defeated Andrew Polomares from Weyburn by unanimous decision in the 42 kg Junior division. Gavin Russell ... Read More »

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Raiders showcase promise and potential in youth-propelled season

By JAMES TUBB on April 19th, 2025

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb It will take time to heal this wound but the Prince Albert Raiders will be stronger from it. The Raiders’ East division champion season came to a close Thursday night on home ice, falling 3-0 to the regular season Eastern conference champion Medicine Hat Tigers, the last loss of a 4-game sweep in the ... Read More »

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Player, coach football development team coming to Medicine Hat

By JAMES TUBB on April 19th, 2025

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Selects Football will be in Medicine Hat in June focusing on player and coach development. The Saskatchewan Selects Football Club will host an ID camp on June 1 at the Rick Boksteyn Field at Monsignor McCoy High School as part of the program’s ‘Rural Road Show’. The camp will focus on player and coach ... Read More »

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Alberta’s best bowlers gather in the Hat for five-pin championship

By BRENDAN MILLER on April 19th, 2025

bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Sounds of a bowling ball speeding across the freshly waxed softwood floor lane, towards a mocking group of pins, took over in Medicine Hat this week. Next came the rumble of impact as the ball sends the standing pins flying into the back pit. Action wraps up Saturday as more than 100 bowlers and ... Read More »

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How sweep it is: Tigers advance to East finals

By JAMES TUBB on April 19th, 2025

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers did the best they could, they’re back in Alberta and are East finals bound. The Tigers recorded a series sweep for the first time since 2017 with a 3-0 win Thursday at Prince Albert’s Art Hauser Centre, winning the second-round series with the Raiders 4-0. It’s the first East finals ... Read More »

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