Sports

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat College Rattlers’ men’s soccer team started their season on a winning note. The Rattlers men’s team won both of their first two matches at home in shutout fashion, blanking the Red Deer Polytechnic 2-0 on Saturday before taming the Olds College Broncos 11-0. In Saturday’s win, Aleksa Bijelic and Joao Nascimento [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Tennis Club crowned a new mixed doubles champion this weekend. Emilee Krushel and Brent Meyer defeated Tracy and Calvin Heller (6-4, 7-5), ending the Heller’s run of 10 straight wins. In the B division, Dawn Olson and Mike Fentabil defeated CoraLee Riehl and Quinlan McElroy-O’Driscoll (6-2, 6-3). Joe Ciona and Pam [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Boksteyn Bowl Cup will remain at Monsignor McCoy High School for another year. The McCoy Colts beat the Crescent Heights Vikings 31-27 on Friday in the fifth annual Rick Boksteyn Bowl dedicated to the former football coach. Boksteyn, who passed in 2020, helped coach the Colts and the Vikings at different times over [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers’ veterans got their first opportunities of the preseason over the weekend. The Tigers deployed five skaters who played games last season in Saturday’s 4-2 preseason win at Co-op Place over the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Carter Cunningham scored to open the game, and two newcomers, Yaroslav Bryzgalov and Kyle Heger, scored in [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Medicine Hat Tigers fans will get their lone look at the preseason roster this weekend. The Tigers host the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Saturday, the only home game of the preseason calendar. They’ll finish the exhibition season next weekend in Whitehorse, Yuk. with a two-game set against the Kelowna Rockets as part of the Whitehorse [...] Read More »

Detroit Tigers (83-62, first in the AL Central) vs. New York Yankees (80-64, second in the AL East) New York; Wednesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Jack Flaherty (7-13, 4.85 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 171 strikeouts); Yankees: Carlos Rodon (16-7, 3.12 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 180 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers lead 1-0 in a [...] Read More »

New York Mets (76-69, second in the NL East) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (85-60, first in the NL East) Philadelphia; Wednesday, 6:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Mets: Clay Holmes (11-7, 3.61 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 117 strikeouts); Phillies: Cristopher Sanchez (12-5, 2.60 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 186 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The New York Mets will aim to stop [...] Read More »

Milwaukee Brewers (89-57, first in the NL Central) vs. Texas Rangers (76-70, third in the AL West) Arlington, Texas; Wednesday, 2:35 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Brewers: Freddy Peralta (16-5, 2.50 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 176 strikeouts); Rangers: Merrill Kelly (11-7, 3.16 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 156 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers, on a three-game home winning [...] Read More »

Washington Nationals (60-84, fifth in the NL East) vs. Miami Marlins (66-79, third in the NL East) Miami; Wednesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Nationals: Jake Irvin (8-11, 5.71 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 104 strikeouts); Marlins: Eury Perez (6-5, 4.66 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 72 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Nationals will try to keep a four-game [...] Read More »

Boston Red Sox (81-65, third in the AL East) vs. Athletics (66-80, fifth in the AL West) West Sacramento, California; Wednesday, 3:35 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Payton Tolle (0-1, 7.56 ERA, 1.68 WHIP, 10 strikeouts); Athletics: Mason Barnett (1-1, 9.00 ERA, 1.78 WHIP, nine strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox seek to [...] Read More »