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Medicine Hat News Sunday’s matinee was a re-showing of Saturday’s feature at Athletic Park. The Medicine Hat Mavericks allowed a crooked number in the first inning to the Saskatoon Berries for a second straight game, falling 12-6 Sunday to the WCBL leaders after a seven-run first inning. Saskatoon scored nine runs in the first inning [...] Read More »

Medicine Hat News Saskatoon berries may be sweet but they left a sour notes in Medicine Hat Saturday night. The Medicine Hat Mavericks surrendered nine runs in the first inning to the WCBL-leading Berries, falling 13-1. The Mavs came into the contest off a 9-7, comeback win Friday at home over the Regina Red Sox. [...] Read More »

Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat’s Ryan Miller has been selected in the fifth round, 130th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Portland Winterhawks forward is the 17th Hatter to be drafted into the NHL, the first since Marc McNulty was selected 169th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in 2013. The South Alberta Hockey Academy [...] Read More »

Medicine Hat News A year after going un-drafted in his first shot at the NHL Draft, Bryce Pickford heard his name called Saturday. The Medicine Hat Tigers defenceman was selected in the third round, 81st overall by the Montreal Canadiens. Pickford finished his regular season with 20 goals and 47 points in 48 games, scoring [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The province’s best amateur ball hockey talent is on display this weekend in Medicine Hat. The Gas City Ball Hockey League is holding a four-day tournament that got underway Friday with 40 teams divided across four age divisions – U9, U11, U13, U15 and U18. Games are being played at both rinks at the [...] Read More »

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tiffany Hayes scored 21 points, Veronica Burton contributed 15 points, five rebounds and five assists, and the Golden State Valkyries ran away from the Seattle Storm for a 84-57 victory Sunday night. Valkyries leading scorer Kayla Thornton headed to the locker room at the 9:22 mark of the third quarter appearing [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The Toronto Argonauts picked up their first win of the CFL season with an impressive 29-16 performance over the Ottawa Redblacks on Sunday. Turnovers were the key to Toronto’s success with Derek Slywka scoring two defensive touchdowns for the Argos (1-3). Argos’ quarterback Nick Arbuckle had a solid outing, finishing the night 18-for-25 [...] Read More »

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Prop Tamaiti Williams has withdrawn from New Zealand’s three-test series against France, the second injury loss from the squad revealed by All Blacks head coach Scott Robertson only a week ago. Williams has a knee injury and follows backrower Wallace Sititi, who withdrew from the squad with an ankle injury. [...] Read More »

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Mitch Garver hit a two-run homer in the 12th and drove in four runs, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 6-4 on Sunday to win a series in which all three games went to extra innings. The Mariners took a 3-1 lead in the 10th on RBI singles by [...] Read More »

DETROIT (AP) — Tarik Skubal struck out 13 hitters in seven innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 3-0 on Sunday night. Skubal (10-2) only allowed one hit — a clean single to right by Ty France in the fifth inning — as he improved to 10-0 with a 1.74 ERA in his [...] Read More »