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sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Alberta Marlin Aquatic Club sent 25 swimmers to Cochrane this weekend. The local swim club raced against six other teams at the third annual Cochrane Comets Cup. Here are the local results. Nayla Berg (12): Had six new best times, finishing first in 50m breast and 100m breast, second in 50m back and [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Cubs picked up a pair of wins on the road this weekend. The Cubs beat the Red Deer Vipers 5-3 on Saturday, topping the Rocky Rams 9-4 on Sunday. In Saturday’s win, all five Medicine Hat goals were scored by a different Cub. Kyle Woolridge, Jesse Klimosko, Mason Osinski, Nolen Sutherland [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb For the first time in 25 years, a local team was the last one standing at the Medicine Hat Hockey Hounds U15AAA tournament. The Medicine Hat U15AAA South East Athletic Club Tigers were victorious this weekend, beating the Balgonie Prairie Storm 4-3 Sunday to win the 51st Hounds tournament, the first Medicine Hat champion [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U18AA Hounds had a winning weekend at home. They kicked the weekend off with a 4-3 win over the East Kootenay Avalanche on Saturday. Grady Ford had a goal and an assist, all three of Parker Kienzle, Davin Torgerson and Colby Motz found the back of the net. Kolter Gans made [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers head on the road looking to prolong a win streak. The Tigers are at Saskatoon tonight, taking on the Blades for the first time this season, and enter the four-game week with a three-game win streak as a result of a 5-1 win Nov. 15 at Co-op Place over the [...] Read More »

OTTAWA – NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was optimistic about the vision of a centrally located arena becoming reality for the Ottawa Senators following a day packed with meetings, tours and discussions. Bettman said progress was made with the Senators’ recent letter of intent with the National Capital Commission regarding the LeBreton Flats site, a prime [...] Read More »

Milwaukee’s Pat Murphy won National League Manager of the Year on Tuesday after a stellar debut season with the Brewers, while Cleveland’s Stephen Vogt took the AL honors honor after leading the Guardians to 92 wins and a division title in his first year as a skipper at any level. Murphy, 65, led the Brewers [...] Read More »

Cleveland’s Stephen Vogt won American League Manager of the Year on Tuesday after leading the Guardians to 92 wins and a division title in his first year as a skipper at any level. The 40-year-old beat Kansas City’s Matt Quatraro and Detroit’s A.J. Hinch, both AL Central rivals. Vogt received 27 of the 30 first-place [...] Read More »

MALAGA, Spain (AP) – Rafael Nadal bit his lower lip and his reddened eyes welled with tears as he stood alongside his Davis Cup teammates for Spain’s national anthem Tuesday before what he – and everyone – knew might be the last match of his career. Hours after Nadal’s 6-4, 6-4 loss to Botic van [...] Read More »

MALAGA, Spain (AP) – Rafael Nadal’s last match as a professional was a 6-4, 6-4 loss to No. 80 Botic van de Zandschulp in the Davis Cup as Spain was eliminated by the Netherlands on Tuesday. Spain lost 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the team event that marked the last tournament for Nadal after more [...] Read More »