Sports

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 »

@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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka won 7-5, 6-4 against Jasmine Paolini of Italy on Sunday to set up a clay-court Porsche Grand Prix final against unseeded Jelena Ostapenko. The No.1-ranked Sabalenka has conserved some energy in the tournament. The 26-year-old Belarussian got a bye through the first round and a walkover in the [...] Read More »

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Two-way star Shohei Ohtani returned to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup Sunday for the series finale against the Texas Rangers, activated off the paternity list after his wife gave birth to the couple’s first child in Southern California. “I am so grateful to my loving wife (28-year-old former professional basketball player [...] Read More »

AUGSBURG, Germany (AP) — A last-second clearance from Cédric Zesiger rescued a point for Augsburg in a 0-0 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga on Sunday that set back both teams’ efforts to qualify for European competition next season. Frankfurt’s Ansgar Knauff seemed certain to score after dribbling past defender Zesiger and goalkeeper Finn [...] Read More »

VALKENBURG, Netherlands (AP) — Danish rider Mattias Skjelmose beat cycling superstar Tadej Pogačar by less than half a wheel’s length to win the Amstel Gold Race in a thrilling finish in the Netherlands on Sunday. In a three-way sprint to the line, double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel appeared to have won but Pogačar nudged ahead [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Week 1 of the Northern Super League is done, to positive reviews. Now the hard work really begins. High-profile opening games at Vancouver’s B.C. Place Stadium and Toronto’s BMO Field drew announced crowds of 14,018 and 14,518. Vancouver Rise FC raised the curtain on the six-team league with a 1-0 win over Calgary [...] Read More »