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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Mavericks scored in bunches Saturday night. A pair of eight-run innings with a ‘lowly’ seven run inning propelled the Mavs to a 24-4 win at Athletic Park over the Swift Current 57’s. The Mavs’ win is tied for the third-highest scoring game in the WCBL this season. It caps off a [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Knights of Columbus Knights couldn’t carry on with their recent success against the Havre Northstars. The Knights lost 10-4 Friday to the No. 1 seed Northstars in the second game of the Districts tournament held in Lewiston, Mnt. They beat Havre in three of four games in the regular season, including [...] Read More »

The Medicine Hat Mavericks took care of business Friday, with a pair of wins at Athletic Park. The Mavs beat the Regina Red Sox 3-0 in the first game and topped them 7-3 in the second game, reaching the 30 win mark with the pair of wins. The two wins against Regina give the Mavs [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Success on the mound, at the plate and around the horn was the recipe for a District-opening win for the Medicine Hat Knights of Columbus Knights. The Knights scored four times in the first inning Thursday to beat the Fort MacLeod Royals 9-3, an opening win for the No. 5 seed, taking down the [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Mavericks kicked off the second-half of the week in high fashion. The Mavs scored 17 runs on 21 hits Wednesday night for a 17-6 win at Moose Jaw over the Miller Express. The win opens up a stretch of five games in seven nights for the Mavs, with a game Thursday [...] Read More »

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Henry Davis’ fielder’s-choice grounder brought home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates completed a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday. Pittsburgh has won five in a row. San Francisco went 0-6 on its homestand, the first time since 1896 [...] Read More »

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Yu Darvish pitched seven impressive innings for his first win of the season, Gavin Sheets hit a two-run homer and the San Diego Padres beat the NL East-leading New York Mets 5-0 on Wednesday for a three-game sweep. Manny Machado added a two-run, bases-loaded single for the Padres, who won their [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Iga Swiatek entered the National Bank Open with confidence after winning Wimbledon — and it showed in her opening match. In her first outing since capturing the grass-court Grand Slam title, Swiatek cruised into the third round with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Guo Hanyu of China on the Montreal hard court Wednesday. [...] Read More »

LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — This is not Aaron Rodgers’ first training camp. Or his 10th. Or his 20th, for that matter. Yet the NFL’s oldest player seems to be rejuvenated by camp life with the Pittsburgh Steelers. It’s not just the age of his new teammates, some of whom — such as 21-year-old first-round pick [...] Read More »

BRYAN, Texas (AP) — The Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association Class 3A all-state baseball team, distributed by The Associated Press: FIRST TEAM Pitchers — Ethan Ortega, Corpus Christi London, sr.; Gage Reichenau, Wall, jr.; Will McIntire, Boyd, soph. Relief pitcher — Zak Garcia, Corpus Christi London, sr. Catcher — Gunnar Dillard, Wall, sr. First baseman [...] Read More »