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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb There is no other road the Medicine Hat Cubs want to take to continue their historic season. They want to go through Okotoks. The South division champions get set to face the Bisons in the second round of the HJHL Playoffs, starting Friday with Game 1 at the Kinplex, for the fourth time in [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb While the 2009-born Draft class are trying to take a step in the final month of their first seasons in the Western Hockey League, Landon DuPont is already looking to round out his game. The Everett Silvertips defenceman is in his second WHL season, coming off an historic exceptional status season where he put [...] Read More »

The house that was once full of boisterous energy has now gone eerily silent. Eighteen year olds Cameron Casorso, JJ Wright and 17-year-old Caden Fine were the three Southern Alberta Mustangs players who lost their lives in a car accident near Stavely on Feb. 2. Casorso and Wright are from Kamloops, B.C. while Fine is [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat’s Team Miller competed at the 36th annual Ray Kingsmith Bonspiel this weekend. The local curling team travelled to Airdrie and found early success, sweeping the round robin 4-0 to enter playoffs in first place. Team Miller, featuring skip Ryker Miller, third Colby Sherwick, second Emmett Cook, lead Lyndon Sherwick and coach Terry [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A pair of Medicine Hat Mustangs teams won gold at a ringette tournament in Saskatoon this weekend. The U12B and U16B Mustangs went undefeated to take first place at the City of Bridges tournament. The U12B Mustangs opened the tournament with a 7-1 victory over Sherwood Park. Charlie Lowe led the way with four [...] Read More »

Utah appeared to find a loophole in the NBA’s player participation policy, but the league sent a message Thursday by hitting the Jazz with a $500,000 fine. The NBA also docked the Indiana Pacers $100,000 for holding out Pascal Siakam and two other starters in a Feb. 3 game against the Jazz. The policy was [...] Read More »

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — For those worried robots are about to take over Major League Baseball, Colorado Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer has some experience with the Automated Ball/Strike system that’s coming to stadiums this summer. Yes, the machines have a lot of power. But the human touch still matters. “I’ve seen challenges lost in the [...] Read More »

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Yarden Garzon led with 19 points, four other Terrapins scored in double figures, and No. 20 Maryland took down Penn State 81-62 on Thursday night. Oluchi Okananwa (15 points), Addi Mack (13), Saylor Poffenbarger (10), and Mir McLean (10) each chipped in for the Terrapins (20-6, 8-6 Big Ten), who [...] Read More »

WACO, Texas (AP) — Olivia Miles poured in career highs with 40 points and 10 3-pointers to lead No. 17 TCU 83-67 over No. 12 Baylor on Thursday. Miles scored 10 points in the first half before an outrageous, 23-point third quarter in which she went 7 of 9 from behind the arc, and accounted [...] Read More »

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Asia Boone and Tonie Morgan each scored 19 points and Clara Strack posted a double-double as No. 18 Kentucky breezed past Texas A&M 75-55 on Thursday night. Boone was 5-of-11 shooting, with four made 3-pointers, and Morgan added eight assists. Strack had 17 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks for the [...] Read More »