Sports

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat College Rattlers basketball teams each picked up a win over the weekend. The Rattlers’ men’s and women’s teams hosted the NAIT Ooks on Friday and the University of Alberta Augustana Vikings on Saturday at the Snake Pit. MHC’s women’s team was the winner Friday night, beating the Ooks 70-46. Jaida Gold [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers had a tale of two tapes on the road this weekend. The Tigers beat up on the Regina Pats 10-5 Friday before getting shut out 3-0 Saturday at Brandon by the Wheat Kings. The loss Saturday snapped a three-game win streak for the Tigers who had climbed themselves into first [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Huff N Puffs 55’s senior slow pitch team was golden in October. The Huff N Puffs won gold in the 55-plus division at the Huntsmen Senior World Games held in St. George, Utah from Oct. 13-16. They started the round robin slow, with a pair of losses to start the tournament. [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat High Hawks Sr. football team continued their season with a big win Friday. The Hawks bested the Chinook Coyotes 21-2, winning the 4A South Zone championship and earning themselves a spot in the ASAA provincial playoffs. The win marks a fourth straight Zone title for Hat High. “I’m real excited for [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U13AA Hounds recorded a win Sunday afternoon to salvage the weekend. The Hounds lost 7-5 to the Bow Valley Timberwolves but bounced back with a 6-5 win Sunday over the Airdrie Lightning. Against Bow Valley, five Hounds recorded a goal and an assist. Ben Rocheleau, Diesel Bishop, Weston Haslbeck, Barit Bjelland [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – The judge leading a fatality inquiry into the knockout death of a boxer has recommended changes to how the sport is regulated and how head injuries are monitored. Timothy Hague, a 34-year-old former kindergarten teacher once nicknamed The Thrashing Machine, competed in a boxing match licensed by the Edmonton Combative Sports Commission in [...] Read More »

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) – Alex Ovechkin approached linemates Dylan Strome and Aliaksei Protas after the second game of the Washington Capitals’ season to do some film study. The trio who had never before played together watched their shifts from that game, and Ovechkin thought they needed to be more predictable, hesitate less and find one [...] Read More »

Twelve years after his last fight, former world title contender Troy (The Boss) Amos-Ross is headed to the Boxing Canada Hall of Fame. Egerton Marcus, his cousin and 1988 Olympic silver medallist as a middleweight, is also being inducted. Other inductees are Olympians Jamie Pagendam, Raymond (Sugar Ray) Downey, Howard Grant and Domenic (Hollywood) Filane, [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – The judge leading a fatality inquiry into the knockout death of a boxer is recommending changes to how the sport is regulated and how head injuries are monitored. Timothy Hague, who was 34, competed in a boxing match licensed by the Edmonton Combative Sports Commission in June 2017 when his opponent, Adam Braidwood, [...] Read More »

TORONTO – Bianca Andreescu has withdrawn from Canada’s team in the Billie Jean King Cup finals. Tennis Canada said in a release that Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., is focusing on her health after she battled injuries throughout the season. She returned from a nine-month absence due to a back injury at this year’s French Open [...] Read More »