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sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The U19 Mustangs were in action in Calgary over the weekend, picking up a pair of games. The Mustangs faced two Calgary ringette teams, South Calgary 3 and South Calgary 2, winning both matchups. In the first contest, they toppled South Calgary 3 by a score of 10-3. The offence was led by Ava [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews arly in the third quarter of the 112th Grey Cup after Saskatchewan scored a touchdown to go up 22-7 and the Alouettes went two and out, I made a note to myself, “They should be able to cruise home now.” Yeah, right. Who was I kidding? It’s just not part of Roughrider DNA to [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Waves Swim Club raced locally this weekend. The swim club sent 35 swimmers to race at the AMAC Fall Invitational at the Big Marble Go Centre this weekend. Eight swimmers raced to new provincial times. Provincial festival: Quinn Baht: 10-year-old Girls 50m Free Davis Hodel: 11-year-old Boys 200m Breast, 10-year-old Boys [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The South Alberta Hockey Academy’s U15 men’s team took part in the Rocky Mountain Classic in Calgary last weekend. SAHA opened the weekend with a 5-1 loss Thursday to the Dallas Stars Elite. Nash Davis had SAHA’s lone goal, Cole Anderson made 25 saves. They rebounded with a 2-1 shootout win Friday morning over [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Two Hatters will be vying for the Vanier Cup this weekend. A former Monsignor McCoy Colt and a Medicine Hat High Hawk are part of the Saskatchewan Huskies who will face the Montreal Carabins in the 60th Vanier Cup on Saturday at Mosiac Stadium in Regina. Freshman defensive lineman Kai Kukurudza has played three [...] Read More »

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions are in unfamiliar territory. For the first time since the end of the 2022 season, Detroit isn’t in the playoff picture. The Lions (6-4) slipped in the hunt for a postseason spot with a 16-9 loss at Philadelphia, falling to third place in the NFC North and losing ground [...] Read More »

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — Captain Sikandar Raza and fast bowler Brad Evans inspired Zimbabwe to its biggest Twenty20 win over Sri Lanka on Thursday, by 67 runs. Sri Lanka was 95 all out on the final ball in its opening match of the tri-series. Evans took 3-9 and all six bowlers got wickets. Zimbabwe posted [...] Read More »

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — No. 9 Notre Dame continues to look for style points in its quest to lock in a College Football Playoff berth. Syracuse is looking for any kind of points. Notre Dame (8-2, No. 9 CFP) is hopeful it can start angling its way into the top eight of the CFP [...] Read More »

DENTON, Texas (AP) — While North Texas is in The Associated Press poll for the first time since 1959, the Mean Green haven’t yet cracked the College Football Playoff rankings. But they could still make a run to being in the 12-team playoff as the highest-ranked Group of Five champion. North Texas (9-1, 5-1 American), [...] Read More »

DUBLIN (AP) — Coach Rassie Erasmus woke up on Thursday tempted to add Franco Mostert to his South Africa team facing Ireland this weekend. Mostert’s red card against Italy last weekend was rescinded the day before and he was cleared to play. “This morning, waking up, I thought, should we go 7-1?” Erasmus said of [...] Read More »