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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 »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Mavericks will see a familiar catcher behind the plate this summer. Jamel Chabot is returning to Medicine Hat and the WCBL this summer after debuting for the Mavs last year. The Cheney, Wash. product played in 23 games last summer, tallying 20 hits, 10 RBIs and scored 15 times with a [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat College’s women’s hockey team will play in the ACAC playoffs for the first time in the program’s history. The Rattlers recorded a pair of wins over the SAIT Trojans, winning 3-2 Friday at home before securing a playoff spot with a 5-3 victory Saturday on the road. In the first game, [...] Read More »

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Just two weeks before the start of spring training, Jeremy Zoll suddenly learned he’ll be leading the entire baseball operations for the Minnesota Twins. Zoll’s elevation with president Derek Falvey’s departure came less than two months after another major change, the appointment of Tom Pohlad as executive chair and controlling owner to [...] Read More »

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Denny Hamlin read all the social media comments and absorbed the warm words from NASCAR fans. The ones who offered support — first after his defeat in a championship race, then through a wearying offseason that encompassed a federal trial against NASCAR and the death of his father in a [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA fined Hawks forward Mouhamed Gueye and Timberwolves big man Naz Reid $35,000 apiece on Wednesday for their roles in a jersey-grabbing tussle. Both players were given technical fouls and ejected with 11:52 left in the fourth quarter Monday after Gueye pushed Reid from behind, drawing a foul. Reid approached [...] Read More »

MILAN — A potential storybook finish remains in play for Canada in figure skating on Day 5 of the Milan Cortina Olympics, even as other medal chances slipped away earlier Wednesday. Ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier start the free dance portion of the competition in third place after Monday’s rhythm dance portion, behind [...] Read More »

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Roger Federer’s induction ceremony sold out in two minutes, the International Tennis Hall of Fame said Wednesday in announcing plans to add an outdoor watch party that will make room for thousands more fans. “As a small but historic venue, our capacity is limited,” the Hall posted on social media. The [...] Read More »