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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com CALGARY The CHL USA Prospects Challenge got underway Monday with the teams lone practice before the pair of games begin. Both Team CHL and the U.S. National Under-18 Team practised Monday at Calgary’s Winsport Arena ahead of the first of the two-game series, Tuesday at Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome. Medicine Hat Tigers head coach Willie [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com CALGARY After holding down the hatches on Saturday night, Carter Casey kept the Tigers in the fight Sunday. The 17-year-old net minder made 34 saves to backstop Medicine Hat to a 3-2, overtime win at Calgary over the Hitmen. The win caps off a three-in-three weekend and a stretch of four games in five [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com Saturday’s Medicine Hat Tigers win was a shootout in many a way. The Tigers scored three straight goals to comeback and tie the game at 6-6 before beating the Calgary Hitmen 7-6 in the shootout at Co-op Place. “That was a tough one, we’re down 6-3 and Calgary was playing well,” head coach Willie [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Ringette Association will be well represented at the 2026 Alberta Winter Games. Four Mustangs have been named to zone rosters for the 2026 provincial games hosted Feb. 13-16 in the Lakeland Region. The four Mustangs selected are goaltenders Emma Pinnell (Zone 4) and Jacqueline LeBlanc (Zone 6), forward Breanna Lanuk (Zone [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Manners maketh the man – but a new mask for a goaltender? That just completes the look. The Medicine Hat Tigers goaltenders got their new painted masks on Tuesday, allowing Jordan Switzer and Carter Casey to ditch the stark white masks for masks with personal designs. “They turned out really good, I really like [...] Read More »

Kory Mincy scored 22 points and unbeaten George Mason beat Ohio 92-69 on Monday in the Beach Division of the Sunshine Slam. Mincy shot 6 for 11 from 3-point range, and went 4 for 4 from the foul line for the Patriots (6-0). Masai Troutman made all four of his 3-pointers and added 18 points [...] Read More »

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) — Rafael Castro had 21 points to help George Washington defeat Middle Tennessee 92-79 on Monday at the Cayman Islands Classic. Castro shot 7 of 9 from the field and 7 of 8 from the free-throw line for the Revolutionaries (6-1). Christian Jones added 16 points on 7-for-8 shooting with [...] Read More »

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Emanuel Sharp and Milos Uzan each scored 26 points, teaming for all 11 of No. 3 Houston’s points in overtime, in the Cougars’ 78-74 victory over Syracuse on Monday in the opening round of the Players Era. Uzan, playing in his hometown, scored six points in OT and Sharp had five [...] Read More »

HOUSTON (AP) — After a vehicle pursuit of Dallas Cowboys’ Marshawn Kneeland reached speeds of up to 160 mph (258 kph), a frantic search for the NFL player included Texas state troopers firing pepper balls into drainage tunnels and officers using K-9 dogs and a drone before he was found dead from suicide, body and [...] Read More »

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — All indications since he joined the Raiders this year are that Geno Smith is popular and well-respected in the locker room, and his interactions with the media have mostly been positive. But everyone has a breaking point, and Smith might have reached his on Sunday. After he was sacked 10 times [...] Read More »