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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com CALGARY Team CHL got a surprise visit from one of the NHL’s most recognizable alumni ahead of the CHL USA Prospects Challenge opener. Medicine Hats Tigers alumni and Hockey Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald visited the CHL team before morning skate today ahead of the opening game of the CHL USA Prospects Challenge against [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Cubs had themselves quite a weekend. The Cubs beat the Okotoks Bisons on the road Saturday before beating the co-North division leader Red Deer Vipers on Sunday at the Kinplex. The pair of weekend wins give the Cubs a five-game win streak through the middle of November. On Saturday they beat [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat College Women’s hockey team recorded a pair of wins over the weekend – the first back-to-back wins in the young program’s history. The Rattlers had a two-game home-and-home set against the SAIT Trojans, winning 4-3 on the road Friday before blanking the Trojans 2-0 on Saturday. Zayda Summach scored twice in [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Crescent Heights Vikings varsity girls volleyball team will head to provincials after a nail-biter of a Zones win. The Vikings beat the Monsignor McCoy Colts in a five-set South Zone final on Saturday at McCoy school, capturing a second straight 3A South Zone championship. They’ll head to provincials in Grande Prairie on Nov. [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers’ weekend slate would satisfy even the Rolling Stones. The Tigers capped off a stretch of four games in five days and a three-in-three with a 3-2 overtime win Sunday at Calgary over the Hitmen. That win came after the Tigers rattled off three straight goals Saturday to force overtime at [...] Read More »

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Caleb Williams’ quest for better passing accuracy took a different turn Sunday in the Chicago Bears’ 31-28 win over Pittsburgh. And Williams sees the need for improvement on Friday when the Bears (8-3) test their offense against the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles (8-3). “I was exactly where I [...] Read More »

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Austyn Dendy scored three touchdowns and Bowling Green beat winless Massachusetts 45-14 in a season finale on Tuesday night. The win snapped a five-game losing streak for the Falcons (4-8, 2-6 Mid-American Conference). UMass (0-12, 0-8) has lost 16 straight dating to last season, the longest-active streak in Division I. Bowling [...] Read More »

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Ezra Ausar and Chad Baker-Mazara combined for 31 of USC’s second-half points to rally the Trojans to an 83-81 victory over Seton Hall on Tuesday after losing leading scorer Rodney Rice to an injury in a Maui Invitational semifinal. Ausur finished with a season-high 25 points, hitting 15 of 19 free [...] Read More »

A sleepy week filled with nonconference blowouts locked the College Football Playoff rankings into a near standstill, with Ohio State ranked first again and Oregon’s flip-flop with Ole Miss at Nos. 6 and 7 one of the few significant changes in Tuesday’s new top 25. Oregon’s impressive victory over Southern California in one of last [...] Read More »

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) — Jovohn Garcia scored 26 points as McNeese beat Middle Tennessee 72-62 on Tuesday. Garcia shot 8 of 11 from the field, including 2 for 3 from 3-point range, and went 8 for 8 from the line for the Cowboys (6-1). Tyshawn Archie scored 15 points, shooting 5 for 15 [...] Read More »