November 6th, 2024

Sports

Local Sports

  • Medicine Hat 70+ Huff N Puff slow pitch team finished second at World Senior Games

    sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Huff N Puffs 70+ senior slow pitch team brought home some hardware from the World Senior Games. The local 70+ team finished second in the C Division at the Huntsman World Senior Games held in St. George, Utah from Oct.14-18. It’s the same tournament where the Huff N Puffs 55’s senior [...] Read More »

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  • Medicine Hat swimmer and coach represents Swim Alberta

    sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat’s Rowynn Biffart raced for Swim Alberta over the weekend. The Alberta Marlin Aquatic Club swimmer and head coach Jordan Harper were selected by Swim Alberta to join the Aspire Team 2024, based on top World Aquatics Points. Swim Alberta selected eight swimmers, four boys and four girls, to attend the event at [...] Read More »

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  • Ringette roundup: U12 Mustangs hold pair of home games over weekend

    sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U12B Mustangs played two league home games at the Moose Rec Centre this weekend. They hosted the Calgary Bow View Bandits for a pair of games, finishing with a tie and a loss. Zayda Dawson was in goal the first game, a 10-10 tie. Arika McDowall and Brinley Cross each scored [...] Read More »

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  • Colts host Catholic Central for football consolation finals

    sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Monsignor McCoy Colts senior football team still has one more game on the schedule this season. The Colts will host the Catholic Central Cougars on Friday for the B-Side Jerry Dawson Championship Trophy. That game gets underway at 5 p.m. at the Methanex Bowl. The Hat High Hawks are also in action this [...] Read More »

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  • Tigers on the road for first rendition of Highway 3 rivalry

    jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Harrison Meneghin is getting his first look at the Highway 3 rivalry from the other side. The Medicine Hat Tigers goaltender will make his first return to Lethbridge since he was acquired from the Hurricanes in a one-for-one trade on Oct. 5 that sent 19-year-old forward Shane Smith the other way. The two teams [...] Read More »

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National Sports

  • Mitchell to coach Canada’s men’s basketball team for AmeriCup qualifiers

    TORONTO – Nathaniel Mitchell has been named as Canada’s head coach for the upcoming November window of the FIBA Men’s AmeriCup 2025 qualifiers. Canada Basketball announced Wednesday that Mitchell will be at the helm for games in Saskatoon against the Dominican Republic on Nov. 21 and Mexico on Nov. 24. Mitchell previously served as the [...] Read More »

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  • Canada coach Jesse Marsch adds DeRo, Gheisar as guest coaches for Toronto camp

    TORONTO – Canada coach Jesse Marsch has added Canada Soccer Hall of Famer Dwayne De Rosario and Halifax Wanderers coach Patrice Gheisar to his coaching staff ahead of the November international window. Marsch is currently putting 19 domestic-based players though their paces at a camp in Toronto, ahead of naming a roster for the two-legged [...] Read More »

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  • Family of Bombers QB Zach Collaros finds balance between football and home life

    WINNIPEG – Nicole Collaros switches on the Zoom chat, apologizing that husband Zach might join in late. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback is trying to get their oldest daughter to sleep, but Sierra doesn’t like the play call. “This is our life,” Nicole said with a laugh during the team’s recent bye week. “We don’t [...] Read More »

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  • Sports scoreboard for Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024

    Tuesday’s Scoreboard NHL Winnipeg 3 Utah 0 Vancouver 5 Anaheim 1 Toronto 4 Boston 0 Calgary 3 Montreal 2 (OT) Buffalo 5 Ottawa 1 Carolina 6 Philadelphia 4 Los Angeles 5 Minnesota 1 St. Louis 3 Tampa Bay 2 Colorado 6 Seattle 3 N.Y. Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 3 (SO) San Jose 2 Columbus 1 (OT) [...] Read More »

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  • Hughes, Boeser help Canucks rout the Ducks 5-1

    ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Brock Boeser, Danton Heinen and Kiefer Sherwood had a goal and an assist apiece, and captain Quinn Hughes recorded his 300th NHL career assist in the Vancouver Canucks’ 5-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night. Jake DeBrusk and Elias Pettersson also scored and Hughes had three assists for the [...] Read More »

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