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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 »

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 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 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 »

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Ava Heiden had 18 points and 11 rebounds, with most of those coming in the second half, and No. 19 Iowa overcame Taliah Scott’s huge night to defeat seventh-ranked Baylor 57-52 in a matchup of unbeatens Thursday night. Scott scored 32 points and was often too much for the [...] Read More »

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — JT Toppin scored 21 points to help No. 15 Texas Tech hold off Wake Forest 84-83 on Thursday night at the Baha Mar Championship. Toppin, the reigning Big 12 Player of the Year, had nine rebounds and four assists for the Red Raiders (4-1). Christian Anderson added 16 points and eight [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Dylan Strome had much more than hockey on his mind Thursday night. The Washington Capitals centre stepped onto the ice against the Montreal Canadiens knowing his wife, Tayler, was going into labour. When he returned to the dressing room between the first and second periods, he learned she’d given birth to their third [...] Read More »

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Ava Heiden had 18 points and 11 rebounds, with most of those coming in the second half, and No. 19 Iowa overcame Taliah Scott’s huge night to defeat seventh-ranked Baylor 57-52 in a matchup of unbeatens Thursday night. Scott scored 32 points and was often too much for the [...] Read More »

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored a career-high 54 points and tied the game by hitting two free throws with seven seconds left in the fourth quarter of the Philadelphia 76ers’ 123-114 overtime victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night. Maxey’s previous career high was a 52-point performance in a 133-126, double-overtime victory over [...] Read More »