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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Living up to his NHL club’s name, Andrew Basha has been red hot since returning to the WHL. The Calgary Flames prospect has recorded points in all but two of his 25 games with the Medicine Hat Tigers since returning in January. He enters play tonight, as the Tigers host the Red Deer Rebels, [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com For the first time in franchise history, the Medicine Hat Cubs are off to the HJHL Finals. The Cubs beat the Cochrane Generals 7-1 Thursday night to sweep the South Division Finals 3-0, claiming their first division title. They won an IJHL championship in 2001 before joining the HJHL the next season, where they [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Waves Swim Club swam in Moose Jaw at provincials over the weekend. The local swim club sent 15 swimmers to the Saskatchewan short course junior provincials, setting four new club records and one swimmer recording a qualifying time. Wesley Henderson (Girls, 9) set club records in the 50m Free, 200m Breast [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Tigers sure ate their Wheaties Wednesday. Captain Bryce Pickford recorded his third hat trick of the season, reaching the 40-goal mark, as the Tigers won 6-3 in Brandon over the Wheat Kings. Wednesday’s victory was the eighth straight for the Tigers who are tied with the Prince Albert Raiders for first [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U19B Mustangs opened playdowns with a trio of wins. They started playdowns on Saturday, facing the undefeated Calgary Bow View-4. It was their lone loss of the weekend, falling 5-1. Kensie Provost had the lone goal, Kendall Smith had an assist. In their second game, the Mustangs bounced back in a [...] Read More »

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Jordan Lee scored 16 points, Madison Booker contributed 11 points, 10 rebounds and six assists in limited action and No. 4 Texas rolled into the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinals with 83-60 victory over Alabama on Friday night. Bryanna Preston added 13 points for Texas, which has won six straight. Texas (29-3) [...] Read More »

HOUSTON (AP) — Alperen Sengun scored 28 points, Amen Thompson had 26 and the Houston Rockets used a dominant fourth quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 106-99 on Friday night. Sengun shot 11 of 15 from the field while playing just 26 minutes due to foul trouble, while Thompson converted all but one of [...] Read More »

DENVER (AP) — All-Star guard Jamal Murray left the Denver Nuggets’ game against the New York Knicks just before halftime after injuring his left ankle Friday night. Murray took the contact from a driving OG Anunoby in the lane and stepped back on teammate and fellow All-Star Nikola Jokic’s right foot. Murray fell to the [...] Read More »

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Honor Huff scored 24 points and West Virginia finished off a season sweep of UCF with a 77-62 victory on Friday night to close out the Big 12 Conference regular season. Huff made 4 of 14 from 3-point range and all 10 of his free throws for the Mountaineers (18-13, 9-9), [...] Read More »

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Seth Lugo made a successful return to the World Baseball Classic on Friday. Lugo helped Puerto Rico to a 5-0 win over Colombia in their Group A opener. The right-hander pitched four-plus innings of three-hit ball at Hiram Bithorn Stadium. “That was awesome. Every inning you could feel the [...] Read More »