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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Mavericks scored in bunches Saturday night. A pair of eight-run innings with a ‘lowly’ seven run inning propelled the Mavs to a 24-4 win at Athletic Park over the Swift Current 57’s. The Mavs’ win is tied for the third-highest scoring game in the WCBL this season. It caps off a [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Knights of Columbus Knights couldn’t carry on with their recent success against the Havre Northstars. The Knights lost 10-4 Friday to the No. 1 seed Northstars in the second game of the Districts tournament held in Lewiston, Mnt. They beat Havre in three of four games in the regular season, including [...] Read More »

The Medicine Hat Mavericks took care of business Friday, with a pair of wins at Athletic Park. The Mavs beat the Regina Red Sox 3-0 in the first game and topped them 7-3 in the second game, reaching the 30 win mark with the pair of wins. The two wins against Regina give the Mavs [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Success on the mound, at the plate and around the horn was the recipe for a District-opening win for the Medicine Hat Knights of Columbus Knights. The Knights scored four times in the first inning Thursday to beat the Fort MacLeod Royals 9-3, an opening win for the No. 5 seed, taking down the [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Mavericks kicked off the second-half of the week in high fashion. The Mavs scored 17 runs on 21 hits Wednesday night for a 17-6 win at Moose Jaw over the Miller Express. The win opens up a stretch of five games in seven nights for the Mavs, with a game Thursday [...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (AP) — The United States team at the swimming world championships in Singapore is battling a case of “acute gastroenteritis” that compromised performances on Sunday, the opening day of eight days of competition in the pool. Nikki Warner, the spokeswoman for USA Swimming, confirmed the outbreak to The Associated Press and said it had [...] Read More »

Phoenix Mercury (15-9, 9-7 Western Conference) at Washington Mystics (12-12, 6-5 Eastern Conference) Washington; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Phoenix Mercury comes into the matchup with Washington Mystics as losers of three straight games. The Mystics have gone 8-4 at home. Washington ranks third in the Eastern Conference in rebounding averaging 35.5 rebounds. Kiki [...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (AP) — The United States team at the swimming world championships in Singapore is battling a case of “acute gastroenteritis” that compromised performances on Sunday, the opening day of eight days of competition in the pool. Nikki Warner, the spokeswoman for USA Swimming, confirmed the outbreak to The Associated Press and said it had [...] Read More »

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Cal Raleigh reached another landmark in his incredible season Saturday night when he drilled his 40th home run deep into the right field bleachers at Angel Stadium. Becoming the seventh catcher in major league history to hit 40 homers has been all but inevitable for Raleigh ever since the Seattle Mariners [...] Read More »

DETROIT (AP) — Claressa Shields unanimously outpointed Lani Daniels on Saturday night, successfully defending all her belts as the first undisputed heavyweight champion in women’s boxing. The 30-year-old Shields, a two-time Olympic champion, improved to 17-0 in front of 15,366 fans at Little Caesars Arena. The 36-year-old Daniels, the IBF light heavyweight champion, dropped to [...] Read More »