Sports

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 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 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 »

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 »

AURICH, Germany (AP) — A robot lawnmower has left an amateur soccer club in northwestern Germany without a playing field after biting off more than it could mow. The robotic mower, named “Robby” by members of the SG Egels-Poppens club, got stuck in wet ground and dug up the playing surface, local broadcaster NDR reported [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — Head coach Adam Foote liked what he saw from his Vancouver Canucks on Thursday — even if the team came out on the wrong end of the score line. Vancouver’s rough stretch continued with a 4-2 loss to the visiting Dallas Stars, yet Foote praised his group afterward. “It was probably our best [...] Read More »

Northern Illinois Huskies (2-3) at Loyola Chicago Ramblers (1-4) Chicago; Friday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Loyola Chicago heads into the matchup against Northern Illinois after losing four in a row. The Ramblers have gone 1-2 at home. Loyola Chicago is 1-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer. The Huskies have gone 0-3 [...] Read More »

Samford Bulldogs (3-3) at New Mexico State Aggies (3-0) Las Cruces, New Mexico; Friday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Samford visits New Mexico State after Jadin Booth scored 27 points in Samford’s 77-62 loss to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. New Mexico State finished 9-6 at home a season ago while going 17-15 overall. The [...] Read More »

Georgia State Panthers (1-4) at South Dakota State Jackrabbits (3-2) Brookings, South Dakota; Friday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: South Dakota State hosts Georgia State after Trey Buchanan scored 24 points in South Dakota State’s 94-46 victory against the Peru State Bobcats. The Jackrabbits are 2-0 on their home court. South Dakota State leads the [...] Read More »