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sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Okotoks Dawgs were the first team to advance to the Division finals Thursday. The Dawgs beat the Brooks Bombers 9-2, completing a two-game sweep of the No. 4 seed to advance to the West Division finals. They’ll await the winner of the Sylvan Lake Gulls and Lethbridge Bulls with the Dawgs two wins [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb A first-round exit showed a different Medicine Hat Mavericks team than the one that found success all summer at Athletic Park. The Mavs bowed out of the WCBL playoffs with a 13-7, Game 2 loss Thursday at Regina to the Red Sox, eliminated by a two-game sweep for the first time since the WCBL [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Mavericks have prided themselves on an ability to bounce back throughout the season. They’ll need to embrace that identity as they try to stretch the summer a little longer. The Mavs dropped Game 1 of their first-round series with the Regina Red Sox, falling 6-2 on Wednesday at Athletic Park. They [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Western Canadian Baseball League Playoffs got underway Wednesday with different results on tap. Sylvan Lake vs. Lethbridge Only one of the four series was unable to get started as rain in Sylvan Lake postponed Game 1 between the Gulls and the Lethbridge Bulls. They will face a modified schedule, with Game 1 rescheduled [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The 2025 season came to a close for the Medicine Hat Mavericks Thursday night. The Mavs lost 13-7 at Regina, dropping Game 2 of the first-round series with the Red Sox. It’s the first time the Mavs have been swept in the first round of the best-of-three format playoffs. A four-run first inning propelled [...] Read More »

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tommy Fleetwood had a three-shot swing go against him early and a two-shot swing cost him on the final hole Saturday in the FedEx St. Jude Championship. He did enough right in between for a 1-under 69 and a one-shot lead over Justin Rose as he goes for his first PGA [...] Read More »

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brad Lord pitched six effective innings to earn his first career victory as a starter, and the Washington Nationals beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2 on Saturday. James Wood, Paul DeJong and Josh Bell homered for the Nationals, shut out in their previous two games. Wood’s leadoff shot was his first [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera tore an Achilles tendon while going after a flyball at the New York Yankees’ Old-Timers’ Day game on Saturday and needs surgery. Agent Fern Cuza said the 55-year-old closer, baseball’s career leader in saves, will have the operation within a week. In his lone at-bat, Rivera [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Mariano Rivera was hurt playing center field during the Yankees’ Old-Timers’ Day Game on Saturday and former teammate Roger Clemens said baseball’s career saves leader sustained an Achilles tendon injury. In his lone at-bat, Rivera singled off former teammate Andy Pettitte and easily ran to first base. During an at-bat by [...] Read More »

BANDON, Ore. (AP) — Megha Ganne rallied from 4 down with seven holes left to win in 19 holes Saturday and reached the championship match in the U.S. Women’s Amateur against Brooke Biermann, who narrowly avoided another stunning comeback. Biermann was 3 up with three holes to play when Kansas junior Lyla Louderbaugh won the [...] Read More »