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sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The province’s best amateur ball hockey talent is on display this weekend in Medicine Hat. The Gas City Ball Hockey League is holding a four-day tournament that got underway Friday with 40 teams divided across four age divisions – U9, U11, U13, U15 and U18. Games are being played at both rinks at the [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb There’s something about the crack of a wood bat that excites Carter Roth. Luckily for the Medicine Hat Mavericks’ infielder, he’s been hearing that exquisite sound a lot this summer. The 23-year-old product of Stratford, Ont. started his debut season in the WCBL on a hot note with a nine-game hit streak and hasn’t [...] Read More »

Medicine Hat News It’s a good thing there’s no fire ban in the city of Medicine Hat with the sparks the Mavericks lit Friday night. The Mavs fell behind 7-0 to the Regina Red Sox through three and a half innings, a night after losing 6-5 in the 10th inning to the same East division [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The arrival of the NHL Draft brings excitement, anticipation and a weekend of checking phones for a handful of Medicine Hat Tigers. The Tigers enter the NHL Draft tonight in Los Angeles with four players ranked by NHL Central Scouting, putting them on the track to be among the 224 players selected across the [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Tigers announced another signing, their fifth of the offseason. The Tigers inked 18-year-old forward Kade Stengrim from Brainerd, Minn. The 6-foot-4 forward played in the United States Hockey League last season, recording 11 goals and 17 points in 50 games. He added an assist in three USHL playoff games. Stengrim played [...] Read More »

It was meant to be quite the finale in the City of Stars this weekend. Instead, the inaugural Grand Slam Track season came to a halt with the cancellation of its final leg in Los Angeles earlier in June. The league became a talking point and a source of excitement for track athletes signed to [...] Read More »

TOLUCA, Mexico (AP) — France all-time leading scorer Eugénie Le Sommer has signed a contract to play for Mexican club Toluca, where she will reunite with former Lyon coach Patrice Lair. The 36-year-old forward parted ways with Lyon in May after 15 seasons and wasn’t chosen for the national team for the Women’s European Championship. [...] Read More »

Candace Parker has been on the go since she announced her retirement from the WNBA in 2024. From broadcasting college and pro games to taking over as the president of Women’s Basketball for Adidas, the future Hall of Famer has been busy. She’s also had more time for what she calls her most important job [...] Read More »

LONDON (AP) — To be clear, Coco Gauff didn’t bring up the word “star” during a recent interview with The Associated Press; the reporter did. So as Gauff began to answer a question about balancing her life as a professional athlete with her off-court interests, she caught herself repeating that term. “I definitely didn’t know [...] Read More »

MADRID (AP) — Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmatí, the two-time Ballon d’Or holder, has been hospitalized with viral meningitis less than a week before the Women’s European Championship begins. Spain coach Montse Tomé said late on Friday that her star player had felt ill and was taken to a hospital in Madrid where she tested positive [...] Read More »