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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Crescent Heights Vikings Sr. Girls volleyball team won the league championship on their own court Wednesday night. The Vikings beat Brooks High School in two sets (25-12, 25-23) to capture the first volleyball league banner since 1985. They entered the playoffs first in the league but with a young group, featuring only two [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers aren’t shying away from a disappointing loss Wednesday night. Captain Oasiz Wiesblatt was quick to shoulder the brunt of the loss, a 7-6 defeat at Lethbridge to the Hurricanes where he scored and had two assists but also led the team with three penalties. Medicine Hat took seven trips to [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The 3J and 2J South Zone Jr High Athletic Association volleyball titles were awarded this week. Eagle Butte High School was the site of the South Zone Junior High Athletic Association 3J Girls Volleyball championships. Irvine won the the zone championship, beating Lethbridge’s Immanuel Christian Eagles. The Irvine Tigers beat the Eagles 2-1 in [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews It’s been a long time since a team ventured into Winnipeg for the Western Final without fear in their hearts, believing they can win. But that is the situation Saturday when the Saskatchewan Roughriders set up camp by the Red River, even if they haven’t won there in six years. They beat the Bombers [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Medicine Hat’s bid to host the 2026 Memorial Cup is officially out of the local committee’s hands. The committee, led by chair Brent Sauer, sat down virtually with the Canadian Hockey league on Oct. 30 for a 90-minute meeting, the final in the process before the winner is to be announced in late November, [...] Read More »

NISKU, Alta. – Edmonton’s Selena Sturmay kept her playoff hopes afloat at the Grand Slam of Curling’s Co-op Canadian Open with an 8-1 win over Winnipeg’s Chelsea Carey on Friday. Sturmay finished the group stage at 2-2 after opening with two losses and remains in contention for a playoff spot, depending on the results of [...] Read More »

BELGRADE, Serbia – Canadian Denis Shapovalov advanced to the final of the Belgrade Open with a dominant 6-2, 6-1 win over Jiri Lehecka of Czechia on Friday. Shapovalov delivered a dominant serving performance in the semifinal, winning 96 per cent of his first-serve points. The 25-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., also capitalized on 4 of [...] Read More »

Fresh from an 80-0 drubbing of the U.S. Pioneers developmental squad, the Canada Ravens look to take a step closer to the 2026 Women’s Rugby League World Cup with a win Saturday over the full American team in Jacksonville, Fla. The 16th-ranked U.S. Hawks progressed to Saturday’s final at the University of North Florida with [...] Read More »

CALGARY – The Canadian Football League says the Calgary Stampeders will host the 113th Grey Cup in 2026. CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie says he’s thrilled the game will be returning to Calgary. It is to be played at McMahon Stadium on Nov. 15, 2026. It would be the sixth time the city has hosted, with [...] Read More »

CALGARY – The Canadian Football League says Calgary will host the Grey Cup in 2026. More coming[...] Read More »