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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 »

NEW YORK (AP) – Los Angeles Kings forward Tanner Jeannot has been suspended three games for an illegal check to the head of Vancouver’s Brock Boeser. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced the ban after a phone hearing with Jeannot on Friday. Jeannot was given a match penalty and ejected from the teams’ game [...] Read More »

WINNIPEG – Trevor Harris has a suggestion for CFL fans ““ buckle up for Saturday’s West Division final. Saskatchewan’s veteran quarterback believes the Roughriders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are equally hungry and motivated for a victory. “(The Blue Bombers have) been to the Grey Cup the last two times and they haven’t won it, [...] Read More »

CALGARY – Can Calvary FC finally “slay the dragon” that is Forge FC for the Canadian Premier League championship? Hamilton-based Forge is a title machine having won the CPL crown four of the five years of the league’s existence. And the Hammers will be six-for-six in championship-game appearances Saturday at ATCO Field in Calgary. “When [...] Read More »

TORONTO – Shea Weber’s passion still burns bright. Instead of lacing up his skates and trying to help his team make a playoff push, the former defenceman and captain of the Montreal Canadiens has been polishing a speech. Weber is set to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as part of the 2024 [...] Read More »

As the Canadian Premier League wraps up its sixth season on Saturday in Calgary, it can thank the world governing body of soccer for help getting there. FIFA has earmarked US$500,000 a year to the Canadian men’s league, via Canada Soccer, with the funding going towards the travel, accommodation and match fees of the league’s [...] Read More »