November 12th, 2024

Sports

Local Sports

  • Tigers weather injury troubles with reinforcements on the way

    jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers were able to snap out a slump with the shortest lineup of the season. After falling 4-2 to the Edmonton Oil Kings on Friday, the Tigers bounced back with an 8-4 drubbing of the 2024 WHL champion Moose Jaw Warriors on Saturday. Both games at Co-op Place featured a shorthanded [...] Read More »

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  • Cubs drop pair of road games to kick off road streak

    sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Cubs gave up a pair of five-spots in two losses over the weekend. The Cubs, starting a five-game road trip, lost 5-1 Friday at Okotoks to the Bisons and lost 5-2 at Coaldale to the Copperheads on Saturday. Medicine Hat entered the weekend off a pair of home wins, beating the [...] Read More »

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  • McCoy Colts win 4A B-side championship

    sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Monsignor McCoy Colts ended the football season on a high note. The Colts beat the Catholic Central Cougars 35-3 on Friday at the Methanex Bowl to win the 4A B-Side Jerry Dawson championship trophy. McCoy finished 9-2, their best record since 1999. Hawks fall in provincials The Medicine Hat High Hawks lost out [...] Read More »

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  • Minor hockey roundup: U13AA Hounds pickup pair of weekend wins

    sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat U13AA Hounds outscored their opponents 23-7 en route to a weekend sweep. The Hounds beat the East Kootenay Avalanche 17-3 on Saturday and bested the Lethbridge Hurricanes 6-4 on Sunday. Rylan Johnson had five goals with a pair of assists to lead the Hounds Saturday. Weston Haslbeck and [...] Read More »

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  • Rattler roundup: Rattlers Women finish 10th at cross country nationals

    sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat College Rattlers women’s cross-country team finished the season with maybe their best race yet. The Rattlers finished 10th at the CCAA cross-country championships in Windsor, Ont. on Saturday. They entered the weekend unranked among the top-15 schools in Canada, yet moved from 12th to 10th at the halfway point of the [...] Read More »

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National Sports

  • CFLPA president Elimimian says union will unveil team report cards next month

    VANCOUVER – CFL players will have more than just money to consider when they hit free agency in February. President Solomon Elimimian said Tuesday the CFL Players’ Association will publicly unveil its first-ever team report cards next month. Elimimian added the results of the survey, which was conducted among union members, will assist players and [...] Read More »

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  • Alouettes GM Danny Maciocia facing quarterback dilemma this off-season

    MONTREAL – The Montreal Alouettes believe they’re in a great spot at quarterback, but there’s one problem: they can’t pay both Cody Fajardo and Davis Alexander what they’re worth. “You can’t pay starting quarterback money to two quarterbacks,” Alouettes general manager Danny Maciocia said Tuesday at Olympic Stadium. “That’s impossible, because it’s going to take [...] Read More »

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  • Raptors point guard Immanuel Quickley out again with torn ligament in elbow

    Immanuel Quickley is hurt once again. The Toronto Raptors announced on Tuesday that their starting point guard has a partial ligament tear in his left elbow. Quickley’s ulnar collateral ligament will be re-evaluated in a week. He was hurt during the fourth quarter of Toronto’s 123-103 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. Quickley [...] Read More »

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  • Team Carruthers begins search for new second after Derek Samagalski steps back

    WINNIPEG – Team Reid Carruthers has started the search for a new second after Derek Samagalski’s decision to step back from the Winnipeg-based rink. Carruthers, vice Catlin Schneider, Samagalski and lead Connor Njegovan were in their first season together as a foursome. Schneider joined the team last spring after the departure of Brad Jacobs. Samagalski, [...] Read More »

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  • Frustration lingers for Vancouver Whitecaps following playoff elimination

    VANCOUVER – A bitter taste lingers for the Vancouver Whitecaps as another Major League Soccer season comes to an end. The ‘Caps were ousted from the playoffs Friday by Los Angeles FC when Vancouver dropped the decisive game of the best-of-three first-round playoff series 1-0 in California. It was the second year in a row [...] Read More »

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