Sports

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb There was a lot to love about Medicine Hat Mavericks’ head coach Jonathon Thornhill’s debut summer in the WCBL. The Mavs tallied 34 wins to their third best record since 2010 and the most wins since 2019, as they navigated a rainy summer and the dog days it brings. A summer of successes ultimately [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Western Canadian Baseball League championship is one day closer to being awarded. The WBCL finals kicked off Thursday night with the Regina Red Sox hosting the Sylvan Lake Gulls for Game 1 of the best-of-three championship series. Game 1 was not complete by press time. The rest of the series, Game 2 and [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Canada and the United States meet today for a spot in the gold medal game of the 2025 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. There are four Medicine Hat Tigers’ forwards vying for a spot in the gold finals in the game, with Markus and Liam Ruck representing Canada and Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll and Noah Davidson donning the [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Western Canadian Baseball League’s championship will spend the offseason in a new city. The Regina Red Sox and Sylvan Lake Gulls meet in the WCBL finals starting tonight in Regina, with both clubs vying for the Harry Hallis Memorial Trophy. It’s the first season since 2021 when the Lethbridge Bulls were crowned champions, [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews he Game of the Year, at least at the halfway point of the season, features the division leaders, Hamilton and Saskatchewan, Saturday at Mosaic Stadium. Billed as a Grey Cup preview, a showdown for bragging rights in the CFL. It’s THE BIG GAME. Both teams future Hall of Fame-level quarterbacks in Bo Levi Mitchell [...] Read More »

Indiana Fever (18-16, 10-8 Eastern Conference) at Connecticut Sun (6-26, 4-8 Eastern Conference) Uncasville, Connecticut; Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Indiana Fever plays the Connecticut Sun after Aliyah Boston scored 20 points in the Fever’s 88-84 loss to the Washington Mystics. The Sun are 4-8 against Eastern Conference opponents. Connecticut ranks sixth in the [...] Read More »

Dallas Wings (9-25, 3-13 Western Conference) at Las Vegas Aces (20-14, 12-8 Western Conference) Las Vegas; Sunday, 3:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Las Vegas Aces plays the Dallas Wings after A’ja Wilson scored 30 points in the Las Vegas Aces’ 86-83 victory against the Phoenix Mercury. The Aces are 12-8 in conference games. Las Vegas [...] Read More »

Phoenix Mercury (19-13, 9-8 Western Conference) at Seattle Storm (17-17, 9-10 Western Conference) Seattle; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Seattle Storm hosts the Phoenix Mercury after Skylar Diggins scored 21 points in the Seattle Storm’s 80-78 win over the Atlanta Dream. The Storm are 9-10 against Western Conference opponents. Seattle is third in the [...] Read More »

Los Angeles Sparks (16-17, 6-12 Western Conference) at Washington Mystics (15-18, 8-7 Eastern Conference) Washington; Sunday, 3 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles Sparks visits the Washington Mystics after Kelsey Plum scored 28 points in the Sparks’ 97-96 win over the Dallas Wings. The Mystics are 9-7 in home games. Washington is seventh in the [...] Read More »

Atlanta Dream (21-12, 11-6 Eastern Conference) at Golden State Valkyries (18-15, 7-10 Western Conference) San Francisco; Sunday, 8:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Atlanta Dream takes on the Golden State Valkyries after Rhyne Howard scored 21 points in the Dream’s 80-78 loss to the Seattle Storm. The Valkyries have gone 10-5 in home games. Golden State [...] Read More »