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Medicine Hat News The final day of the Hlinka Gretzky Cup saw four Medicine Hat Tigers don medals. Forwards Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll and Noah Davidson captured gold Saturday with the United States, beating Sweden 5-3 for the U.S.’ second ever gold medal at the U18 tournament. Davidson scored in the first period to put the U.S. [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Sylvan Lake Gulls need just one more win for their first championship in franchise history. The Gulls opened up the 2025 WCBL finals with a 3-2, 11th inning win Thursday at Regina over the Red Sox to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series. It’s the first trip to the finals for [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat Tigers fans still have a reason to tune into the finals of the Hlinka Gretzky Cup on Saturday. The United States defeated Canada 4-3 in a shootout Friday morning, punching their ticket to the gold medal game against Sweden, the first finals appearance for the U.S. since 2016. Canada’s three straight gold [...] Read More »

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 »

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Akie Iwai of Japan eagled the fifth hole and birdied the other three par 5s at Columbia Edgewater, shooting an 8-under 64 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead in The Standard Portland Classic. Iwai is trying to join twin sister Chisato as an LPGA Tour winner this year after second-place [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza turned to bench coach John Gibbons as they watched pitcher Nolan McLean get into his first big league jam on Saturday. “I think I told Gibbons ‘All right, let’s see what we’ve got here right away,’” Mendoza said. The Mets might have themselves a keeper. [...] Read More »

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers might have celebrated Saturday’s 22-19 preseason win over the Las Vegas Raiders as if it were a playoff game, rushing Jake Moody after his 59-yard field goal sailed through the uprights as time expired, but they head back to the Bay Area lamenting a few more injuries. [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — Montreal Alouettes quarterback Caleb Evans left a game against the B.C. Lions on Saturday with an apparent lower-body injury. The 27-year-old American was sacked by Lions defensive end Sione Teuhema in the second quarter and struggled to get back to his feet. Trainers came out to look at his right leg on the [...] Read More »

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino left a game against the Chicago White Sox with a heat-related illness after striking out in the first inning Saturday. The game-time temperature was 94 degrees, with the humidity above 50%, and a heat index above 105 degrees. Pasquantino, who called timeout during [...] Read More »