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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 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 »

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 »

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 »

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rhyne Howard had 14 points, six assists and five rebounds, Brionna Jones added 13 points and nine rebounds, and the Atlanta Dream ran away from the Golden State Valkyries in the third quarter for 79-63 win Sunday night. Allisha Gray overcame shooting 3 for 13 to score 13 points as the [...] Read More »

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Two-time Super Bowl champion defensive tackle Khalen Saunders was traded from New Orleans to Jacksonville hours after the teams played a preseason game Sunday, two people familiar with the deal said. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity and said the teams agreed to swap Saunders for [...] Read More »

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Two-time Super Bowl champion defensive tackle Khalen Saunders was traded from New Orleans to Jacksonville hours after the teams played a preseason game Sunday, a person familiar with the deal said. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither team immediately confirmed the swap. The teams [...] Read More »

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Joey Aguilar got the nod to start at quarterback for No. 24 Tennessee in the Volunteers’ season opener against Syracuse, the program revealed Sunday night after months of transfer-portal drama at the position. Aguilar had two productive seasons at Appalachian State and then transferred to UCLA last December, only to join [...] Read More »

MASON — Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand won the Cincinnati Open women’s doubles championship with a straight-sets victory over Guo Hanyo of China and Alexandra Panova of Russia on Sunday night. The second-seeded combo of Dabrowski and Routliffe — who won the U.S. Open women’s doubles title together in 2023 [...] Read More »