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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb No better way to start a busy week than on a winning note. The Tigers kicked off their four-game week with a big 6-2 win Wednesday at Calgary over the Hitmen, the start of four games in five nights and the first of three against the Hitmen this week. “It was a huge one, [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Cubs have the second half of the HJHL season to continue growing. The Cubs head into a two-game weekend that will be the halfway point of the season, sitting fourth in the South division with a 10-6-1 record. They’re just a point back of the Okotoks Bisons (10-6-2) and Strathmore Wheatland [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews For the sixth time the Professional Bull Riders Canada’s Elite Cup Series will buck its way back to Medicine Hat. The PBR Medicine Hat Classic will be held at Co-op Place on Oct. 17, 2026 marking the sixth appearance by PBR in the Gas City. The Cup Series was in Medicine Hat in October, [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Waves Swim Club raced locally this weekend. The swim club sent 35 swimmers to race at the AMAC Fall Invitational at the Big Marble Go Centre this weekend. Eight swimmers raced to new provincial times. Provincial festival: Quinn Baht: 10-year-old Girls 50m Free Davis Hodel: 11-year-old Boys 200m Breast, 10-year-old Boys [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Two Hatters will be vying for the Vanier Cup this weekend. A former Monsignor McCoy Colt and a Medicine Hat High Hawk are part of the Saskatchewan Huskies who will face the Montreal Carabins in the 60th Vanier Cup on Saturday at Mosiac Stadium in Regina. Freshman defensive lineman Kai Kukurudza has played three [...] Read More »

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Jeeno Thitikul putted for birdie on every hole Friday in a performance worthy of the No. 1 player in women’s golf, giving her a 9-under 63 for a three-shot lead in the CME Group Tour Championship as the Thai star closes in on another $4 million payoff and LPGA player of [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Despite the worldwide attention the Canadian Premier League garnered for its snowy championship game earlier this month, league boss James Johnson says he has no intention of following Major League Soccer’s decision to shift to a summer-to-spring season format. Johnson, Group CEO of Canadian Soccer Business which shares the same ownership as the [...] Read More »

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — DJ Smith scored 20 points to lead Campbell and Jeremiah Johnson secured the victory with a 3-pointer with 42 seconds left as the Fighting Camels knocked off UT Arlington 71-67 on Friday. Smith added six rebounds for the Fighting Camels (3-3). Dovydas Butka scored 17 points and added nine rebounds. Johnson [...] Read More »

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Josh Scovens scored a season-high 12 points on Friday to help Davidson beat Boston College 59-49 at the Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic. Davidson (5-0) is off to its best start since it won five straight to open the 2015-16 season and the Wildcats beat an ACC opponent for the first time [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens recalled forward Florian Xhekaj, the younger brother of bruising defenceman Arber Xhekaj, from the American Hockey League’s Laval Rocket on Friday. Forward Joshua Roy has been sent down after he was called up for two NHL games. Florian Xhekaj, a six-foot-four, 204-pound winger, has two goals and two assists in [...] Read More »