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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 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 »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The U19 Mustangs were in action in Calgary over the weekend, picking up a pair of games. The Mustangs faced two Calgary ringette teams, South Calgary 3 and South Calgary 2, winning both matchups. In the first contest, they toppled South Calgary 3 by a score of 10-3. The offence was led by Ava [...] Read More »

ARIMA — Canada cruised to comfortable wins over Barbados and Bermuda to open play Friday at the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens competition. The Canadian men blanked Barbados 45-0 then downed Bermuda 34-0. They take on Mexico on Saturday looking to win their pool so they can take on the bottom team in the other [...] Read More »

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Thijs De Ridder, a 6-foot-9 freshman, scored a season-high 26 points and Chance Mallory had 16 points, eight rebounds and two steals to help Virginia beat Northwestern 83-78 on Friday at the Greenbrier Tip-Off. De Ridder fouled out with 5:46 to play and Mallory picked up his fifth personal [...] Read More »

The Baltimore Orioles viewed outfielder Taylor Ward as something of a scarce commodity. So much so that they were willing to trade a young, cost-controlled pitcher for him. “I wasn’t confident where else somebody like him would come from, on the free-agent and trade market right now, that had the sort of bat that we [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Center fielder Tyrone Taylor and the New York Mets agreed Friday to a $3.8 million, one-year contract that avoided salary arbitration. New York chose not to offer 2026 contracts to a trio of relief pitchers: right-hander Max Kranick and left-handers José Castillo and Danny Young. All three became free agents ahead [...] Read More »

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — West Indies won the toss and opted to bat Saturday in the third one-day international against New Zealand at Seddon Park. New Zealand holds an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series after winning the first match by seven runs and the second by five wickets. Zac Foulkes and Jacob [...] Read More »