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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 »

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Eli Robinson had 17 points and 10 rebounds to guide Air Force to a 77-63 victory over SIU Edwardsville on Friday night. Caleb Walker added 16 points, nine rebounds and three blocks for the Falcons (2-4). Lucas Hobin had 12 points. The Cougars (3-3) were led by Ring Malith with [...] Read More »

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Coen Carr scored 11 points in the opening seven minutes and finished with 13, and Jeremy Fears had 18 points and 11 assists to lead No. 17 Michigan State to an 84-56 win over Detroit Mercy on Friday night. The Spartans (5-0) followed up their 83-66 victory over No. 12 [...] Read More »

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Kenny Noland had 27 points while Zine Eddine Bedri and Blair Thompson posted double-doubles to help Columbia defeat Lehigh 82-67 on Friday. Noland went 11 of 18 from the field (5 for 10 from 3-point range) for the Lions (4-1). Bedri added 21 points on 9-for-11 shooting with 12 rebounds. Thompson [...] Read More »

TOKYO (AP) — Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan’s first female prime minister in October. She must now decide whether she’ll break another barrier: the taboo barring women from the sumo ring. The winner of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament that ends Sunday will be presented with the Prime Minister’s Cup. Some of her [...] Read More »

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Darin Smith Jr. scored 21 points, Max Frazier powered his way to a 14-point, 13-rebound double-double, and Central Connecticut controlled the second half to hand Rutgers its first loss of the season, 67–54, on Friday night. The Blue Devils (3–2) turned a 32–28 halftime lead into a wire-to-wire statement behind toughness [...] Read More »