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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 arly in the third quarter of the 112th Grey Cup after Saskatchewan scored a touchdown to go up 22-7 and the Alouettes went two and out, I made a note to myself, “They should be able to cruise home now.” Yeah, right. Who was I kidding? It’s just not part of Roughrider DNA to [...] Read More »

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Azzi Fudd scored 31 points and Sarah Strong added 16 points and 20 rebounds to lead No. 1 UConn to a 72-69 victory over sixth-ranked Michigan on Friday night in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase. Huskies coach Geno Auriemma had said earlier in the week that Michigan might [...] Read More »

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Okku Federiko had 16 points in Drake’s 98-52 win against Buena Vista on Friday. Federiko added six rebounds and six assists for the Bulldogs (4-2). Braden Appelhans scored 14 points, shooting 5 for 10, including 4 for 8 from beyond the arc. Eli Shetlar went 5 of 9 from the [...] Read More »

CALGARY — Speedskating star Jordan Stolz of the United States won gold and Canadians Ted-Jan Bloemen and Valérie Maltais both earned bronze Friday at Calgary’s World Cup. Stolz, a two-time world champion in the 500, 1,000 and 1,500 metres, outduelled Dutch archrival Jenning De Boo at the Olympic Oval by just over a tenth of [...] Read More »

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Brycen Blaine helped lead Charleston Southern past East Carolina on Friday with 23 points and 12 rebounds off the bench in a 77-65 win. Luke Williams scored 13 points and added six assists for the Buccaneers (4-3). Nate Brafford had nine points on 3-for-5 shooting from beyond the arc. Giovanni Emejuru [...] Read More »

BOSTON (AP) — Nic Claxton had 18 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists for his first NBA triple-double and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Boston Celtics 113-105 on Friday night for their first victory in the NBA Cup in-season tournament. Michael Porter Jr. scored 33 points, and Noah Clowney had 19 to help Brooklyn snap [...] Read More »