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sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U16 Mustangs took care of business in doubleheader ringette action this weekend. The Mustangs hosted the Lethbridge Rattlers at the Moose Rec Centre on Saturday. They won the first game 8-4, led by four goals from Breanna Lanuk. Margot Kerr, Lacey Gibney and Kassidy Etienne each scored, and assists came from [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Boxing Club was well represented at the annual Nieman/Page Memorial tournament. The local boxing club held the memorial tournament, also an Alberta Silver Gloves event, at the Lodge over the weekend with teams from B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia stepping into the ring. The Medicine Hat Boxing Club captured five [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Tigers needed their full lineup to pull out a win Tuesday night. The Tigers held onto a 3-1 lead after 40 minutes, tallying an empty netter late, for a 4-1 win at Co-op Place over the Saskatoon Blades. It’s a victory that gets the Tigers back in the win column after [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb After winning all their games across a two-month stretch, the Medicine Hat Tigers are getting a refresher course on playing their best. The Tigers came out of a two-game road trip through Saskatchewan with one point, picked up in a 3-2 shootout loss Friday to the Saskatoon Blades. They lost 5-1 Saturday to the [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Mavericks announced a fourth returnee for the 2026 roster. On Monday the Mavs announced infielder Blake Dale will don the red and white for a third summer in the WCBL. The Riverton, Wyoming product played 36 games last season with 33 hits, two home runs and 18 RBIs with a .260 [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Rick Pitino was honored Wednesday night by St. John’s for reaching 900 wins as a Division I head coach. Moments before the 25th-ranked Red Storm tipped off against Butler, a tribute to Pitino featuring a montage of the Hall of Famer’s highlights played on the large video screens that hang from [...] Read More »

CLEVELAND (AP) — It’s always special for LeBron James when he returns to Northeast Ohio. The 41-year-old was even more emotional than usual on Wednesday, when the Los Angeles Lakers faced the Cleveland Cavaliers. James teared up during a timeout with 7:46 remaining in the first quarter when the Cavaliers showed video highlights of him [...] Read More »

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Michael Jacobs’ 22 points helped Southern defeat Mississippi Valley State 80-69 on Wednesday. Jacobs added seven assists for the Jaguars (8-12, 4-3 Southwestern Athletic Conference). Terrance Dixon Jr. scored 18 points and added three blocks. Damariee Jones had 13 points and shot 5 of 11 from the field and 3 [...] Read More »

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Bo Nix insists he’ll be the same dual-threat quarterback he was before breaking his right ankle in the playoffs and missing the AFC championship game. The Denver Broncos signal-caller said a simple misstep led to a clean break and required a straightforward fix. He said the injury was “nothing that concerns [...] Read More »

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The most successful player ever in men’s tennis felt disrespected, and had to pause before summarizing the offending question out loud just to process it again. Novak Djokovic, winner of 24 Grand Slam singles titles, including 10 at the Australian Open, was fielding questions about his pending semifinal with defending champion [...] Read More »