Local Sports
Pronghorns track and field send strong athletes to USports Championships
By Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2023
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Six University of Lethbridge Pronghorns track and field athletes begin their medal quests at the USports National Track and Field Championships today in Saskatoon. The U of L men’s side will be led by three-time Canada West throw champion and 2022 U Sports silver medalist, Andreas Troschke. Troschke is going ... Read More »
1 responseMagrath bull retires from PBR competition
By Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2023
Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald After 56 rides with professional bull riders since 2018, Magrath bull Catch My Drift retired after his last buck at the Professional Bull Riders(PBR)South Country Co-op Showdown at the Enmax Centre on Friday night. “We’ve been coast-to-coast in Canada and all the way to Las Vegas, going south,” said Josh Berezay, ... Read More »
1 responseMoulding gets another shot at Brier with Northern Ontario
By Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2023
Justin Seward – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – sports@lethbridgeherald.com Former Coaldale and Lethbridge curling rinks ice maker Darren Moulding is participating in his seventh Brier this week in London, Ont., as a player with Team Northern Ontario. After representing Team Alberta for years with Brendan Bottcher’s rink, it was in 2022 he ended up as a part of Team ... Read More »
1 responseBlades down Hurricanes
By Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2023
Justin Seward – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – sports@lethbridgeherald.com The Saskatoon Blades got the best of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in a 5-1 home win on Saturday night. Charlie Wright scored his sixth of the season 6:20 into the first period on the powerplay to give the Blades an early 1-0 lead. Jake Chiasson and Connor Roulette assisted on Wright’s ... Read More »
1 responseJudo Club has historic performance at Canada Winter Games
By Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2023
For the first time in its history, the Lethbridge Judo Club’s athletes brought medals home from the Canada Winter Games in Prince Edward Island last week. The first day saw Charlize Medilo win the gold medal in the 48-kilogram class followed by Addyson Tamura winning bronze in the same division. Loic Beaton took home gold ... Read More »
1 responseRomero headlines VAB event
By Lethbridge Herald on March 3rd, 2023
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Ricky Romero will be talking about his baseball experiences as the guest speaker at the 17th annual Vauxhall Academy of Baseball Jets Home Run Ball! Dinner, Awards and Auction tonight. The East Los Angeles product was in the Blue Jays organization for 10 years and ... Read More »
1 responseHurricanes blank Raiders
By Lethbridge Herald on March 3rd, 2023
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Hurricanes goaltender Bryan Thomson pitched a 30-save shut out to propel his team to a 3-0 win over the Prince Albert Raiders on Friday night in northern Saskatchewan. After a scoreless first period, it was the Canes Tyson Laventure who opened the scoring at 9:17 of the middle frame with his ... Read More »
1 responseRieder inks Letter of Intent with Dinos
By Lethbridge Herald on March 2nd, 2023
By Justin Seward LCI Rams football player Greyson Rieder signed his Letter of Intent to solidify his spot on the University of Calgary Dinos football roster next season. “They just have like a really good Kinesiology program, which is what my future plans were to want to get into, and this is a good stepping ... Read More »
1 responseHartman eyes top prize at PBR South Country Co-op Showdown
By Lethbridge Herald on March 2nd, 2023
Lancer, Sask. bull rider Chad Hartman is looking to improve on his third place finish at last year’s PBR Canada Cup Series event in Lethbridge, as the PBR South Country Co-op Showdown returns to the Enmax Centre tonight and tomorrow night. It was last year that Hartman excelled where he logged eight top 10 finishes, ... Read More »
1 responseKodiaks basketball ready for league championships
By Lethbridge Herald on March 1st, 2023
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge College Kodiaks basketball teams begin their respective Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference Championships today in hopes of winning the gold medal by Saturday. The men’s team finished first in the South Division with a 16-5 record and open up with their quarter-final match against NorthWest Polytechnic in Calgary at Ambrose ... Read More »
1 responsePronghorns Championships weekend recap
By Lethbridge Herald on February 28th, 2023
U OF L ATHLETICS Swim Horns Swimming competed at the 2023 U SPORTS Swimming Championships this weekend in Victoria, B.C. The Pronghorns sent the largest team in program history, qualifying 14 athletes for the national competition. On day one of the meet, second-year standout Apollo Hess earned a bronze medal in 50-metre Breast stroke with ... Read More »
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