Sports

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Sport Council were one of 55 recipients of a Spotlight Grant from Canadian Women & Sport this week. The Spotlight Grant is meant to fund initiatives that help in finding opportunities for girls to experience sport and physical activity benefits. LSC received $5,000 of the $425,000 doled out by [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes host the Moose Jaw Warriors tomorrow night in their first home game  in three weeks after a seven-game road trip and Lethbridge will have to deal with one of the top offensive juggernauts in the league. “They wanna play run and gun,” said Ryan Aasman, Hurricanes assistant [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes have returned from a respectable two-week,seven-game road trip, six of which were in the B.C. Division, with a 3-4 record in what was considered a team building trek. “Yeah, gotta be happy with the results for sure,” said Ryan Aasman, Hurricanes assistant coach. “I thought all-in-all the [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Catholic Central Cougars varsity boys volleyball team continued  their consistent strong play over the weekend as they took home the School Sport Alberta 4A South Zone Championship after sweeping Winston Churchill High School (25-15,25-14, 25-21) in the final on Saturday at Medicine Hat High School. The Cougars have been [...] Read More »

By Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald -Local Journalism Initiative Reporter  Shannon Clark was never supposed to be a top level Mixed Martial Artist (MMA) fighter. The 33-year-old Lethbridge woman only got into combat sports as a way to train in the offseason during her post secondary days when she was a soccer player for the University [...] Read More »

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Paulius Murauskas scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half, when Joshua Dent scored 11 of his 14, and Saint Mary’s beat Virginia Tech 77-66 on Thursday in the Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals. Saint Mary’s is 8-0 for the first time since the 2013-14 team started 9-0. Saint Mary’s [...] Read More »

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Warriors star Stephen Curry will be sidelined for at least a week with a right quadriceps contusion and strained muscle after getting injured during Golden State’s 104-100 loss to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night. He had an MRI exam after the game and the Warriors said Thursday that Curry would [...] Read More »

A new-look Canadian women’s rugby sevens side kicks off the revamped HSBC SVNS season on Saturday at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai. Canada has been drawn in Pool B with Britain, Australia and Japan at the weekend tournament, the first of nine events on the elite HSBC SVNS circuit. After Dubai, the Canadian women head [...] Read More »

CAROLINA, Puerto Rico (AP) — Kaylene Smikle scored 13 points and No. 7 Maryland coasted to a 95-38 win over Hofstra on Thursday to wrap up the Puerto Rico Classic. The Terrapins (9-0) got their real challenge in the opener when they defeated No. 16 Kentucky 74-66 in a battle of unbeaten teams. Addi Mack, [...] Read More »

HALIFAX — Christina Black’s team started the Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials with a whimper. They have a chance to end it as Canada’s representatives at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Black’s team from the local Halifax Curling Club stunned Kerri Einarson 6-3 in the women’s semifinal on Thursday to advance to the women’s final against Rachel [...] Read More »