Sports

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Steel female football team kick into a new season  today with a sense of eagerness and wanting to get better as a team. “[I am] throwing a lot at them and they’re just super eager to learn, super eager to get better,” said new head coach Matthew Sentes, [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Catholic Central High School has spearheaded a new collaboration with high schools in both city school districts through soccer in support of the Lethbridge Interfaith Foodbank next month. The collaboration between  soccer teams from CCHS, Chinook, Winston Churchill, Immanuel Christian Secondary School and École la Vérendrye School will allow for [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Time is ticking for people to get their tickets for next week’s Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony for the 2024 class. Inductees include boxer Carmen Rinke, kickboxer Brad Wall,  Judge John A Jackson, who passed away years ago, for multisport, soccer coach Randy Bardock, judo athlete Michael Tamura [...] Read More »

The Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs varsity team salvaged a split in the two games against the VIU Mariners during Canadian College Baseball Conference action  at Spitz Stadium on Thursday. The afternoon game was one to forget for the Dawgs as they got shellacked 17-4. A big fifth and seventh inning by the Mariners, where they [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald  Two Chinook Coyotes graduating volleyball players  have committed to play post-secondary  right at home in the city, while another has decided to compete down south beginning next season. Both Robyn Austin and Asha Hurkett have decided to stay at home and play as teammates with the Lethbridge College Kodiaks women’s [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES – Evander Kane’s teammates believe he’s tailor-made for the playoffs, and so does the man himself. “The drama of it all,” Kane said about the post-season. “It just brings the best out of me.” Kane had a goal, an assist and a fight – known as a “Gordie Howe hat trick” – and [...] Read More »

WASHINGTON (AP) – Vincent Trocheck had a power-play goal and a short-handed assist, Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves and the New York Rangers moved one win away from advancing by beating the Washington Capitals 3-1 in Game 3 Friday night, taking a 3-0 lead in their first-round NHL playoff series. The Rangers scored goals at [...] Read More »

Friday’s Scoreboard NHL Playoffs First Round Vancouver 2 Nashville 1 (Vancouver leads best-of-seven series 2-1) Edmonton 6 Los Angeles 1 (Edmonton leads best-of-seven series 2-1) Colorado 6 Winnipeg 2 (Colorado leads best-of-seven series 2-1) N.Y. Rangers 3 Washington 1 (New York leads best-of-seven series 3-0) — AHL Playoffs Division Semifinals Rochester 3 Syracuse 2 (Rochester [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES – Zach Hyman and Leon Draisaitl scored twice, and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Los Angeles Kings 6-1 on Friday to take a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series. Hyman increased his playoff-leading goal total to six. Draisaitl added an assist for the 50th of his career in the post-season. Evander Kane [...] Read More »

DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche scored three goals in a span of six minutes early in the third period of a 6-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night at Ball Arena. Nathan MacKinnon and Valeri Nichushkin got the rally started with power-play goals before Artturi Lehkonen gave Colorado a two-goal cushion. Ross Colton [...] Read More »