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By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Two local racquetball players are set to represent Alberta at Racquetball Canada National Championships this upcoming week in Ontario. Coby Iwaasa will be competing in senior Male Single and Doubles divisions, while Naman Gauri will get one last chance at bringing home gold in the U21  division. Iwaasa has made [...] Read More »

Graham Kelly  Inside the CFL Shortly after former Edmonton and B.C. executive Rick LeLacheur took control of the Elks last fall, he ended the Chris Jones (now a defensive assistant with University of North Carolina) reign of error, saved the team from bankruptcy and sold the community-owned club to construction magnate Larry Thompson. At season’s [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes are now in the process of finding a new head coach as the team announced on Thursday that Bill Peters has decided not to  renew his contract for the 2025-2026 season. Peters spent two seasons with the Canes after being hired in August 2023 to replace Brent [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The  annual Canadian College Baseball Conference World Series begins today and runs until Sunday at Spitz Stadium and while there  will be the games themselves on the field, there will be some activities for fans to enjoy off the diamond as well . “I think it’s good to get the [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs are vying for their first  CCBC (Canadian College Baseball Conference) World Series league championship since 2017 this weekend and are confident that if they play their game and play clean defence, they could be in the conversation for the trophy on Sunday afternoon. Dawgs pitcher [...] Read More »

BALTIMORE (AP) — Umberto Rispoli took quite a path to make history. Rispoli became the first jockey from Italy to win a Triple Crown race Saturday, squeezing between horses around the top of the stretch and then riding Journalism to a tremendous rally in the stretch run of the Preakness. Rispoli’s colt was the even-money [...] Read More »

MONCTON — They’ll have to wait until at least Monday to crown a playoff champion in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League. Mael Lavigne’s goal at 9:05 of the second period snapped a 1-1 deadlock and lifted the visiting Rimouski Oceanic to a 3-1 victory over the Moncton Wildcats to avoid elimination in the best-of-seven [...] Read More »

AP Sports Writer (AP) — Hall of Fame trainers Bob Baffert and D. Wayne Lukas saw their horses endure some troubled trips Saturday in the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes. Baffert’s Goal Oriented finished fourth after bumping with winner Journalism down the stretch. A stewards inquiry was briefly posted to take a look at [...] Read More »

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — For a brief minute, it seemed Bryson DeChambeau was beginning to lock in on a third major championship. The notorious long-ball hitter had just made birdie on the 15th hole Saturday to get to 8-under-par, giving him sole possession of the lead at the PGA Championship. And then Quail Hollow’s famous [...] Read More »

DALLAS — Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele played in Game 6 against the Dallas Stars on Saturday just hours after learning of his father’s unexpected death. Scheifele’s line was on the ice for the opening faceoff. “It rocked us all this morning when we found out,” said Jets head coach Scott Arniel. “Mark will be [...] Read More »