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Canes teams grab three points

By Lethbridge Herald on November 17th, 2021

A last-second goal allowed the Lethbridge U18 Hurricanes to earn a three-point weekend, while the U16 Lethbridge Headwater Hurricanes enjoyed a winning end to a three-point weekend. The U18 Canes put up a 1-0-1 showing in Alberta Elite Hockey League weekend play, battling the Airdrie CFR Bisons to a 2-2 tie Sunday afternoon at Nicholas ... Read More »

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Rebels will play for another day

By Dale Woodard on November 17th, 2021

For some members of the Taber W.R. Myers Rebels football team, it was their last home game ever. But thanks to a winning effort last weekend, it’s not their last football game. Hosting the Canmore Wolverines in the Football Alberta Tier IV South semifinal Saturday afternoon on their Ken McDonald Sports Complex home field, the ... Read More »

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Kodiaks cross country running team wraps up season at Nationals

By Lethbridge Herald on November 17th, 2021

The Lethbridge College Kodiaks cross country running teams finished with some strong performances on the national stage to wrap up the season. The Kodiaks men’s and women’s teams were at St. Mary’s University in Calgary for the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Nationals Saturday. The men’s team placed ninth overall as Reggie Williams took 17th with ... Read More »

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Kodiaks can’t score the sweep

By Dale Woodard on November 16th, 2021

No matter who the opponent, a sweep in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference does not come easy. The young Lethbridge College Kodiaks women’s basketball team found that out. Hosting their ACAC home opener Sunday night at the Val Matteotti Gymnasium, the Kodiaks came up short in a 75-68 loss to the Red Deer Polytechnic Queens. ... Read More »

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Kodiaks team up on the Kings

By Dale Woodard on November 16th, 2021

Call it a sports cliche, the Lethbridge College Kodiak men’s basketball team calls it their first win of the season. The Kodiaks downed the Red Deer Polytechnic Kings 83-74 in Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference play Sunday afternoon at the Val Matteotti Gymnasium. Hosting their home opener and their first home game in nearly two years, ... Read More »

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Zeniths win SAHSVL title, looking ahead to Zones

By Dale Woodard on November 16th, 2021

The Magrath Zeniths boys volleyball team have secured one championship, but the season is far from over. The Zeniths downed the Chinook Coyotes 3-0 to capture the 2021 Southern Alberta High School Volleyball League varsity boys title Saturday afternoon at the Catholic Central West campus. Still, with the SAHSVL title secured, the newly-crowned champions are ... Read More »

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Hurricanes wrap up road trip

By Lethbridge Herald on November 16th, 2021

The Lethbridge Hurricanes managed to snap a losing streak on the second-last game of their Western Hockey League road trip. But another slow start and another surrendered shorthanded goal put them back in the loss column to wrap up a five-game road swing through Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The Hurricanes were downed 3-2 by the Moose ... Read More »

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Rams, Comets, Rebels advance

By Dale Woodard on November 16th, 2021

The LCI Rams and Raymond Comets have advanced in the Football Alberta provincial playoffs. For that, the two southern Alberta rivals will face each other this weekend. Again. Playing in the Tier I South Zone semi-finals Saturday afternoon, the sixth-ranked Rams toppled the Calgary Ernest Manning Griffins – ranked seventh – 27-10 in Calgary. Meanwhile ... Read More »

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Kodiaks men’s basketball team studies up for the season

By Dale Woodard on November 13th, 2021

They’re a studious bunch, that Lethbridge College Kodiaks men’s basketball team. As the Kodiaks get set to, figuratively speaking, crack open the books on the 2021-22 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference season, they do so having done their homework. The first quiz took place last night in Red Deer against the Polytechnic Kings in a 90-83 ... Read More »

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Team Canada off to 2-0 start at FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup 2021

By Lethbridge Herald on November 13th, 2021

Team Canada, featuring former University of Lethbridge Pronghorns basketball player Kacie Bosch and current Pronghorns lead assistant coach Paige Crozon, is off to a 2-0 start at the inaugural FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup 2021 tournament. Team Canada, which also features Michelle Plouffe and Catherine Traer, got the tournament off to a 2-0 start Friday at the ... Read More »

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Kodiaks runners ready for Nationals

By Dale Woodard on November 13th, 2021

Carter Van Roon is tying up his shoes for his Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association championship debut. As the first-year member of the Lethbridge College Kodiaks cross country running team gets ready to do that when the CCAA’s hit the trail today at St. Mary’s University in Calgary, the game plan for Van Roon is to ... Read More »

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