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Copperheads win streak comes to end after topping Bisons
By Lethbridge Herald on December 1st, 2021
The Coaldale Copperheads winning streak came to an end last weekend, but not before a win over the top team in the Heritage Junior Hockey League Southern Division. The Copperheads topped the South-leading Okotoks Bisons 5-2 Saturday night at the Coaldale Sportsplex for their eighth win in a row. But the Copperheads streak came to ... Read More »
1 responseHockey Hounds set to return to play after solid tournament performance
By Dale Woodard - Lethbridge Herald on December 1st, 2021
The Lethbridge U18 Hockey Hounds fell one victory shy of winning their own tournament. Still, that performance last weekend could be just what the doctor ordered as the Hockey Hounds return to South Central Alberta Hockey League play this weekend. Hosting their home tournament Friday through Sunday at the ATB Centre, the Hockey Hounds made ... Read More »
1 responseU18 AEHL Canes in race for first place
By Lethbridge Herald on December 1st, 2021
In a race for first place in the U18 Alberta Elite Hockey League South Division, the Lethbridge Hurricanes have put themselves snugly in the mix. The Canes picked up three points in a weekend homestand thanks to a 5-1 win over the St. Albert Nektar Raiders and a 2-2 tie with the Airdrie CFR Bisons ... Read More »
1 responseHorns women top MRU, men swept in weekend basketball action
By Lethbridge Herald on December 1st, 2021
The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s basketball team earned their first two wins of the Canada West season as they head into their final homestand before the Christmas break. The Horns headed to Calgary Friday and Saturday, where they grabbed a pair of wins over the Mount Royal University Cougars. Lethbridge won 65-56 Friday night ... Read More »
1 responseVolleyball wins send Kodiaks into happy holiday break
By Dale Woodard - Lethbridge Herald on December 1st, 2021
The Lethbridge College Kodiaks men’s and women’s volleyball teams are headed to the holiday break on a winning note. Wrapping up the first half of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference season, the Kodiaks each posted 3-0 wins over the Olds Broncos Saturday night at the Val Matteotti Gymnasium. With the wins, the Kodiaks volleyball teams ... Read More »
1 responseTough luck rocks Rebels in final
By Dale Woodard on November 30th, 2021
The Taber W.R. Myers Rebels had their opponent in the Sexsmith Sabres as the teams clashed in the Football Alberta Tier IV championship Saturday. Unfortunately for the Rebels, a second opponent showed up after the game started and this one happened to be Murphy’s Law. The fifth-ranked Rebels were defeated 51-7 by the top-seeded Sabres ... Read More »
1 responsePandas, Zeniths strike provincial gold
By Dale Woodard on November 30th, 2021
The Magrath Zeniths and Pandas volleyball teams have served up provincial gold medals. Again. The Zeniths turned in a golden performance at the Alberta Schools Athletic Association 3A boys provincials last weekend in Westlock, while the Pandas headed down the road to Taber for the 2A provincials, turning in the same result. The Zeniths downed ... Read More »
1 responseHess shines at Canada West Championship
By Dale Woodard on November 30th, 2021
Apollo Hess put his head down, and the results took care of themselves. So did a slew of medals, broken records and Canada West championship accolades. Joining his University of Lethbridge Pronghorns swimming teammates at his first Canada West Championship last weekend at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Hess proceeded to build on a ... Read More »
1 responseHurricanes add forward from Hitmen
By Lethbridge Herald on November 30th, 2021
The Lethbridge Hurricanes made a weekend move, acquiring one player and re-assigning another. On Saturday, the Hurricanes announced they had acquired 2003-born forward Tristan Zandee from the Calgary Hitmen in exchange for a fifth-round draft pick in the 2022 Western Hockey League Prospects Draft. Zandee, 18, was a second-round and 36th overall pick in the ... Read More »
1 responseComets capture Tier I title
By Dale Woodard on November 30th, 2021
The Raymond Comets are the Football Alberta Tier I provincial champions. However, they’re already eyeing up their next objective. The fifth-ranked Comets downed the ninth-ranked Edmonton Ross Sheppard Thunderbirds 45-17 in the gold medal game Saturday afternoon at Commonwealth Stadium. Tied 17-17 with the Thunderbirds in the third quarter, the Comets went up by one ... Read More »
1 responsePronghorns swimmers off to fast starts at Canada West Championship
By Lethbridge Herald on November 27th, 2021
The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns swimming team got the Canada West Championship off on a record-breaking note Friday. The Horns are in Edmonton at the University of Alberta as action continues today and tomorrow. On opening day Friday, first-year Pronghorn Apollo Hess continued to break records, this one in the 50m breaststroke, breaking the Canada ... Read More »
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