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Horns win one for Sluggo
By Dale Woodard on September 21st, 2021
The Suggitt Cup will reside in southern Alberta this season. Kicking off their Canada West season, the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s rugby team did so on a winning note, downing the Alberta Pandas 53-7 Saturday night at the University of Lethbridge Stadium. Capping off a triple-header of Canada West play at the stadium that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canes win for the home town crowd
By Lethbridge Herald on September 18th, 2021
With people in the building for the first time in a long time, the Lethbridge Hurricanes delivered a win. The Hurricanes edged the Medicine Hat Tigers 3-2 in their opening game of the Western Hockey League preseason Friday night at the Enmax Centre. Playing in front of a crowd for the first time in 566 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kodiaks women’s soccer team blanks the Queens
By Lethbridge Herald on September 18th, 2021
The Lethbridge College Kodiaks men’s and women’s soccer teams got a split decision to start the Alberta College Athletic Conference season Friday. The Kodiaks women’s blanked the Red Deer Queens 4-0 in Red Deer, but the Kodiaks men were unable to make it a clean sweep for the visitors, falling 5-1 to the Red Deer ... Read More »
1 responseHigh school volleyball play hits the court
By Lethbridge Herald on September 18th, 2021
The first week of the Southern Alberta High School Volleyball League season was served up. On the varsity girls side Tuesday, the Cardston Cougars and Catholic Central High School Cougars battled to five sets before Cardston posted the win (23-25, 26-24, 20-25, 25-20, 16-14). In other girls varsity play Tuesday, the Raymond Comets prevailed 3-1 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricanes drop the puck on exhibition season tonight
By Dale Woodard on September 17th, 2021
On the eve of opening their Western Hockey League exhibition season, it was an eventful day for the Lethbridge Hurricanes. On Thursday, the Canes announced they had signed 2005-born forward Nolan Viesner to a Western Hockey League Standard Player Agreement. They also announced that, effective Monday, fans aged 12-and-over will need to show proof of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!French ready to return for the Pronghorns
By Dale Woodard on September 17th, 2021
Having lost their 2020 Canada West season to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s been a long time from game action for the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns men’s soccer team. For Nolan French it has been even longer than that. In fact, it goes back to 2018 when the veteran goaltender’s season came to a halt with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tight-knit Pronghorns rugby kicking off season with the Suggitt Cup
By Dale Woodard on September 17th, 2021
One player is returning to school and to rugby. Another is returning from England. It’s even a family affair. Throw it all together and it looks to be the ideal mix for the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s rugby team. After losing their 2020 Canada West season to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Horns return to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Softball Valley steps up to the plate this weekend
By Dale Woodard on September 16th, 2021
Softball Valley is going to be a busy place this weekend. There will be plenty of action on the baselines as the facility plays host to three events Friday through Sunday. “We have three different events going on at the same time,” said Softball Valley facility manager Hank Stoffer. University-calibre softball will take the field ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Every game’s important for the Kodiaks
By Dale Woodard on September 16th, 2021
No bad games. As they head into their abbreviated Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference season, the Lethbridge College Kodiaks men’s soccer team is fully aware one off-day on the pitch could prove detrimental. After losing their 2020 ACAC season to the COVID-19 pandemic, the defending champion Kodiaks start their shortened regular season six-game sprint Friday when ... Read More »
1 responseKodiaks enjoying lots of roster options
By Dale Woodard on September 16th, 2021
The Lethbridge College Kodiaks women’s soccer team likes their options. What’s better, there are many. After a year away in 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kodiaks open the 2021 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference season on the road Friday as they head to Red Deer to take on the Queens. They’re back at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rams move up in the Football Alberta rankings, Cougars crack the top-10
By Lethbridge Herald on September 14th, 2021
With their win over Calgary St. Francis Friday, the LCI Rams football team has jumped up two spots in the Football Alberta Tier I rankings. Meanwhile in the Tier II rankings, the Catholic Central High School Cougars have earned their first top-10 ranking after defeating Okotoks Foothills Friday night. The Rams downed St. Francis 21-6 ... Read More »
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