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Gulls take flight against the Bulls
By Lethbridge Herald on August 13th, 2021
In the race for second place in the Western Canadian Baseball League, the Sylvan Lake Gulls came out flying Thursday night. The Gulls blanked the Lethbridge Bulls 14-0 in league play Thursday night at Spitz Stadium. In the first of our games the teams will play against each other to wrap up the regular season ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dawgs Black battle back to edge the Bulls
By Dale Woodard on August 12th, 2021
The Lethbridge Bulls and the Okotoks Dawgs Black were spinning the hits Wednesday night. But at the end of a four-hour marathon the Dawgs Black were humming a toe-tapping result following a 12-11 win in Western Canadian Baseball League play Wednesday night at Spitz Stadium. Trailing 11-8 after six innings, the league-leading Dawgs Black (23-14) ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indian Rodeo rides into the RMTC
By Dale Woodard on August 11th, 2021
Indian rodeo was once again riding tall in the saddle with its first event after the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. The weather had cooled off considerably Sunday afternoon, but there was still some hot riding and roping and some equally high stakes as the Blood Tribe Agricultural Society Rodeo came to a close at the Rocky ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kodiaks women’s volleyball signs Sauder
By Lethbridge Herald on August 11th, 2021
The Lethbridge College Kodiaks women’s volleyball team has made another addition to its roster in time for the 2021-22 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference season. On Monday, the Kodiaks announced the commitment of Abby Sauder from Swift Current Comprehensive High School. Sauder is a left side who will join the Kodiaks after training extensively with Team ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Horns rugby duo hosting another clinic
By Dale Woodard on August 11th, 2021
Last month, Savanna Collison and Keegan Brantner invited local youth over to the Lethbridge Rugby Club to experience the finer points of the sport. Now, the duo with the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s rugby team who are also Youth Development Coordinators for the Junior Rugby Alberta Association have kicked it up a notch this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian soccer as good as gold
By Dale Woodard on August 7th, 2021
Score one for soccer in Canada. Score one for soccer in Lethbridge in the long run as well. A soccer nation celebrated from coast to coast in the early hours of Friday morning following the Canadian women’s soccer team’s thrilling 3-2 gold medal win on penalty kicks over Sweden at the Tokyo Games. While Canada ... Read More »
1 responseKodiaks bring Wickstrom back to southern Alberta
By Lethbridge Herald on August 6th, 2021
Aideena Wickstrom is coming back home. The Lethbridge College Kodiaks women’s volleyball team announced Thursday the commitment of the product of Coaldale and the former LCI Clipper standout in time for the 2021 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference season. Wickstrom last played for the Humber Hawks of the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association in 2018-19, posting 46 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bulls win big in Okotoks again
By Lethbridge Herald on August 6th, 2021
The Lethbridge Bulls have won their second game in Okotoks in as many nights and third in a row. Once again hitting double digits in the run department, the Bulls downed the Okotoks Dawgs Red 11-2 in Western Canadian Baseball League play Thursday night. The win comes after an 18-4 decision over the Dawgs Black ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Water skiers rope in national medals
By Dale Woodard on August 6th, 2021
This was an event where being near the end of your rope was exactly where you wanted to be. For the husband and wife team of Ryan and Mackenzie Beekman from Coaldale, it earned Western and National gold and bronze medals, respectively, as the duo strapped on their skis at the Canadian Western Waterski Championships ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Makarchuk places fifth on MJT tour stop
By Lethbridge Herald on August 6th, 2021
Six southern Alberta golfers were in the field at The Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour’s MJT G&G Prodigy Series at Turner Valley Golf Club in Turner Valley last weekend. In the girls 15-19 division, Taber’s Alanna Makarchuk, 18, placed fifth with a two-day score of 81 and 87 for a total of 168. Lethbridge’s Tristan ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Copperheads announce tryout camp dates
By Lethbridge Herald on August 5th, 2021
The Coaldale Copperheads have announced dates for their main tryout camp. As the Copperheads get ready for their 2021-22 Heritage Junior Hockey League season, the team’s tryouts will take place in three sessions next month. The first on-ice tryout goes Sept. 9 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and again Sept. 11 and Sept. 12 ... Read More »
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