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Local swimmers dive into Canadian Olympic Trials
By Dale Woodard on June 16th, 2021
A pair of University of Lethbridge Pronghorns swimmers are headed to their first Canadian Olympic trials, while another swimmer and Olympian will join them. Third-year Pronghorn and backstroke specialist Chris Alexander and freshman Apollo Hess will represent the university at trials starting this weekend in Toronto. Joining them is fellow local swimmer Rachel Nicol as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jets resilient during pandemic
By Dale Woodard on June 16th, 2021
Vauxhall Academy of Baseball Jets head coach Les McTavish was happy to get his young team out to play against an opponent after so much time away from the field due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They got just that with a pair of exhibition games against the Lethbridge Bulls Saturday and Sunday at Spitz Stadium ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bulls get a preseason tune up
By Dale Woodard on June 15th, 2021
The Lethbridge Bulls season is right around the corner, but Torrin Vaselenak has already been getting his swings in. With the Bulls set to open their 2021 Western Canadian Baseball League season after losing the entire 2020 season to the COVID-19 pandemic, the baseball club hosted the Vauxhall Academy of Baseball Jets in a pair ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Bulls are back
By Dale Woodard on June 12th, 2021
A funny thing happened Friday morning at Spitz Stadium. Some baseball. In any other year, that wouldn’t be too far-fetched in mid-June, but after a COVID-ravaged past year that ejected the entire 2020 Western Canadian Baseball League season, the Lethbridge Bulls were back at the plate and on the base paths for the opening day ... Read More »
1 responseHometown boy Tetachuk headed to Moose Jaw
By Dale Woodard on June 12th, 2021
A local goaltender is on the move. On Thursday, the Lethbridge Hurricanes announced they had traded Lethbridge’s Carl Tetachuk to the Moose Jaw Warriors in exchange for a conditional seventh round draft pick in the 2024 WHL Prospects Draft. The 2001-born puck stopper who turned 21 this year was originally undrafted in the Western Hockey ... Read More »
1 responsePronghorns hire new women’s rugby coach
By Al Beeber on June 10th, 2021
University of Lethbridge Pronghorn Athletics have hired the fourth coach in the history of its women’s rugby program. Graeme Moffat, a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, will also take the helm of a new initiative designing and implementing a coaching development program for all Pronghorn coaches. Moffat was introduced to media Wednesday at the university. His ... Read More »
1 responseLethbridge to open 2021 PBR Canada Cup Series
By PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDERS on June 8th, 2021
Set to begin its sixth season, PBR and Canada’s nationally-televised Cup Series will hold six two-day events throughout 2021, visiting cities across Alberta and Saskatchewan. In 2021, the Canadian Cup Series will begin in Lethbridge at Enmax Centre, launching the season on Aug. 27-28. Last season, the nation’s premier series travelled to Lethbridge twice. After ... Read More »
1 responseSoftball Valley hoping to start league play this month
By Tim Kalinowski on June 8th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The grass is perfectly groomed, the lines are painted in, the mounds are prepared, and the base pads have been installed, but Softball Valley is still looking for more teams and players to get its league action up and running again this summer, likely by June 20. According to Softball Valley facility manager ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bulls sign hometown product Penner for coming season
By Dale Woodard on June 1st, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com With the baseball season just around the corner, a local product is back for the summer. The Lethbridge Bulls announced Monday infielder Ty Penner will be back at Spitz Stadium as the Western Canadian Baseball League returns to the diamond after the 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Penner was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stringer listed on NHL Central Scouting
By Lethbridge Herald on May 28th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Hurricanes forward and local product Zack Stringer has landed on the National Hockey League’s Central Scouting Service list. Stringer, 18, was listed 190th among North American skaters as Central Scouting released its list Thursday. The six-foot-one, 165-pound forward was drafted by the Canes in the first round and eighth overall in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jets take off for college programs
By Cole Parkinson on May 28th, 2021
Despite the lack of games for the Vauxhall Academy of Baseball Jets, their senior players have continued to find teams for the next fall season. Earlier this month, three Jets players committed to college programs for the upcoming 2021-22 season. Right-handed pitcher Cole Alguire from Calgary accepted a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) scholarship ... Read More »
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