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Cougars blank the Bulldogs
By Lethbridge Herald on September 3rd, 2021
The Catholic Central Cougars have kicked off the Southern Alberta High School Football League season with a victory. The Cougars downed the Winston Churchill Bulldogs 56-0 Thursday night at the University of Lethbridge Stadium. Playing in front of a large – as well as loud and stomping – crowd, the Cougars opened a 7-0 lead ... Read More »
1 responseHorns happy to be back
By Dale Woodard on September 2nd, 2021
As they head into their training camp, it’s not difficult to see the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s basketball team is happy to be back on the court. It’s especially easy to tell when those smiles aren’t covered by masks. After losing the 2020 Canada West season to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Horns headed into ... Read More »
1 responseStringer earns free agent invite to Wild camp
By Lethbridge Herald on September 2nd, 2021
Shortly after his trade to the Regina Pats earlier this month, Zack Stringer got some more hockey news. The Lethbridge product and former member of the Lethbridge Hurricanes was given a free agent camp invite by the Minnesota Wild. Stringer is one of five Pats headed to NHL training camps. Joining him is Drew Englot ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Matson, Van Dusen tie for third at MJT tour stop
By Lethbridge Herald on September 2nd, 2021
A pair of Lethbridge golfers tied for third in their division at the Maple Leaf Junior Tour Alberta Series at Desert Blume Golf Club in Medicine Hat Monday and Tuesday. Spence Matson and Braeden Van Dusen placed tied for third in the Junior Boys division with two-day totals of 153. Matson shot 80 on Monday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rocky Mountain Turf Club rides into the fall season
By Dale Woodard on September 2nd, 2021
The Rocky Mountain Turf Club is ready to Whoop it up to start the fall season. In the spirit of getting the horse racing off on the right foot, the RMTC charges from the gate the same weekend as Whoop-Up Days, offering a day at the races right next to the annual festival. Those festivities ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Little League U10s play a game for the ages
By Dale Woodard on September 1st, 2021
The Lethbridge Little League Minor AAA U10 baseball team got both a comeback and a shutdown inning all wrapped up in one. They’ve also got a provincial banner – earned on their Canola Harvest Field home diamond, no less – to show for it following an extra innings win over Calgary West in the Minor ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Adversity turns to gold for Norcrest
By Dale Woodard on September 1st, 2021
A little bit of adversity ultimately turned into a provincial championship for Norcrest Little League. The Norcrest squad made up of players from Lethbridge and southern Alberta defeated the Lethbridge Little League Major AA All Stars 6-3 in the gold medal game of the Little League Alberta Major AA Championship Sunday afternoon at Canola Harvest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lakers make a major splash as provincial hosts
By Dale Woodard on August 31st, 2021
This time, the Lethbridge Lakers were on the right side of the 10-run rule. Just in time, too, because now they’re provincial champions as a result. Facing the Okotoks Outlaws in the final of the Baseball Alberta U18 AA Tier 2 provincial championship Sunday night at Spitz Stadium, the young Lakers — made up of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Diablos perfect en route to Intermediate provincial title
By Dale Woodard on August 31st, 2021
The Lethbridge Intermediate Diablos picked a heck of a weekend to go 5-0. And one big inning capped it off in grand style, earning the Diablos the Little League Intermediate/Junior Provincial Championship. Lethbridge defeated Medicine Hat 19-9 in six innings during the gold medal game Sunday afternoon at Dave Elton Park to cap off a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge’s Klinkhammer picked up by KHL’s Dynamo Moskva
By Lethbridge Herald on August 28th, 2021
Rob Klinkhammer will have a new hockey home overseas this coming season. On Friday, the Dynamo Moskva of the Kontinental Hockey League announced they had picked up the Lethbridge product. Klinkhammer, who turned 35 earlier this month, spent last season with the Dinamo Minsk, where he scored 15 goals and 26 points in 31 games. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Easthope places 22nd at Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship
By Lethbridge Herald on August 28th, 2021
A trio of southern Alberta golfers have wrapped up three days of play at the Canadian Mid-Amateur Championship this week in Fort McMurray. Hitting the links at the four-day event which began Tuesday and ran until Friday was Lethbridge’s Ryan O’Donnell and Justin Nagy as well as Cardston’s Melvin Easthope. Easthope finished the highest of ... Read More »
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