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Tough 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 »
1 responseHall scores twice, Canes win
By Dale Woodard on November 27th, 2021
Justin Hall continues to find the back of the net. And the Lethbridge Hurricanes benefitted from that following a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oil Kings in Western Hockey League action Friday night at the Enmax Centre. Hall opened the scoring and added another in the second for the eventual game-winner as the Hurricanes hung ... Read More »
1 responseEagles honouring teammate at game today
By Dale Woodard on November 27th, 2021
The Lethbridge Female Junior Eagles hockey team will pay tribute to a teammate and raise further awareness to the importance of mental health this afternoon. As they host the Calgary Titans today at 1:30 p.m. at the ATB Centre, the Eagles will honour teammate Emily Middagh, who lost her battle to mental health earlier this ... Read More »
1 responsePandas off to semifinals at provincials
By Lethbridge Herald on November 27th, 2021
The second day of the Alberta Schools Athletic Association high school volleyball provincials wrapped up on courts around Alberta on Friday. At the 4A boys and girls provincials in Red Deer, the Catholic Central Cougars girls lost 2-0 (13-25, 22-25) to Calgary Bowness and Edmonton Strathcona (19-25, 23-25) to finish the round-robin 2-2. On the ... Read More »
1 responseRebels, Comets ready for final
By Dale Woodard on November 27th, 2021
As they head to Edmonton for the Football Alberta Tier IV provincial championship, the Taber W.R. Myers Rebels are taking some of Taber with them. What’s better, some former parts of Taber and the Rebels program will meet them there as well. It’ll make for a downright home field vibe when the fifth-ranked Rebels face ... Read More »
1 responseHorns relay teams looking for fast times at Canada West championship
By Dale Woodard on November 26th, 2021
The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns swimmers are looking for a team effort at the Canada West Championship. The laps begin today as the Horns take the pool at the University of Alberta in Edmonton with an eye on some strong relay times. Coming off an historic silver medal in 2019 in the 4 X100 freestyle ... Read More »
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