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Kodiaks add speed with commitment of Morrison
By Dale Woodard on May 20th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge College Kodiaks women’s soccer team continues to recruit, and this time they added a little speed. As they gear up for the 2021 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference season, the Kodiaks announced the commitment of striker Megan Morrison. The product of Medicine Hat will make the Kodiaks just a little bit faster. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RMTC opening weekend postponed
By Dale Woodard on May 15th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com The Rocky Mountain Turf Club will wait another weekend before the horses charge from the gate. On Thursday, the RMTC announced the opening weekend of racing — minus the fans due to COVID-19 protocol — would take place Saturday and Sunday with the Preakness Stakes weekend. But late Friday, the starting gate closed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local swimmer Fletcher ready to compete in NCAA Division 1
By Dale Woodard on May 14th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com Out of a disappointing development, Isaac Fletcher was still able to take the next step. Or in the case of the local swimmer, the next lap. Those laps will take place south of the border and at the NCAA Division 1 level as Fletcher, a member of the Lethbridge Amateur Swim Club, signs ... Read More »
1 responseKodiaks bring in longtime LFC member
By Dale Woodard on May 13th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge College Kodiaks women’s soccer team has signed a longtime Lethbridge Football Club member. On Wednesday, the Kodiaks announced the commitment of Lethbridge product Ambreah Kelly in time for the 2021 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference season. Kelly, a right-back, has been a member of the LFC since she was 10 years old. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Golfers limited to close contacts amid restrictions
By Dale Woodard on May 8th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com Even with the latest COVID-19 crackdowns announced earlier this week, golfers can still get in the swing of things, albeit with a select group. On Thursday, provincial health authorities announced that, starting Monday, restrictions will be placed on who golfers can play with. “At this time, outdoor sport and recreation activities like golf ... Read More »
2 responsesPronghorns newest signing brings a can-do attitude
By Dale Woodard on May 8th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com Perhaps no one would be surprised if the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s basketball team’s latest recruit arrived complete with a lunch pail and work boots. This much is certain, Chloe Deklerk has put in the work to make the step up to the Canada West. On the same day it was announced ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tetachuk hits half-century mark
By Dale Woodard on May 7th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com Even in a shortened season, Carl Tetachuk managed to hit a statistical milestone before it ended. For the third-year goaltender for the Lethbridge Hurricanes, that involved hitting the half-century mark as the hometown boy made good, backstopping the Canes to a 6-3 win over the Medicine Hat Tigers last Saturday in Medicine Hat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pronghorns eyeing a return to action this fall
By Dale Woodard on May 7th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com It’s a very welcome green light for the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns athletics. Following their virtual Canada West AGM Tuesday and Wednesday, Canada West institutions announced their intent to return to conference play for the 2021-22 season in an alternative format after losing the entire 2020-21 season to the COVID-19 pandemic. The alternative ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canes captain Kambeitz closes his junior career on familiar territory
By Dale Woodard on May 6th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com For Dino Kambeitz – and every graduating 20-year-old across the Western Hockey League – it probably wasn’t quite the end to his major junior career that he envisioned. Playing in a COVID-19-ravaged 2021 WHL season, the product of Parker, Colorado’s final season consisted of 24 fanless games against exclusively Central Division opponents with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s been a weird one…
By Dale Woodard on May 6th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com It’s been an odd season, to say the least. Peculiar, quirky, bizarre, whack-a-doodle É just plain goofy. So as the Lethbridge Hurricanes wrapped up their 24-game Western Hockey League regular season – shortened due to a certain pandemic – with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Edmonton Oil Kings Tuesday night in Edmonton, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricanes topped in overtime in season-closer
By Dale Woodard on May 5th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.com It was the Lethbridge Hurricanes final game of the season, so they played a little longer. Granted, it was only 21 seconds longer and ultimately the Edmonton Oil Kings emerged with the win, but the Canes still took a point off the Central Division champions following a 3-2 overtime loss in Western Hockey ... Read More »
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