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Bulls’ bats sound off in season opener
By Dale Woodard on June 19th, 2021
Two big innings powered the Lethbridge Bulls to a season opening win. Playing their first game at their Spitz Stadium home field in almost two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic that cancelled last season, the Bulls downed the Okotoks Black Dawgs 14-7 in home-opening Western Canadian Baseball League action Friday night. The win came ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricanes to host Hitmen in home opener
By Lethbridge Herald on June 18th, 2021
The date for the Lethbridge Hurricanes’ 2021-22 Western Hockey League home opener is set. So is their opponent. The Canes, in conjunction with the WHL, have announced their home opener will take place Oct. 1 when they welcome the Calgary Hitmen to the Enmax Centre. It will be just the fifth time in franchise history ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lacrosse makes its return this weekend
By Dale Woodard on June 18th, 2021
It has taken over 700 days, but lacrosse is back. And this weekend, minor lacrosse teams in the Southern Alberta Lacrosse Association will celebrate the sport returning after losing the 2020 season to the COVID-19 pandemic with a marathon of games in Taber. “The games start this weekend,” said Mike Medhurst, president of Lethbridge Lacrosse. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bulls open season tonight
By Dale Woodard on June 18th, 2021
Even in a year of pandemic, the last season has been a period of growth for Levi Abbott. That’s because the right-handed pitcher for the Lethbridge Bulls managed to make it south of border where baseball could be played, taking the mound for the Buffalo-based Canisius College, playing alongside current Bulls teammate Carlin Dick. “It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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!Kodiaks men’s soccer sign two local LFC products
By Lethbridge Herald on June 16th, 2021
The Lethbridge College Kodiaks men’s soccer team didn’t have to look too far to land their newest recruits. On Tuesday, the Kodiaks announced the commitments of Lethbridge Football Club products Charlie Block and Vincent Dyck. The newest Kodiaks are both set to graduate from Chinook High School and both play centre midfield. As well, Block ... 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 »
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