Local Sports
Native Sons get Hall recognition
By Woodard, Dale on July 22nd, 2020
Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Native Sons have scored some provincial recognition. The Native Sons hockey team was inducted into the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame 2020 Induction Class Sunday. The team, along with seven individual recipients, were honoured at this year’s induction banquet in Canmore. The Native Sons were hometown heroes at the 1975 Canada ... Read More »
1 responseLocals leg it out in Ultra Marathon
By Woodard, Dale on July 17th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com Through no fault of his own, Sam Yamamoto was a little off his running game. So the music teacher at LCI threw himself into an intense international race with a gruelling, last-man-standing format as Yamamoto and 11 other Lethbridge runners laced up for the Quarantine Backyard Ultra last weekend. With ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PBR rides again
By Woodard, Dale on July 15th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com Professional bull riding is coming back to Lethbridge. So grab your parking spot and get comfortable. After a 138-day hiatus from competition in Canada, PBR will usher in the return of fan-attended professional sporting events in the country when the elite Monster Energy Tour holds back-to-back events July 23 at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eight Canes alumni on NHL training camp rosters
By Woodard, Dale on July 15th, 2020
Lethbridge As the National Hockey League heads into Phase 3’s Return to Play and training camps, there will healthy dose of Lethbridge Hurricanes alumni. Eight former Canes make up eight different rosters as Calen Addison (Minnesota Wild), Brayden Burke (Arizona Coyotes), Reid Duke (Vegas Golden Knights), Brennan Menell (Minnesota Wild), Luca Sbisa (Winnipeg Jets), Colton ... Read More »
1 responseImport Draft pick won’t be joining Canes
By Woodard, Dale on July 13th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Hurricanes pick in this year’s Canadian Hockey League Import Draft won’t be coming over to these shores. Fortunately for the Canes, they have two players already ably filling that import role. Picking 48th overall in this year’s Import Draft last month, the Hurricanes selected 17-year-old right winger Nikita ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local sports getting kick started
By Woodard, Dale on July 11th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com With the crack of a bat or a kick of the ball, summer sports are starting to emerge in Lethbridge. As Lethbridge’s COVID-19 relaunch continues with the opening of venues around the city, athletes have also received the green light to get active in their respective sports once again in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hawkins serves for Canada
By Woodard, Dale on July 11th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com Mike Hawkins is returning to national coaching stage once again. But this time around it comes with a twist for the local volleyball coach. The Lethbridge product and current coach of the UBC Thunderbirds men’s volleyball team of the Canada West has been named the head coach of Canada’s U-19 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!1st Choice Savings Centre for Sport and Wellness to reopen with limitations
By Woodard, Dale on July 10th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald With the University of Lethbridge working toward a gradual and safe reopening of its facilities, Horns Recreation announced Wednesday the reopening of the 1st Choice Savings Centre on Monday in a limited capacity. “We look forward to welcoming our members back to our facilities,” says Bill Halma, director of Horns Recreation in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sweeping changes coming for 2020-21 curling season
By Woodard, Dale on July 10th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com There are some sweeping changes coming to curling -literally and perhaps somewhat figuratively. As they get set for another season on the pebbled ice in addition to dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Curling Canada announced some on-ice changes Tuesday, spacing things out mid-game to keep things safe and sanitary. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What could have been …
By Woodard, Dale on July 9th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com The 2019-20 Western Hockey League season will go into the books as the “what if” season for the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Like every team in the WHL – and across the Canadian Hockey League – the Hurricanes season ground to a gut-wrenching halt when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in mid-March, cancelling ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Curling has a long, rich history in Lethbridge
By Woodard, Dale on July 8th, 2020
Lethbridge Sports Council In the 1880s, as the community of Lethbridge was being formed, some of the first organizations developed were sport organizations. The Lethbridge Curling Club was one of the first, established in 1887. Lethbridge has always loved its curling, setting up one of the earliest curling rinks in Alberta. From curling on ponds ... Read More »
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