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Tight-knit Pronghorns rugby kicking off season with the Suggitt Cup
By Dale Woodard on September 17th, 2021
One player is returning to school and to rugby. Another is returning from England. It’s even a family affair. Throw it all together and it looks to be the ideal mix for the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s rugby team. After losing their 2020 Canada West season to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Horns return to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Softball Valley steps up to the plate this weekend
By Dale Woodard on September 16th, 2021
Softball Valley is going to be a busy place this weekend. There will be plenty of action on the baselines as the facility plays host to three events Friday through Sunday. “We have three different events going on at the same time,” said Softball Valley facility manager Hank Stoffer. University-calibre softball will take the field ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Every game’s important for the Kodiaks
By Dale Woodard on September 16th, 2021
No bad games. As they head into their abbreviated Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference season, the Lethbridge College Kodiaks men’s soccer team is fully aware one off-day on the pitch could prove detrimental. After losing their 2020 ACAC season to the COVID-19 pandemic, the defending champion Kodiaks start their shortened regular season six-game sprint Friday when ... Read More »
1 responseKodiaks enjoying lots of roster options
By Dale Woodard on September 16th, 2021
The Lethbridge College Kodiaks women’s soccer team likes their options. What’s better, there are many. After a year away in 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kodiaks open the 2021 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference season on the road Friday as they head to Red Deer to take on the Queens. They’re back at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rams move up in the Football Alberta rankings, Cougars crack the top-10
By Lethbridge Herald on September 14th, 2021
With their win over Calgary St. Francis Friday, the LCI Rams football team has jumped up two spots in the Football Alberta Tier I rankings. Meanwhile in the Tier II rankings, the Catholic Central High School Cougars have earned their first top-10 ranking after defeating Okotoks Foothills Friday night. The Rams downed St. Francis 21-6 ... Read More »
1 responsePrairie Baseball Academy salutes the past with Alumni Weekend
By Dale Woodard on September 14th, 2021
The view has changed slightly for Lukas Ankermann and Nathan Fulcher. As the Prairie Baseball Academy held its Alumni Weekend at Spitz Stadium and Lloyd Nolan Yard, the duo found themselves not on the diamond, but in the upper concourse of Spitz Stadium in viewer mode. Both Ankermann and Fulcher’s time at the PBA is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Horns women’s soccer goes 0-2 on the road
By Lethbridge Herald on September 14th, 2021
The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s soccer team went 0-2 to kick off the Canada West season. The Horns fell 3-1 to the Mount Royal Cougars Saturday and were blanked 2-0 by the Alberta Pandas Sunday in Edmonton. On Saturday in Calgary, Lucy Mundy scored in the 46th minute to cut the Cougars lead to ... Read More »
1 responseCanes crank the intensity in intra-squad game
By Dale Woodard on September 14th, 2021
The fight was on for roster spots as the Lethbridge Hurricanes hosted their annual Red vs. White intra-squad game. Perhaps not literally, but the heat was noticeably cranked up as the Canes iced their annual, training camp-ending game Sunday afternoon at the Enmax Centre. At times, the Red vs. White game had a few players ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cotton and Nash gear up for NHL rookie camps
By Dale Woodard on September 14th, 2021
Alex Cotton has the Motor City on his mind. Actually, it’s Traverse City, but close enough. As the Lethbridge Hurricanes wrapped up training camp Sunday afternoon with their Red vs. White Intra-squad game at the Enmax Centre, the veteran defenceman who suited up for Team White was already gearing up another camp. This one will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rams come up big in early-season test vs. St. Francis
By Dale Woodard on September 11th, 2021
It was a measuring stick for the LCI Rams. They measured up. The Rams downed Calgary St Francis 21-6 in non-league play Friday night at the University of Lethbridge Stadium to improve to 2-1 on the season. Facing St. Francis in the Calgary squad’s first game of the year, LCI scored on their first possession ... Read More »
1 responseCanes defenceman gearing up for a full WHL campaign
By Dale Woodard on September 11th, 2021
Through no fault of his own, Logan McCutcheon’s rookie season in the Western Hockey League was a shortened one. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic that wiped out the first half of the 2020-21 season, the blue-liner from Saskatoon and his Canes teammates were limited to 24 games in the 2021 portion of the season, their ... Read More »
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