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LRC offers rugby options
By Lethbridge Herald on April 14th, 2015
Dylan PurcellLETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.comThe high school rugby starts tonight.Lethbridge’s Ashley Steacy was just named captain of Canada’s senior national team at this weekend’s Womens Sevens Series event in Langford, B.C.And the Lethbridge Rugby Club is hoping to catch that wave, too.The LRC is holding its first night of mini rugby tonight at Palliser Field (3305 9th Avenue ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wind plays havoc on PBA Dawgs in opening weekend
By Lethbridge Herald on April 13th, 2015
Dylan PurcellLETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.comWind gusts of up to 100 kilometres per hour blew away any chance of the Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs enjoying their home-opening weekend. The blustery conditions resulted in a circus every time a ball popped up off a bat and eroded the patience of almost everyone who stopped in to catch the PBA Dawgs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PBA starts Sunday
By Lethbridge Herald on April 10th, 2015
Dylan PurcellLETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.comThe Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs get their Canadian college baseball season started on Saturday. The organization, housed at Lloyd Nolan Yard and coached by Todd Hubka, are the four-time defending champions of the Canadian College Baseball Conference. They’ve won every year since Hubka was named coach in 2011.“The fellas feel that pressure,†said Hubka ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sport Council to hand out awards – banquet goes Tuesday night
By Lethbridge Herald on April 9th, 2015
Lethbridge HeraldThey’ve already known the results for several weeks, but soon they will be formally recognized.The Lethbridge Sport Council (LSC) announced last month the winners of its fifth annual Achievement Awards, handed out for contributions to sport in Lethbridge in 2014. The award ceremony will take place Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Enmax Centre ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stoking the competitive fire
By Lethbridge Herald on April 7th, 2015
Good Sport: By Dylan Purcell Aron Ghebreyohannes was left out of sports growing up. Left to wait in the library because he is blind. The Lethbridge College student and member of Canada’s senior men’s goalball team was there to illustrate his sport, designed specifically for blind athletes. It involves two teams flinging a three-pound rubber ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Steacy, Veldman earn Kinsmen sports honours
By Lethbridge Herald on April 2nd, 2015
Dylan Purcell LETHBRIDGE HERALD sports@lethbridgeheraldcom Kim Veldman and Jim Steacy each came out of local high schools as heralded and much-recruited athletes. They both decided to stay in Lethbridge, and on Wednesday, they were named the Kinsmen Club of Lethbridge sportsmen of the year. Steacy won a gold medal in the hammer throw at the Commonwealth ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Spring has sprung — horse racing begins May 9-10
By Lethbridge Herald on April 2nd, 2015
Garry Allison Rocky Mountain Turf Club With the balmy spring-like weather in Lethbridge and district the past while it is only natural one’s thoughts would turn to the Rocky Mountain Turf Club’s Spring horse racing schedule. While racing doesn’t begin until May 9-10, true race fans have been spurred on by our taste of spring ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A winning meeting
By Lethbridge Herald on March 31st, 2015
Good Sport: By Dylan Purcell A lack of victories is a big reason the Lethbridge Hurricanes have found themselves in financial distress over the past six playoff-less seasons. The losses off the ice have been even more staggering, as the Canes have seen a million-dollar reserve and that amount again fly out the door. So ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harper turns in big performance at Chinook Open
By Lethbridge Herald on March 30th, 2015
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com Darcie Harper had a hunch she was going to put in a good performance. As the 16-year-old figure skater hit the ice at the Chinook Open Saturday afternoon at the Civic Centre, that’s exactly what happened. “Yesterday I ended up first overall in my event,†said Harper, a student at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Walz casts vote for Hurricanes coach
By Lethbridge Herald on March 27th, 2015
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com Score a glowing endorsement for the current head coach of the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Having played on a pair of powerhouse Hurricanes teams from 1988-90, Canes alumnus and former NHLer Wes Walz was back in Lethbridge Thursday afternoon. It’s been nearly 25 years since he was a Hurricane, but Walz said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pronghorns hand out awards
By Lethbridge Herald on March 27th, 2015
Dylan Purcell LETHBRIDGE HERALD sports@lethbridgeherald.com If you look closely, it was a successful year for the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns. The school’s team sports missed the playoffs across the board but the program was bolstered by national gold medals from track athlets Aaron Hernandez and Peter Millman. Hernandez continued his rise to elite status as a ... Read More »
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