Local Sports
Young Miners have lots of upside this season
By Lethbridge Herald on May 8th, 2024
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Miners American Legion ‘A’ baseball team open the season tomorrow with plenty of upside as a young group. “We’re quite excited with the group of kids we have,” said Miners head coach Nicholas Ankermann. The Miners have only two 18 year olds returning from last year who ... Read More »
1 responseCompetitive swimmers heading for Olympic Trials
By Lethbridge Herald on May 8th, 2024
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Four Lethbridge Amateur Swim Club (LASC) members are getting the opportunity of a lifetime to swim at next week’s Olympic Trials in Toronto with the hopes of heading to the Summer Olympics Games in Paris as a part of Team Canada Those swimmers are Raine Arden, Owen Guyn, Tanner Sanders ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PBA working to improve during stretch run
By Lethbridge Herald on May 7th, 2024
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs varsity team are entering the stretch drive this week that will see them play eight games in a five day stretch beginning Thursday to end the CCBC regular season. However, the team is entering the home stretch of the season having just gone 2-5 on ... Read More »
1 responseCanes seek more forwards in Prospects Draft
By Lethbridge Herald on May 7th, 2024
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes are preparing for a busy week with the US Priority Draft today and the WHL Prospects Draft on Thursday. “There’s some really high-end D-men [defencemen]that are going to go early in the draft,” said Matt Anholt, Canes assistant general manager and assistant coach, when asked about his ... Read More »
1 responseDawgs downed by Coyotes
By Lethbridge Herald on May 3rd, 2024
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs varsity didn’t get the result they wanted in the back half of the series with the Okanagan College Coyotes on Friday. The Coyotes took the first game 3-0 followed by a 3-2 win in the second game respectively. OC scored three runs in the fifth ... Read More »
1 responseLSHOF enshrines 2024 inductees
By Lethbridge Herald on May 3rd, 2024
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame enshrined the class of 2024 during an induction ceremony at the Enmax Centre’s Western Canadian Bank Lounge on Friday night. One of the inductees was boxer Carmen Rinke. “It’s thrilling,” said Rinke, The Lundbreck product boxed competitively from 1966 to 1972, earning six Canadian ... Read More »
1 responseDawgs split with Coyotes to begin road trip
By Lethbridge Herald on May 2nd, 2024
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald After dropping three-of-four at home to the VIU Mariners last week, the Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs varsity team split their doubleheader with Okanagan College Coyotes to begin their road trip on Thursday in Kelowna. PBA started the day with an 8-1 win over OC, in which a four-run first inning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!World Series looking for volunteers
By Lethbridge Herald on May 2nd, 2024
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Canadian College World Series is being hosted by the varsity Prairie Baseball Academy team in a couple of weeks’ time and organizers are looking for more volunteers to fill positions. Positions that need to be filled include for score keepers, front gate attendants, PA announcer, video board operators, in-game ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rocky Mountain Turf Club set to open gates on new season
By Lethbridge Herald on May 1st, 2024
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Rocky Mountain Turf Club will open the gates to a new horse racing season on Saturday. RMTC held a press conference on Wednesday to give some details on what the season will look like. “We’re really enthused,” said Max Gibb, RMTC CEO. “We open on Kentucky Derby day, we’re ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McLachlan’s NFL dream comes true
By Lethbridge Herald on May 1st, 2024
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Tanner McLachlan’s dream of playing professional football became reality at the NFL draft over the weekend. The local tight end was picked in the sixth round at 194th overall out of the University of Arizona by the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday. “Super special,” said McLachlan, during an interview prior to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Comets experiencing life lessons early in season
By Lethbridge Herald on April 30th, 2024
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Raymond Comets varsity girls rugby head coach, Dan Bikman’s, focus every year is to help the kids experience life lessons in sport and that is no different this spring. “We teach them to work, we teach them to work together as a team, we teach them to kind of deal ... Read More »
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