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Southern Alberta Sport Leadership Conference focuses on officiating
By Lethbridge Herald on September 15th, 2023
Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Sport Council hosted the inaugural Southern Alberta Sport Leadership Conference on Thursday at the Enmax Centre. The conference gave high school student athletes an opportunity to learn about the diverse opportunities of becoming a leader in sport through inspiring speakers and to meet like-minded people who want to ... Read More »
1 responseFootball Hall of Fame welcomes 2023 class
By Lethbridge Herald on September 14th, 2023
Graham Kelly Inside the CFL Lloyd Fairbanks from Raymond leads the 2023 Class into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame on Friday night in Hamilton. Longtime football writer Vicki Hall, who got her start in Medicine Hat, is the first woman to be inducted into the Hall, Football Reporters of Canada division. Two inductees starred ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jack De Heer to enter Dutch Hockey Hall of Fame
By Lethbridge Herald on September 14th, 2023
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Longtime retired Lethbridge professional hockey player, Jack De Heer, is one of three players getting inducted into the IJshockey Nederland’s Dutch Hockey Hall of Fame next week. De Heer spent 13 seasons from 1971-1984 playing professionally overseas with the Holland- based Tilburg Trappers, and Feenstra Flyers Heerenveen and the Swiss-based ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge Sport Council, Lacrossing Barriers team up to provide lacrosse for all abilities
By Lethbridge Herald on September 14th, 2023
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald In the month of September, Lethbridge Sport Council ,in partnership with Lacrossing Barriers, has been hosting a free All Abilities Lacrosse Come Try It event. Lacrossing Barriers offer opportunites to play sport for those that wouldn’t otherwise get a choice. “So my position with Lethbridge Sport Council, we’re wanting to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kodiaks sign two-time provincial champion
By Lethbridge Herald on September 13th, 2023
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge College Kodiaks women’s basketball team picked up a local-area player with a winning pedigree to start this season. Gabby Graves is a two-time provincial champion with the Raymond Comets program. Graves will be seen in the classrooms of nursing program with the goal in mind of a bachelor’s ... Read More »
1 responseBulldogs continuing through rebuilding phase this season
By Lethbridge Herald on September 13th, 2023
The Winston Churchill Bulldogs varsity football team kick off their season tomorrow with the focus of continuing to work through a rebuild phase. “Yeah, I think we’ve been a little bit of a rebuild for a few years now and it’s going to continue a bit this year ,”said Bulldogs head coach Jonathan Dick. “We’ve ... Read More »
1 responsePBA’s first coach enjoyed ‘building a program’
By Lethbridge Herald on September 12th, 2023
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Prairie Baseball Academy’s first ever coach, Blair Kubicek, was in town to partake in Alumni Weekend this past weekend with former and current players and staff. Kubicek was PBA’s coach from its inceptionin 1995 to 2010 in what was a stint in his 60 years of being involved in the ... Read More »
1 responseRams learning the ropes of being an independent team
By Lethbridge Herald on September 12th, 2023
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The LCI Rams varsity football team have shifted gears from the southern Alberta high school league to playing as an independent program this season. “Well, we’re not really in a league at all right now,” said co-coach Darren Majeran. “We’re just independent, which means some of the games we used ... Read More »
1 responseKodiaks women’s soccer to rely on experience this season
By Lethbridge Herald on September 11th, 2023
Justin Seward – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – sports@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge College Kodiaks women’s soccer team will look to experience to carry them this season. “Like we brought in some experience, and we brought in a couple of USport athletes and then a couple of quality players from other institutions,” said head coach Sean Carey. “So yeah I’m really ... Read More »
1 responseKodiaks look to get back to a championship level
By Lethbridge Herald on September 8th, 2023
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge College Kodiaks men’s soccer team are looking to get back to a championship level of compete this season after going through a season of no medals and retooling in 2022. “Obviously getting back to the level that we’re used to being at, right, (and) always competing for medals ... Read More »
1 responseLabour Day Classics for many a reason
By Lethbridge Herald on September 7th, 2023
Graham Kelly INSIDE THE CFL It was the best of times and the worst of times in the CFL Labour Day weekend with a display of the three-down game at its best in Regina and, well, not so much in Calgary. Even the weather was a study in contrasts with a scorcher at Mosaic and ... Read More »
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