Local Sports
New pickleball program focuses on youth
By Lethbridge Herald on September 15th, 2022
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Mardtin Pickleball is starting up in the city next month and will gear towards middle and high school students. Martin Lawrence and Ard Biesheuvel were the brainchild’s behind the idea and its aim is to introduce the game of pickleball to the next generation of players and each sessions will ... Read More »
1 responseCatholic Central football looks to create a winning culture
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on September 15th, 2022
Catholic Central Cougars are 1-1 to start off the football season and their new coach just wants to see continued improvement and create a winning culture. The process for me is to try and develop a winning culture,” said head coach Jordan Dyck. “And not that we haven’t had that in the past but things ... Read More »
1 responseCanadian Football Hall of Fame ready for Class of 2022
By Graham Kelly - INSIDE THE CFL on September 15th, 2022
Tomorrow night in Hamilton, the Class of 2022 will be inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. The distinguished group includes players Chip Cox, a Lark linebacker, Paul McCallum, Ricky Ray, Tim Tindale, two-time Hec Creighton winner with Western, the late Argo Dick Thornton, also builders Dave Ritchie who coached Montreal, B.C. and Winnipeg, ... Read More »
1 responsePBA alumni weekend a success
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on September 14th, 2022
Former Prairie Baseball Academy players reunited in the city for the recent annual alumni weekend. The event began with the fifth annual Keith Jorgensen Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament on Friday at Paradise Canyon and allowed for players to reminisce about their playing days and concluded with alumni having the opportunity to watch games of the ... Read More »
1 responseWinston Churchill get long-awaited win
By Lethbridge Herald on September 12th, 2022
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Winston Churchill High School Bulldogs football team were elated on Friday after beating Brooks 21-1 in an exhibition game. Despite the game being only exhibition, it broke a long period of losing for the program and acted as a confidence booster moving forward into real game action this weekend. ... Read More »
2 responsesPrairie Baseball Academy open fall season
By Lethbridge Herald on September 12th, 2022
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs kicked off their fall season on alumni weekend with split squad games against the Vauxhall Jets and Parkland Twins on Saturday. The Dawgs only had two practices prior to the games. “It’s been a crazy week trying to just take care of a lot of ... Read More »
2 responsesKodiaks soccer open seasons strong
By Lethbridge Herald on September 12th, 2022
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge College Kodiaks soccer teams had a successful weekend to open the Alberta College Athletic Conference regular season. The women’s team had no trouble finding the back of the net as they outscored their opponents 15-0, with a 7-0 win to open the season on Friday at Ambrose and winning ... Read More »
1 responseKodiaks soccer ready for historic campaign
By Lethbridge Herald on September 9th, 2022
Submitted by Lethbridge College Soccer fans, the wait is finally over. The Lethbridge College Kodiaks men’s and women’s soccer programs are set to kick off a new Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) campaign with a pair of games this weekend. It’s one of the most anticipated seasons in recent memory, with all roads leading to ... Read More »
1 responseHurricanes beat Tigers in preseason opener
By Lethbridge Herald on September 9th, 2022
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes opened the preseason on the right foot as they defeated the Medicine Hat Tigers 7-3 on Friday night at the Enmax Centre. “I thought we played hard,” said Hurricanes head coach Brent Kisio. “I thought a lot of guys came out and we had some young guys ... Read More »
1 responseFormer Kodiaks coach to start sports initiative after receiving special painting
By Lethbridge Herald on September 8th, 2022
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald It was thanks to an ancestral connection that a painting was done of long-time Lethbridge College Kodiaks’ cross country coach Bertil Johansson’s last running shoe before he retired that sparked an idea to help local athletes. Bertil’s wife, Julie, did an Ancestry DNA test after visiting her old roommate Shari ... Read More »
1 responseJones looks to leadership role with Hurricanes
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on September 8th, 2022
Olds’s Jett Jones has three full seasons under his belt with the Lethbridge Hurricanes and is now going in to his 20-year-old season with the club. “It was really good,” said Jones, on his off season. “It felt like forever for the last couple of weeks here. But worked out a lot, skated a lot, ... Read More »
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