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PBA’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 »

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Rams 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 »

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Kodiaks 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 »

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Kodiaks 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 »

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Labour 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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Coyotes open new season with week-to-week approach

By Lethbridge Herald on September 7th, 2023

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Chinook Coyotes high football head coach Nick Straat thinks preparations for the upcoming season have been good ahead of Friday’s season opener against the Catholic Central Cougars. “We start practice in the middle of summer, essentially, well a couple of weeks at least before school starts ,” said Straat. “I ... Read More »

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Swetlikoff embracing leadership role

By Lethbridge Herald on September 7th, 2023

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Hurricanes 20-year-old forward Blake Swetlikoff is preparing for his first full season with club. “Yeah, I mean I’m still kind of learning,” said Swetlikoff. “Like you said, I came in halfway through last year and kind of got my feet wet. But now I’m looking forward to really getting ... Read More »

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Catholic Central Cougars look to improve with each game

By Lethbridge Herald on September 7th, 2023

By Justin Seward The Catholic Central Cougars varsity football team are going into this year with the mindset of improving upon the 2022 season. “We always preach get one per cent better and so the goal is just improve daily but improve game by game as well,” said second-year head coach Jordan Dyck. “We were ... Read More »

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Smith hopes off season training helps him with roster spot

By Lethbridge Herald on September 6th, 2023

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Goalie Brady Smith is challenging for a roster spot in between the pipes for the Lethbridge Hurricanes this season. The Canes 2020 draft pick got a couple of starts last season due to goalie injuries and took those experiences and build on them during the summer. “Yeah, I got to ... Read More »

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Rocky Mountain Turf Club kicks off fall racing season

By Lethbridge Herald on September 5th, 2023

Justin Seward – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – sports@lethbridgeherald.com The Rocky Mountain Turf Club horse racing kicked off its annual fall season over the long weekend. “Everybody’s busy in the backstretch getting their stalls ready and getting set up. Horses are shipping in and at this end of it, we’re trying to make everything look real pretty and nice ... Read More »

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Bruinsma, Takahashi donning provincial threads

By Lethbridge Herald on September 1st, 2023

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Local baseball players Willis Takahashi and Fawkes Bruinsma are competing as teammates for Team Alberta this weekend. The duo played with the Lethbridge QOP (Quickness Over Power) team entry at the Baseball Alberta’s 16U Rawlings Cup last weekend in a tournament the team won, and from there were selected as ... Read More »

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