Sports

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Two local-area  high school football teams are moving on to School Sport Alberta provincial semifinals after their quarterfinal wins,  while two other local teams others were sent packing on Saturday. The Raymond Comets defeated the St. Francis Browns 29-10 on home turf, while the LCI Rams were sent packing after [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald A local ringette tournament came through in a big way with its generosity in a time of need over the weekend. The Lethbridge Ringette Association hosted its annual Bridge Battle Fall tournament at Cavendish Farms Centre over the weekend, and it was between initiative lead and LRA parent Cara Parks, [...] Read More »

Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Kai Anderson scored with 46 seconds to go in overtime to lift the Lethbridge Hurricanes to a 5-4 win over the Kelowna Rockets on Friday night at Prospera Place. Owen Berge and Nathan Maloney assisted on the overtime winner. Easton Daneault scored his first of the season from Maloney halfway through [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Western Hockey League handed down disciplinary action on Friday  after two separate  investigations were completed that involved  breaches of the WHL Standards of Conduct. One suspension was given to  Lethbridge Hurricanes GM Peter Anholt. “The investigation found that Anholt breached the WHL Standards of Conduct through use of intimidating [...] Read More »

Graham Kelly  Inside the CFL Most of Rider nation can remember the heart-breaking 13th Man moment in Saskatchewan sports history in 2009 when their beloved Roughriders lost the Grey Cup because of a too many men on the field call when the Als missed a field-goal. Given another attempt Montreal made it. The Als quarterback [...] Read More »

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Dylan Grant had 22 points and 11 rebounds, Tariq Francis added 19 points and Rutgers held off American University 80-71 on Tuesday night to begin a season with a 4-0 record for the first time since 2020-21. Rutgers has won 20 straight home games against nonconference opponents — the second longest [...] Read More »

Georgia nabbed the fourth and final projected first-round bye in the College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday, while undefeated Ohio State, Indiana and Texas A&M held onto the top three positions. The Bulldogs rose one spot thanks to Alabama’s loss to Oklahoma over the weekend — a result that dropped the Crimson Tide six spots [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Kur Teng hit three of Michigan State’s season-high 11 3-pointers on the way to scoring a career-best 15 points, and the 17th-ranked Spartans beat No. 12 Kentucky 83-66 on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden in the opener of the annual Champions Classic. Jaxon Kohler made two shots of his own [...] Read More »

NAPIER, New Zealand (AP) — Rain has delayed the toss Wednesday in the second one-day international between New Zealand and the West Indies at McLean Park. Napier is one of the sunniest cities in New Zealand and has been enjoying fine, warm weather recently. But, proverbially, the best way to break a drought in the [...] Read More »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was at the White House on Tuesday as President Donald Trump hosted a glitzy dinner to honor Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The soccer star was seated near the front of the East Room, not far from where the president and crown prince gave remarks to [...] Read More »