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By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Jr. Bulls 14U team hung on to beat the B.C. representative 11-10 in their Junior Canadian Little League Championship opener on Wednesday at Spitz Stadium. “We started out really strong today, our offence came alive early on and we pitched really well,” said Will Sharpe, Jr. Bulls head [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Calgary-based Silvertips Major Female lacrosse team captured the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse’s League Major Female provincial championship over the weekend in Ponoka with a Lethbridge player on the roster. Genna Medhurst was a part a Silvertip team that won their first-ever provincial gold medal in her second season. “Emotions were [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge’s two American Legion ‘A’ baseball teams are set to compete for a North District Class ‘A’  Championship beginning tomorrow in Lewistown. The Lethbridge Lakers are going in as the eighth seed and will play the ninth place Great Falls Chargers to open the championship on Thursday, with the loser [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge 14U Junior Bulls are set to host the country’s best teams for that  level during  the Junior Canadian Little League Championship this week  at Spitz Stadium. “The kids have worked super hard over the last three or four months here to get ready for this tournament,” said Will [...] Read More »

By Nathan Reiter  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald  A little bit of rain didn’t hamper the atmosphere of the 2025 WCBL All-Star festivities in Okotoks. The biggest stars from across the league converged on Seaman Stadium for both the annual home derby and All-Star Game.  Lethbridge sent seven representatives to the All-Star game. Pitchers [...] Read More »

ATLANTA (AP) — Jesse Chavez, the often-traded reliever who pitched for nine teams in 18 seasons, announced his retirement Thursday. “As of now, I don’t think we’re going to keep going,” the 41-year-old Chavez said on the “Foul Territory” podcast. “Time to turn the page and focus on the next chapter of life.” Chavez appeared [...] Read More »

The NHL says the five players acquitted of sexual assault in an encounter with a woman at a London, Ont., hotel room seven years ago are ineligible to play in the league while it reviews the judge’s findings. Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dubé and Cal Foote — members of Canada’s 2018 world [...] Read More »

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The group of roughly 60 reporters had crowded around the table Thursday long before Bill Belichick arrived to take questions in his first run through Atlantic Coast Conference preseason media days as North Carolina’s football coach. Some massed at each end, multiple rows deep. Others filled rows of chairs positioned in [...] Read More »

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — James Cook had no second thoughts about reporting for training camp despite the lack of progress in the Buffalo Bills running back’s bid to land a lucrative contract extension. One way or another, Cook is confident he’s going to get his big payday once his current deal expires after the season. [...] Read More »

LAS VEGAS (AP) — All the reshuffling of schedules, conferences and playoff formats in college football has placed one of the sport’s best traditions in peril: the USC-Notre Dame game. The contract for a rivalry that dates to 1926 expires after their game in 2026. Both schools have expressed a willingness to lock down more [...] Read More »