Sports

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Super Bowl Sunday has a way of sneaking extra responsibilities onto the calendar. There’s food to prep, screens to arrange, guests to wrangle, and a kitchen that somehow needs cleaning just as the fourth quarter gets interesting. Or, you can let someone else handle it. Across Lethbridge, community pubs and [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Coming off a bye week, the Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiak volleyball teams are hoping to defend home court. Lethbridge will play host to the Olds College Broncos tonight and Saturday afternoon at the Val Matteotti Gymnasium. The Kodiaks had an idle weekend after traveling to Caronport, Sask. for a set with the [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald It’s incredible the difference a year can make in junior hockey. At this time last year, Oli Chenier and Hudson Kibblewhite were on the opposite end of one of the fiercest rivalries in all of junior hockey, now the two are teammates with the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Kibblewhite was acquired from the [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald When the Lethbridge Hurricanes head to Saskatchewan this week, it will be an opportunity for Carsen Adair to play in front of family and friends. The 18-year-old blueliner is from the village of Clavet, Sask. which is located just southeast of Saskatoon on Highway 16. In an interview with the Herald, [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald The first Wednesday in February is always a special one.  Every year, National Girls & Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) takes place to honour the achievement of female athletes, coaches and leaders in the world of sports.  For Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiaks women’s volleyball head coach Anna Schwark, the day provides a [...] Read More »

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Justice Carlton scored 17 points and No. 4 Texas overcame poor second-half offense to defeat No. 18 Kentucky 64-53 on Monday night. The Longhorns (23-2, 8-2 SEC) improved to 9-2 against AP Top 25 teams while winning their 40th straight home game, the longest streak in the nation. But this one [...] Read More »

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Mikel Brown Jr. had 10 3-pointers and scored an Atlantic Coast Conference freshman single-game record 45 points as No. 24 Louisville routed N.C. State 118-77 on Monday night. Ryan Conwell added 31 and the Cardinals (18-6, 8-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) shot 60% for the game. Brown eclipsed the previous ACC freshman [...] Read More »

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Catcher Tyler Stephenson argued his salary arbitration case against the Cincinnati Reds on Monday and left-hander Reid Detmers had his hearing with the Los Angeles Angels. Stephenson asked for $6.8 million while the Reds argued for $6.55 million in a hearing before Josh Gordon, Allen Ponak and Chris Cameron. Detmers argued [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Zuby Ejiofor scored six of his 25 points in overtime and No. 17 St. John’s outlasted pesky Xavier 87-82 on Monday night at Madison Square Garden for its 10th consecutive victory. With his 904th career win on the court, Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino passed Roy Williams for third place [...] Read More »

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas freshman Darryn Peterson was a late scratch for the No. 9 Jayhawks for Monday night’s matchup against No. 1 Arizona due to flu-like symptoms. Peterson has been an inconsistent presence for the Jayhawks (18-5, 8-2 Big 12), previously missing 10 games while dealing with hamstring, calf and ankle issues. When [...] Read More »