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By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes begin the B.C. Division leg of their seven-game road trip tomorrow and know they will have to stick to a simple game plan if they want to find the win column. “It’s playing a simple, organized game, … having good structure defensively, making sure that we’re managing [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald For the first time since 2018, the Catholic Central Cougars varsity football team captured the 4A South Zone banner after defeating the Chinook Coyotes 27-23 on Saturday afternoon at University of Lethbridge Community Sports Stadium. “It was a really big win because we haven’t played Chinook in a zone final,” [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes ended a four-game homestand on the right side of an 8-7 score against the Brandon Wheat Kings on Friday night at VisitLethbridge.com Arena. “That team can score like crazy,” said Matt Anholt, Canes head coach. “They’re an extremely skilled group. We’re fortunate, obviously, to score more than [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Catholic Central Cougars varsity football team hits the gridiron this afternoon to battle against their cross-town rival Chinook Coyotes for the School Sport  Alberta 4A South Zone banner. Catholic Central is coming off a 38-28  win over McCoy High School and Chinook is coming off a nail-biting 43-42 overtime [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald University of Lethbridge Pronghorn swim team members and coach and a representative from Pronghorn Athletics hyped up what the experience will be like hosting the Canada West Swimming Championships at the end of the month during a media availability on Wednesday morning. “We’ve got probably the best on-campus pool maybe [...] Read More »

HOUSTON (AP) — Keon Thompson scored 27 points to lead Stephen F. Austin to an 81-69 victory over Rice on Tuesday night. Thompson shot 10 for 17 (2 for 4 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Lumberjacks (3-0). Kam Burton scored 19 points, going 5 of 7 from [...] Read More »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid sat out Tuesday night’s game against the Boston Celtics due to right knee soreness. It was the fifth of the team’s 11 contests missed by the 2023 MVP, who is averaging 19.7 points and 5.5 rebounds in 23.3 minutes per game. He was sidelined in the previous four games [...] Read More »

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Aaron Nkrumah had 25 points in Tennessee State’s 114-76 win against Oakwood on Tuesday night. Nkrumah added five rebounds for the Tigers (2-1). Travis Harper II scored 18 points to go with seven rebounds and seven assists. Khalil London finished with 14 points. Jordan Bell finished with 20 points and two [...] Read More »

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Robert Wright III and Richie Saunders each scored 26 points to lead No. 7 BYU to an 85-68 victory over Delaware on Tuesday night. Wright also had nine assists and nine rebounds. Saunders added 10 rebounds and went 6 of 11 from 3-point range. AJ Dybantsa chipped in with 18 points [...] Read More »

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento Kings coach Doug Christie indicated change is coming, saying the struggling team is facing a “bumpy” path and that the organization is “aligned in what we’re doing.” “Change is hard,” he said. “It’s hard. But understand — and we understand — that we’re not there yet. But we’re about to [...] Read More »