Sports

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald It was a night charged with emotion at the Stavely Arena on Sunday night. The Southern Alberta Mustangs hosted a memorial game against the Stavely Spurs to honour the three players who passed away in a car accident last Monday while traveling to practice. Mustangs team owner Lisa May says the [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiaks had a very successful weekend on the volleyball court. Both the men’s and women’s volleyball teams earned sweeps over the Olds Broncos at the Val Matteoti Gymnasium. The women won in four sets (23-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-13) on Friday to earn their first win of the season [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald It’s been a successful post-secondary career for Hayleigh Craig. The Lethbridge product is in her fifth and final season with the University of Alberta Pandas women’s hockey team.  In 108 career games with the Pandas, she has registered 12 goals and 24 assists but the most important aspect that Craig brings [...] Read More »

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 »

NEW YORK (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored 30 points, Andrew Nembhard had 24 points and 10 assists and the Indiana Pacers snapped a four-game losing streak by holding off the New York Knicks with a 137-134 overtime victory on Tuesday night. The Pacers scored the first nine points of overtime and overcame a furious Knicks [...] Read More »

DALLAS — Seventh-seeded Canadian Denis Shapovalov breezed to an opening-round victory at the Dallas Open on Tuesday night, bouncing Rafael Jodar of Spain 6-1, 6-2. The Richmond Hill, Ont., tennis star had seven aces in the 69-minute match. He finished with 22 unforced errors, three double faults, 22 winners, won nine of 10 net points [...] Read More »

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Afghanistan won the toss and sent 2024 runner-up South Africa in to bat Wednesday in the crunch Group D game at cricket’s Twenty20 World Cup. South Africa won its opening game over Canada. Afghanistan lost its opener to New Zealand and needs a win to maintain its chances of progressing to [...] Read More »

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Jayden Pierre’s 3-pointer put TCU ahead with 48 seconds left and the Horned Frogs scored the final 12 points to upset No. 5 Iowa State 62-55 on Tuesday night. Tanner Toolson had 17 points and nine rebounds off the bench for TCU (15-9, 5-6 Big 12), which earned its first [...] Read More »

Canada’s women’s hockey team suffered its first loss of the Milan Cortina Olympics as the United States blanked them 5-0 in Group A action Tuesday. Hannah Bilka, with two goals, Caroline Harvey, Kirsten Simms and Laila Edwards scored for the reigning world champions, while Aerin Frankel made 20 saves for the shutout. The defending-champion Canadians [...] Read More »