Sports

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s basketball team dropped a nail-biting 65-59 game to the Mount Royal University on Friday night at 1st Choice Savings Centre. The Horns had a 51-46 lead going into the fourth quarter before the Cougars went on a 19-8 run to win the game. “There’s [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The LCI Clippers varsity girls volleyball team will play in one semi-final this morning for the right to play in the 4A provincial championship gold medal match later this afternoon on home court. The Clippers knocked off Western Canada Redhawks in the quarterfinals with a match score of 3-1 in [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes lost their third consecutive game after being doubled up 6-3 by the Portland Winterhawks on Friday night in their second of a three game road trip to the U.S. Division. Brayden Edwards had two goals while Leo Braillard had a goal for the Canes in the loss. [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Local teams have booked a spot in the quarterfinals after the first day of action at the 4A provincial high school volleyball championships, which are being hosted by LCI, on Thursday. The LCI varsity boys  had a perfect 3-0 record in round robin play. The Rams opened the provincial championship [...] Read More »

 Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald-Local Journalism Initiative Reporter    The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns men’s and women’s basketball will be hosting their third-annual Indigenous night tonight  beginning at 5:30 p.m. The night will begin with an Elder’s prayer and include traditional dancing and singing at each halftime show. There will also be an Indigenous market where [...] Read More »

The recently retired Andy Murray is going to team up with longtime rival Novak Djokovic as his coach, they both announced Saturday, with plans to prepare for – and work together through – the Australian Open in January. It was a stunning bit of news as tennis moves toward its offseason, a pairing of two [...] Read More »

MALAGA, Spain (AP) – Top-ranked Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini won matches Saturday in front of a supportive crowd to lift defending champion Italy past Australia 2-0 and back into the Davis Cup final. Sinner extended his tour-level winning streak to 24 singles sets in a row by beating No. 9 Alex de Minaur 6-3, [...] Read More »

CHONGQING, China – Canadian figure skaters Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha won ice dance silver at the Cup of China on the Grand Prix circuit Saturday. Lajoie and Lagha captured their second medal of the Grand Prix season after also claiming silver at Skate Canada in Halifax. The Canadians scored a season-best 205.16 points. World [...] Read More »

NAGANO, Japan – Canadian speedskater Ivanie Blondin won ISU World Cup gold in the women’s 3,000-metre long track competition Saturday. The 34-year-old skater from Ottawa led the race from start to finish, posting the fastest split time for each lap to clock four minutes 3.76 seconds at the first event of the World Cup season. [...] Read More »

Suspended soccer coach Bev Priestman has broken her silence, saying she hopes something positive comes out of the ongoing Canadian drone-spying scandal. “I hope out of a really tough situation, this is a turning point for our game,” she wrote in an Instagram post via her verified account. “There has been a standard and precedent [...] Read More »