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Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald The house that was once full of boisterous energy has now gone eerily silent. 18-year-old Cameron Casorso, 18-year-old JJ Wright and 17-year-old Caden Fine were the three players for the Southern Alberta Mustangs who lost their lives in a car accident near Stavely last week. Casorso and Wright are from Kamloops, [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald  Homegrown southern Albertan from the Seven Persons area, Kynan Vine is committed to ensuring Lethbridge remains a must-attend stop on the Canadian rodeo tour. Vine, who has produced many of Canada’s largest rodeo events, has led the Lethbridge & District Pro Rodeo every year since its return to the Canadian [...] Read More »

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 »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers re-signed reliever Evan Phillips to a $6.5 million, one-year deal on Wednesday. The 31-year-old right-hander was limited to seven appearances last year before having Tommy John surgery in late May. The Dodgers didn’t initially tender Phillips a contract for this season because he was still rehabbing from [...] Read More »

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The youngest brother of late NFL star-turned-soldier Pat Tillman pleaded guilty this week to setting fire to a San Jose, California, post office last summer. Richard Tillman, 44, was arrested on July 20 after he rammed a car into the post office in a strip mall and then set the [...] Read More »

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — South Africa held off Afghanistan in a double tiebreaker Wednesday at the Twenty20 World Cup, with spinner Keshav Maharaj just holding his nerve in the second Super Over. It was one of the tightest, most seesawing matches in elite cricket’s shortest international format. Fazalhaq Farooqi’s runout ended Afghanistan’s chance to win [...] Read More »

IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Big 12 Conference will play its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments on a high-tech glass floor embedded with LED technology that will allow the conference to feature data-driven graphics, advertising and even games for fans during timeouts. The floors have been used for events at the 2024 NBA All-Star Game [...] Read More »

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Coming to this weekend’s NBA All-Star Game: John Tesh and “Roundball Rock,” being performed live. Tesh will play the song to introduce Sunday’s All-Star Game, which will be aired on NBC and Peacock, the NBA said Wednesday while unveiling the musical performances for the weekend. Ludacris, the three-time Grammy winner, will [...] Read More »