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By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald  The Lethbridge Hurricanes opened their six-game B.C. Division road trip with a 5-2 victory over the expansion Penticton Vees at the South Okanagan Events Centre on Wednesday night. Luke Cozens opened the scoring in the game when he tipped in a point shot from Nathan Maloney 14:26 into the first [...] Read More »

By Graham Kelly INSIDE THE CFL “It’s not easy being Green,” Kermit the Frog. In 1948, the black and red Regina Roughriders became the Saskatchewan Roughriders and donned green and white after the team president saw them on sale in Chicago. In 1951 a tall Tulsan named Glenn Dobbs took the province by storm(they named [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald While the Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiaks  did not podium at the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association cross-country national championships over the weekend , runners still put in strong performances in P.E.I. The Kodiak women placed 11th with an overall time of 1:46:39  and were paced by Katrina Michel who had a time [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s basketball team are going through a learning curve to start the Canada West season as they find themselves with a record of 1-5 righty out of the gate. “We knew we were a team coming together and rebuilding,” said Dave Waknuk, Horn women’s head [...] Read More »

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 »

EASTON, Pa. (AP) — Cooper Noard scored 26 points to help Cornell defeat Lafayette 97-78 on Thursday. Noard added six rebounds for the Big Red (1-2). Jacob Beccles shot 7 for 11 (1 for 4 from 3-point range) and 2 of 5 from the free-throw line to add 17 points. Adam Tsang Hinton shot 4 [...] Read More »

WINNIPEG — Jermarcus Hardrick of the Saskatchewan Roughriders has his first CFL top lineman award. Hardrick was honoured during the CFL awards banquet Thursday night. Voting was conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and all nine CFL head coaches. Hardrick anchored a Riders front line that helped quarterback Trevor Harris pass for 4,549 yards [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Montreal Canadiens forward Alex Newhook exited Tuesday’s game against the Dallas Stars with an apparent right-leg injury. Newhook crashed feet-first into the end boards in noticeable pain after he was tripped by Stars defenceman Ilya Lyubushkin 4:10 into the second period. The Canadiens, who trailed 5-0 entering the third period, said Newhook was [...] Read More »

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Addi Mack had 15 points and six assists to help No. 9 Maryland to an 88-70 win over Towson on Thursday night. Maryland (4-0) lost starting guard Lea Bartelme in the second quarter to an apparent leg injury, but Kaylene Smikle returned to the lineup for the first time this [...] Read More »

WINNIPEG — Defensive end Mathieu Betts of the B.C. Lions is again the CFL’s top defensive player. Betts received the honour Thursday at the league’s awards banquet. Voting for the award was conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and all nine CFL head coaches. Betts, who posted a CFL-high 15 sacks this season, also [...] Read More »