Category Archives: Local Sports
Toronto Raptors advance to NBA Finals for first time ever
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors are headed to the NBA Finals, a Canadian basketball success story 24 years in the making.Kawhi Leonard poured in 27 points and hauled down a game-high 17 rebounds to lead...
May 26, 2019 Raptors win -- The CanadianPress
Bandits back on top, winning national championship on home ice
BROOKS, AB. -- A storybook ending is often hard to come by in sports, but the Brooks Bandits wrote a virtually perfect final chapter on Sunday afternoon.In front of thousands of screaming fans at Cent...
May 20, 2019 Scott Roblin
Montreal researchers create audible hockey puck for visually impaired players
MONTREAL -- A team of Montreal university researchers has developed an audible hockey puck they say could revolutionize the sport for blind players.For years, visually impaired hockey players have use...
May 19, 2019 The Canadian Press
Pronghorns women's rugby team adds another Southern Alberta product
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Pronghorn women's rugby program has continued to build this year's recruiting class, this time by adding another Southern Alberta product with family ties to the progra...
May 16, 2019 Photo Credit: U of L Pronghorns
CFL, CFL Players' Association into marathon collective bargaining talks
TORONTO, ON - The CFL and CFL Players' Association are now into marathon bargaining. According to a pair of sources, the two sides met into the night Monday and got a head start on talks early Tuesday...
May 16, 2019
Dale Hunter to coach Canada at 2020 world junior hockey championship
CALGARY, AB - Dale Hunter will be Canada's head coach at the 2020 world junior hockey championship. The head coach of the OHL's London Knights will have Andre Tourigny of the Ottawa 67's and Mitch Lov...
May 14, 2019
Prince Albert Raiders win WHL championship
PRINCE ALBERT, SK - For the first time in over 30 years, the Prince Albert Raiders are WHL champions. The team defeated the Vancouver Giants 3-2 in overtime Monday night to claim the top prize in the ...
May 14, 2019 Photo by Lucas Chudleigh/Apollo Multimedia.
Brothers Vandervlis and de Wit commit to each other and Concordia University for four years
*Story by Josh Hall (Twitter: Vancan19) via rdnewsNOW Two lifelong competitors who now call themselves brothers are preparing for at least four years living, studying and playing hockey together in Mo...
May 13, 2019
Lethbridge College to host 2019-2020 ACAC Men’s Volleyball Championship
LETHBRIDGE, AB - For the first time in the school's history, Lethbridge College will host a conference volleyball championship. The 2019-2020 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) Men's Volleyba...
May 09, 2019
Local athletes and coaches needed to represent Lethbridge at the 2019 Southern Alberta Summer Games
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Sport Council is encouraging residents with a flair for competition to consider registering for the Southern Alberta Summer Games (SASG) to represent the bridge city in...
May 07, 2019 Photo Credit: SASG