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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 2003
Page
6
The reader asks which party changed the Tigers' fortunes, listing options Masers, Rick Carriere, Willie Desjardins, better players, or Derek Van Diest's move, implying debate over leadership versus roster changes.
Eralt Ev Nieman founder of the Medicine Hat Boxing and Fitness Club died at 88. Local coach Bill Page called him a strong loyal dignified man and said he trained twice weekly until February and kept boxing alive in Medicine Hat by teaching youth to be good citizens through sport.
Sunday curling features Target Southern Junior Playdowns with A finals at 2 p.m. at Medicine Hat Curling Club and B finals at 9 a.m. C finals at 5:30 p.m. Midget AAA hockey lists Leduc Oil Kings versus Big Country Pipeline Tigers at Kinplex 6:30 p.m. Bantam AAA has Grande Prairie Storm at Medicine Hat Hockey Hounds 1 p.m. Fort Saskatchewan Rangers visit Big Country Tigers 2:15 p.m.
A packed lineup features Chelsea against Fulham at 8 a.m. and Arsenal versus Boston at 10 30 a.m. on SportsNet and CBS coverage across college basketball and pro football. Highlights include Kentucky at Indiana and Gonzaga versus Stanford at 7 p.m. on NBC and TSN broadcast of NFL games and NHL matchups on CBC and Fox.
The Junior B Flint Energy Cubs beat Livingstone 6 1 to close the first half at 13 6 0 2 and second place in the Heritage Southern Division. Clay Ward scored twice early, Darrel Romald added two late, with Mitch Serr and Pollard also scoring as coach Travis Koehler praised the team’s effort and potential.
Swift Current sits 22-12-4 ahead of Dec 27 away at Moose Jaw and Dec 28 home vs Lethbridge, after a stretch of four wins in 10. GM Brad McEwen cites fatigue, weighs trades, and signals openness to upgrade without mortgaging the future amid World Junior chatter on Ian White.
In Caronport Sask the Medicine War College Rattlers swept a two game series against the Clippers as both teams met in the Alberti Colleges Athletic Conference action. The Rattlers men improved to 106-5 with a 78 win led by Shirt 16 rebounds while Anderson and Alpie added double doubles. The women’s team won 72-48 with Gotiselip scoring 22. The two teams meet again in Caronport today.
At Medicine Hat Curling Club the Southerns Junior Men and Women opened a weekend of tight play with close draws. Maria Bushell's Southmore rink edged Liza Percy's team in a 5-4 extra-end finish, while several other matches produced nail-biting scores as teams vie for provincials. Bushell emphasized depth of field and equal chances among rinks, noting hot teams will decide the outcome.
In Edmonton, the Medicine Hat senior men’s curling rink under Lloyd Heller turned around a rough start at the 2003 04 Provincial Championships. After a 1-3 begin, the Hat crew won 8 5 over Dennis Graber and 5 2 over Lorne Danielson, improving to 3 3 on the grade and narrowing the gap behind leader Tom Reed who sits at 6 0.
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