Local Sports

Another solid weekend meant another trip to the podium for a Medicine Hat junior golfer. Michael Valk was third at the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour's stop in Nanton Sunday, shooting rounds of 83 and 77 on the par 71 course.

Monsignor McCoy's Colts continued their domination in the local high school baseball league Monday, applying the mercy rule in five innings with a 13-1 win against Eagle Butte. Cayden Rayner got the win on the mound as Colts pitchers combined for a two-hitter against the Talons.

The Grade 11 quarterback-turned-receiver at Crescent Heights was named to the 40-man roster that will compete at the under-18 Canada Cup July 14 to 21 in London, Ont. Hannah was the only Hat product to even be at the 115-man tryout camp held over the weekend in Edmonton.

The fifth annual event that combines hiking, canoeing, orienteering and biking started early Saturday morning with 48 teams on course, the most ever according to organizer Gerry Prince.

Facing both of Brooks' teams on the road, the Devils started strong and finished strong for a doubleheader sweep. In their first game Dylan Yanke scored twice as part of a 4-2 win.

The drivers from the Medicine Hat Auto Racing Association got re-acquainted with the Medicine Hat Speedway on Saturday, and the 2012 season will have a bit of a different look than past years. This season the local drivers will race in the new renegade truck and hobby stock classes as well as the returning International Motor Contest Association stock class.

After their non-conference games on Saturday, all the Medicine Hat High School Mohawks and Crescent Height High School Vikings baseball teams could talk about was playing better defence. The Mohawks defeated Maple Creek 13-9 on Saturday at Athletic Park, and the Vikings followed up by dropping a 15-8 decision to Maple Creek after the Hat High match.

Konner Lutz and Braden Goldade want to soak in what might be their last summer playing baseball with their buddies. The pair are both set to be mainstays once again on the Medicine Hat Moose Monarchs American Legion AA baseball team.

The Monsignor McCoy junior varsity Colts baseball team took the Vauxhall High School Tournament in impressive style on Saturday in Vauxhall. The Colts defeated the High River Mustangs 16-6 in the tournament final in a match that ended after five innings due to the mercy rule.