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Karren leaves college |
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Written by Dylan Purcell
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Monday, July 19 2010, 11:35 PM |
In March 1999, Lethbridge Community College, as it was known then, made a bold move.
They hired a second-generation coach in Brad Karren to helm the Kodiaks women’s basketball team, and he took a proud program to national prominence.
On Monday, Lethbridge College announced what had been rumour for some time, that Karren would be leaving the institution after 11 years.
But what an 11 years it was.
The son of former college coach Tom Karren, Brad had big shoes to fill. He did it with his own style but the results cannot be argued with.
Karren’s squads never missed the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference playoffs, winning the ACAC twice and national bronze medals in 2003 and 2007.
The Kodiaks reached the summit of college sports in ’03-04 by posting an amazing 30-1 record in conference and playoff action, culminating with a 65-59 win over conference rival Mount Royal College in the gold-medal final in Montreal.
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Steel lose to Storm |
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Written by Dylan Purcell
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Saturday, July 17 2010, 11:33 PM |
The first game between the Edmonton Storm and the Lethbridge Steel of the Alberta Female Football League was a 21-0 Edmonton win. The second game happened Saturday at the University of Lethbridge Stadium and saw the Storm win 21-6.
At this rate, the Lethbridge Steel should win the Alberta Female Football League in two years.
Unfortunately, that learning curve doesn’t account for next week’s championship matchup against the Edmonton Storm — and the plans the ladies of the Steel have to win a title in their inaugural season.
“It wasn’t as close last time,” said an exhausted Erin Kowalchuk after the game. “So this time was better and next time, we’ll have to beat them.”
Next time means next weekend in Edmonton, when the AFFL settles its title debate. The Storm have been a staple in Edmonton for seven years, and the experience showed as the Storm were a technically sound team which kept most of the action in the middle of the field and capitalized on a couple of big passing plays to build a lead.
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Steel play today |
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Written by Dylan Purcell
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Friday, July 16 2010, 11:47 PM |
It takes heat and pressure — generally from a hammer — to forge steel.
But no clichéd metaphors are needed to sum up the inaugural season of the Lethbridge Steel women’s football team. The group of women started the season with introductions — both to each other and to the game of football.
The regular season of the Alberta Female Football League ends today at the University of Lethbridge Stadium at 2 p.m. against the Edmonton Storm. The two teams posted 2-1 records through the three-month, three-game season and will decide home-field advantage for next week’s championship at today’s game.
In less than a calendar year, the Steel has gone from a hope to a title contender. Women’s tackle football has transitioned from oddity to sporting event.
And Rebecca Medel, who kicked off the idea of women’s football in November last year, feels nothing like a blacksmith. Forming this team took a little pressure but a lot more friendship.
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The Olde Course |
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Written by Dean Spriddle
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Thursday, July 15 2010, 11:07 PM |
You know when you wake up as a kid, at Christmas time, and rush under the tree and the anticipation is awesome.
I wonder if I got the new truck, the new club, the whatever. Well, the other morning when I woke up it was like a golfers Christmas.
The first round of most majors do that to me, I must admit. The Open Championship (the British Open) is like no other. For a British kid, it is the event above all to win, or aspire to win or even play in.
So Thursday when I awoke, I didn’t know if the weather was good or bad, who was teeing off, who was playing with whom and so forth and then I switched on.
Golfers’ Christmas was all I had dreamed it would be — and the presents were abundant.
There was Rory McIlroy with four holes to play he was eight under par. John Daly lipped out on the last for a brilliant 66. Tiger Woods had just driven the 12th and was four-under and there was more to come.
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Dean ready for the role |
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Written by Dale Woodard
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Wednesday, July 14 2010, 11:15 PM |
He has yet to arrive in Lethbridge to take on his new role as athletic director for Lethbridge College, but Bill Dean already has his objective in place.
And if the newly appointed athletic director has his way, those student/athletes he’ll be representing will garner their fair share of the media spotlight.
“I’ve spent most of my time here in Edmonton and one of the challenges in the big centres is trying to get exposure for amateur sports,” said Dean, a former director of Student Life at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, where he has spent most of his career. “In the big city they (media) typically draw from the Associated Press wires and the Oilers and Eskimos and get all the press. I’m looking forward to being in a city where I think there’s a lot more interest in amateur sports as a community. I think that’s going to be a nice change. I know the student/athletes really appreciate the opportunity to see their names in the paper and be recognized that way.”
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