Medicine Hat Tigers open season as weekend brings sunny 27C highs
A busy slate of college athletics, high school football and community events fills Medicine Hat this weekend, backed by warm, sunny weather.
Environment Canada forecasts a warm weekend for Medicine Hat, with sunny skies and highs of 24 C on Friday and Saturday rising to 27 C on Sunday, with evening lows between 5 C and 11 C.
The Medicine Hat Tigers open their regular season against the Lethbridge Hurricanes, playing in Lethbridge on Friday before hosting their home opener at Co-op Place on Saturday, both games broadcast on Wild 94.5. Medicine Hat College Rattlers athletics also run all weekend, with basketball against Canadian Mennonite University, soccer against Olds College and Red Deer Polytechnic, and an ACAC golf regional at Desert Blume.
High school football sees the McCoy Colts host the W.R. Myers Rebels and the Medicine Hat High School Hawks host the Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Rams, both at the Methanex Bowl on Friday. The South Alberta Hockey Academy U17 Prep team also hosts OHA Edmonton for two games at the Big Marble Go Centre.
Community events include a superhero-themed movie lineup at the Monarch Theatre, a Historic First Street Southwest Walking Tour on Saturday morning, and the annual Oktober Fest celebration at Medicine Hat Brewing Company featuring German-inspired food, local craft beer and community fundraising.
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