Southwest Booster Staff
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SHSAA SENIOR BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
Big thanks to our Regional Basketball host schools (Herbert and Maple Creek). It is a lot of work to put on a regional tournament. With it being a four-day weekend for Chinook schools, it would have been even more of a challenge to find workers for games, booths and gates....
The top two seeds will meet in the Swift Current Curling Club – Innovation Credit Union Super League final on March 23.
Top seeded First Avenue Dental and second seeded Swift Plumbing & Heating won their playoff games on Thursday to advance to the March 2023 final.
March 16 results
SWAC BASKETBALL LEAGUES
The senior basketball league title games were played in Maple Creek on Tuesday, March 7. Maple Creek defeated Herbert 85-20 for the girls championship. Top scorer for Herbert was Rylee Schwartz seven points. Top scorers for Maple Creek were Sage Portz with 28 points, Savannah Frey with 21 points, and Sierra...
SWAC BASKETBALL LEAGUES
The senior league championship game will be played in Maple Creek on Tuesday, March 7. #1 Maple Creek will play #2 Herbert girls and #1 Maple Creek boys will play #2 Vanguard boys for the league title.
The junior basketball league final between #1 Shaunavon boys and #2...
The Swift Current Curling Club - Innovation Credit Union Super League completed its seventh week of action on Feb. 23 with four games in the 10-team league. The GeoVerra and Swift Plumbing & Heating rinks lead the league with 5-2 records.
February 23 results:
GH Well Services defeated Swift Plumbing &...
A cold Arctic airmass has dipped into the Southwest, plunging the entire province into a Extreme Cold Warning on February 22.
The Southwest had not met the threshold to be included into the warning range until late this afternoon, but Environment Canada has now extended an Extreme Cold Warning for all of Saskatchewan for...
There is no shortage of family-fun activities to enjoy in Swift Current during the February school break.Monday, February 20: The Pioneer Co-op, in partnership with Innovation Credit Union and the City of Swift Current, will host a Family Skate at the InnovationPlex from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 21: Families are invited...
Swift Current Christian Taekwondo, in collaboration with Sask WT Taekwondo, will be hosting the Provincials in Swift Current on Saturday at the Stockade in Kinetic Exhibition Park.
With close to 140 athletes from across the province, this will be the first time this tournament will be hosted in the city.
“We...
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) advises southwestern Saskatchewan residents to ensure routine childhood immunizations are up-to-date following a recent Pertussis (whooping cough) outbreak in southern Alberta.
What is pertussis?Pertussis, or “whooping cough”, is a serious and highly contagious infection of the lungs and throat caused by Bordetella pertussis bacteria. Young children who have not...
Lac Pelletier Regional Park has learned they have official set a new Guinness World Record for the longest line of water inflatables.
After over five months of waiting since their summer attempt, Lac Pelletier Regional Park has received official notification that they are the holder of the Guinness World Record for the longest line...