Steven Mah

The Swift Current Diamond Energy Wildcats are hosting their annual Preseason Tournament with a total of eight teams taking part at Fairview West Arena this weekend. They will face the Kimberly Nitro Express on Friday at 8 p.m. The Wildcats will also battle the Pilot Mound Buffaloes on Saturday at 7:15 p.m. and the Central Plains Capitals on Sunday at...

The Swift Current 57’s likely couldn’t have imagined a more successful season both on and off the field in 2017. The 57’s are coming off a wildly successful season in which their average attendance increased from 270 fans per game to 469. The season culminated on August 11 when 1,189 fans packed Mitchell Field as the 57’s clinched a second...

A young Swift Current Comp. Colts football team is looking to grow up quickly in the Moose Jaw High School Football League this season. “We have kind of a younger team this year,” explained grade 12 linebacker Josh Keller. “We are looking to coach those guys up and help them grow obviously this year because it’s kind of a growing...

Swift Current Minor Baseball players, parents, coaches, and officials gathered Monday to celebrate another successful season. The Annual General Meeting and Awards Night capped the 2017 season, which was filled with team and individual achievements. Amongst the award winners were Glenn Switzer as the recipient of the Louis Cherpin Volunteer of the Year and Pat Rokochy, who took home the Sharon...

The Swift Current Broncos dropped their second pre-season game in as many days in a 3-2 loss to the Saskatoon Blades in Regina Friday. Cameron Hebig scored a shorthanded goal 7:10 into the third period to break a 2-2 tie for the Blades, who also got goals from Logan Christensen and Arjun Atwal. Dom Schmiemann and Arthur Miller scored for the...

The Swift Current Broncos fell to 1-1 in the pre-season with a 5-2 loss to the Moose Jaw Warriors in Regina Thursday. Veterans Kole Gable and Kaden Elder scored in the loss, while Artyom Minulin assisted both goals. Justin Almeida and Luka Burzan both scored twice for the Warriors, who also got the game winner off the stick of Tyler Smithies...

The Swift Current Broncos announced Wednesday that the team has signed 17-year-old defenseman Christian Riemer to a WHL Standard Player Agreement. “We are very pleased with what we saw out of Christian during training camp," said Director of Player Personnel Manny Viveiros in a team issued statement. “He has really matured, gotten stronger and he has very good shot at...

Ben King’s Western Hockey League debut was a memorable one when he notched a natural hat trick in a 4-0 win over the host Moose Jaw Warriors in the annual rookie game to open the 2017 pre-season. The 13th overall pick in the 2017 WHL Bantam Draft scored in all three periods, beginning with power play goals in the first...

Swift Current hockey fans may want to keep a close eye on the Calgary Dinos men’s hockey team this season. The Dinos recently announced three former members of the Broncos and one Swift Current product as part of a 13-player recruiting class for this season. One of the most high profile names on that list was Graham Black, who has played...

The Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour made its final Saskatchewan stop of the season with the MJT Golf Sask OOM Championships at the Legends Golf Course in Warman on Sunday and Monday. Swift Current’s Ethan Fizell tied for eighth in the 22-man Juvenile Boys Division. Fizell, 15, was 10th after one day after an opening round 80 to sit nine shots...