Steven Mah

The Swift Current Comp. Colts senior basketball team won twice in three games to place fourth out of six teams at the Doug Armstrong Memorial Invitational Tournament on home court. Friday, the Colts opened the tournament with a 62-53 loss to the Yorkton Regional Raiders. Alex Dominguez led the Colts with 14 points, followed by 12 from Braedon Friesen. Wyatt...

The Swift Current Broncos earned a single point in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Everett Silvertips Saturday. Playing their third straight home game against a division leading team, the Broncos got a late goal from Glenn Gawdin to force overtime, before Lucas Skrumeda netted the game winner for Everett 2:53 into the extra frame. “There was a tremendous amount of...

The Choice Driving School rink, skipped by Rod Quintin, moved to the top of the Swift Current Curling Club’s Innovation Credit Union Super League standings on Thursday. Quintin defeated Seidler to take over top spot with a 5-2-0 record, while Seidler fell to 4-2. The playoffs for the second half of the season are slated to begin on March 2. Feb....

The Swift Current Full Line Ag Broncos were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Female Midget AA provincial playoffs on Thursday, losing 5-4 in the two-game, total-goal series to the Weyburn Drillers. The Drillers won the opener 3-2 in Swift Current on Feb. 14 when Jocelyn Mish scored with three minutes remaining in regulation to break a 2-2 deadlock. Sara Kendall...

The Swift Current Southwest Terminal Broncos concluded a dominant South Sask Peewee AA Hockey League regular season with a 10-0 win over the visiting Moose Jaw Warriors Wednesday. The Broncos got goals from seven different skaters and a shutout in goal from Hunter Arntsen to finish the regular season with a 24-1-0 record. Captain Jayden Jessiman led the Broncos with four...

The Swift Current Broncos are hosting three of the top teams in the Western Hockey League this week and Mayor Denis Perrault in encouraging hockey fans to come out and support the team. The team has branded the week as ‘Bronco Week’ with the Regina Pats here on Wednesday, the Medicine Hat Tigers visiting on Friday, and the Everett Silvertips...

A Swift Current rink was able to qualify for provincials out of the 2016-17 Affinity Credit Union Senior Men’s South Provincial Qualifier at the Shaunavon Curling Club where four Southwest teams were a part of the nine-team field. Team Kirkpatrick included lead Greg Hannay, second Mitch Minken, third Wayne Charteris, and fourth Max Kirkpatrick. They lost their opening game 7-6...

The Swift Current Diamond Energy Wildcats returned to Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League action with two blowout wins over the host Weyburn Wings as they near the completion of the regular season. Saturday, the Wildcats fired 42 shots on goal in a 4-0 win. Taylor Lind led the way with two goals and an assist, while Chloe Smith had...

The Swift Current Comp. Colts and Ardens wrestling team attended a tournament at Moose Jaw AE Peacock High School on Saturday and had some strong performances in the Elite Division. Grade 10 Arden Aleah Nickel led the way with a gold medal showing in the Elite Female 60kg division. Remington Tschetter (59kg), Anders Mitchell (90kg), Emmett Guider (73kg), and Sebastien Marchand...

Longtime Shaunavon basketball coach and current Great Plains College SunDogs coach Mark Benesh is stepping down from Basketball Saskatchewan. He served as President for the past eight years and has been a board member for 14 years. Benesh helped the LeBoldus Golden Suns win their first high school basketball provincial championship in 1980 and then went on to play five...