Steven Mah

Four Swift Current Broncos prospects have been invited to Team Canada’s virtual U-17 Development Camp, which runs from July 19-25. Mathew Ward, Tyson Jugnauth, Reid Dyck and Josh Davies will take part in the virtual camp leading up to the World Under-17 Challenge, which is slated for November in Charlottetown and Summerside, P.E.I. Ward,...

Gull Lake’s Baylee Kirwan is one of 59 players still in the running for the Canada’s Under-18 National Women’s Hockey Team. The 2003-born forward will participate in the annual summer camp, which will be held virtually this year. She is one of 30 forwards on the camp roster, which also included nine goaltenders and...

The career of one of Swift Current’s most accomplished local athletes is in limbo after a shocking announcement on Wednesday. The University of Alberta announced that they were suspending their Canada West participation in men’s and women’s hockey, volleyball, and basketball for the 2020-21 seasons due to financial reasons. The suspension...

Six skaters from four different Southwest centres were selected in the 2020 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Bantam Draft on Friday. A pair of teammates were selected in the opening round of the six-round affair. Kyle’s Rylan Williams was selected eighth overall by the La Ronge Ice Wolves. Williams was second on the Swift Current...

The Western Canadian Baseball League announced on Wednesday the official cancellation of the 2020 season. A league press release stated that the WCBL Board of Governors voted unanimously to cancel the season. The Swift Current 57’s, led by Joe Carnahan, were one of 12 teams in the WCBL in 2019. The league was slated...

The Swift Current Broncos are facing an uncertain path forward as the Western Hockey League prepares for the 2020-21 season amid the COVID-19 global pandemic. While restrictions in Saskatchewan have begun to ease in recent weeks, the league still faces many questions about how and when hockey will return. “They certainly have a tough...

While many social and sporting activities were banned during the May long weekend due to the COVID-19 pandemic, golf season in Saskatchewan was able to get underway with opening day on May 15 at courses across the Southwest. The experience may have been slightly altered by social distancing rules, but golfers were still excited...

It has been a productive week for the Swift Current Broncos as they quickly signed their top three selections from the 2020 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft. They got things started on May 1 when they signed first round pick Brady Birnie. The Regina forward was drafted 21st overall on April 22. He was...

The Western Hockey League announced on May 7, on behalf of the WHL Board of Governors, that Sheldon Kennedy, an anti-abuse advocate and former captain of the Swift Current Broncos, has been named this year’s recipient of the WHL Governors Award. "As a young boy I dreamed of playing hockey and maybe, one day,...

Brady Leavold always had something to say. The Port Coquitlam, BC native played parts of five seasons for the Swift Current Broncos from 2003-07 with a blend of skill and abrasiveness that made him fan favorite in his home barn and one of the most hated players in the Western Hockey League. He eventually...