Steven Mah

The Swift Current Drag Racing Association will finally get their 15th anniversary season underway this weekend with racing set for Saturday and Sunday. After having their opening weekend cancelled due to COVID-19, the SCDRA will host two days of racing at the Swift Current Airport with a number of restrictions due to the pandemic.

The Swift Current Broncos selected Slovakian defenseman Oliver Fatul with the third overall pick in the CHL Import Draft on Tuesday morning. The 2002-born blueliner stands 6’4’’ and weighs 179 pounds.   The Bratislava native suited up for four different teams last season, including time in Slovakia and Finland. He played...

The Swift Current Broncos traded local prospect Wyatt Wilson to the Victoria Royals on Tuesday morning. Wilson was drafted 116th overall by the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft. The Broncos acquired him last May for Alex Thacker. The 6’2’’ defenseman spent last season with the Moose Jaw Midget...

Five local golfers took part in the MJT / Golf Saskatchewan OOM Series event at the Elmwood Golf Club in Swift Current over the weekend. Swift Current’s Ethan Fizell was tied for seventh in the Juvenile Boys Division after one day. He shot a 77 on Saturday to sit seven shots back of the...

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...