Steven Mah

After years of build up, the 2019 Western Canada Summer Games got underway on Friday morning with four soccer matches. The Saskatchewan female team got the day event started with a 1-1 draw against Manitoba, while the Saskatchewan boys lost 3-1 to Manitoba in front of a large crowd at Irwin Field.

Wymark’s Jackson Fraser gave Team Saskatchewan a chance to win on day two of the 17U Baseball Canada Cup. The 6’6’’ right-handed pitcher struck out six while allowing eight hits, two walks, and three runs over six complete innings as Saskatchewan lost 3-0 to Ontario on Friday morning. Swift Current’s Brody...

The 2019 Western Canada Summer Games will ease into action on Friday with four soccer matches, followed by the opening ceremonies in the evening. Team Saskatchewan will face Manitoba in female soccer at 9:30 a.m. at Riverside Field, followed by Alberta versus the Northwest Territories at 11:30 a.m. The boys...

Sports fans will have the opportunity to experience a big piece of the rich history of Saskatchewan sports during the Western Canada Summer Games. The Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame’s mobile exhibit trailer will be at the Firelight Festival at Kinetic Exhibition Park on Saturday, August 10 and Monday, August 12 from 5 p.m....

A pair of Southwest cowboys finished tied for top spot in their respective events at the 33rd annual Herbert Stampede on August 2-4. Swift Current’s Travis Munro needed only 4.0 seconds to tie for top spot at the Canadian Cowboys Association rodeo in Steer Wrestling for $1,166. Kyle’s Harrison Hantelman placed sixth in 5.4 seconds for $243....

The Swift Current 57’s will open the Western Canada Baseball League playoffs on Thursday when they host the Weyburn Beavers in the best-of-three Eastern Division semi-final series. The 57’s finished five wins ahead of the Beavers with a 38-18 record, while the Beavers wound up with a 33-22 record after leading the Division for much of the season.

A pair of Swift Current standouts suited up for Saskatchewan on Wednesday on the opening day of the 2019 BIGS Seeds Baseball Canada Cup Championship in Regina. Brody Alexandre and Ethan Murdoch are both competing in the 17U National Championship in Regina this week. Saskatchewan lost their opener 10-0 to Quebec. Saskatchewan was limited to...

The Swift Current ACT/UCT Stingrays Swim Club competed at Saskatchewan Swimming Provincials in Rosetown over the weekend. 10 individual medals and 13 relay medals were brought home by 11 swimmers. Talyah Cuthbert led the way with four gold medals and one silver in the 9/10 Girls Division. Saylor Cuthbert picked up three silver medals in...

The Swift Current 15U AAA 57’s finished second in the Regina Baseball League after engineering a massive upset to open the playoff tournament. The 57’s were seeded eighth after the regular season with a 9-16-1 record, but upset the top seeded White Butte Broncos (20-5-1) 8-1 to open the playoff tournament. They tacked on a 9-7...

Graduating athletes Amanda Thoreson and Grady Rogers were acknowledged for a career’s worth of outstanding behavior when they were named the recipients of the Swift Current Comp. High School’s Female and Male Athletic Leadership Awards. The Athletic Leadership Award is presented to an athlete who demonstrates a high level of dedication, consistently puts forth outstanding energy, effort, and...