Steven Mah

The Swift Current ACT/UCT Stingrays had 10 swimmers in the pool at the Biggar Barracudas swim meet over the weekend. Talyah Cuthbert earned a gold medal for high points in her age group when she won the 9/10 Girls 100 Metre Freestyle, the 100 Backstroke, and the 100 Individual Medley and placed second in the 100 Breaststroke and the 50 Metre...

Six Southwest athletes represented Saskatchewan at the Tri-Province Meet in Regina over the weekend against competition from Alberta and Manitoba. Swift Current’s Scott Joseph won the Long Jump with a top jump of 7.35 Metres to top the nearest competitor by almost half a metre in the 18-20 Western Canada Games Division.

The Swift Current 11U AAA 57’s bats were scorching hot in Melville at they scored 10 or more runs in five straights wins to win gold at a weekend tournament. The 57’s won their pool with wins over the Saskatoon Blue Jays Broncos, Estevan Brewers, and Unity Cardinals. They...

The Swift Current 18U AAA 57’s concluded a grueling week in the Saskatchewan Premier Baseball League with a pair of wins over the visiting Regina Athletics on Sunday. Playing their seventh and eighth games in seven days, the 57’s collected a walk-off win in extra innings in game one as they defeated the Athletics 6-5 when...

Maple Creek’s Jared Parsonage took on the world’s best cowboys and bulls and placed second in Bull Riding at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo on Sunday. Parsonage, 26, opened championship Sunday with an 85.5-point ride on Night Shift to place second in the 10-cowboy field with one of four qualified rides. Jess Lockwood (Volborg, MT)...

Swift Current’s Rhett Vavra (receiver) and Ethan Kurtz (defensive back) helped Saskatchewan win a second straight Football Canada Cup Championship on Saturday. The Swift Current Comp. Colts’ stars helped Saskatchewan defeat Quebec 16-9 in the championship game in Kingston, ON. They had advanced to the final with a 37-0 win over Nova Scotia...

Swift Current’s Dylan Mortensen helped Canada’s men’s volleyball team to a third and final win at the 30th Summer Universiade in Italy on Saturday. Canada defeated Brazil in five sets (25-16, 23-25, 25-21, 19-25, 15-9) on Saturday to conclude the tournament on a winning note. Mortensen, a 6’7’’ outside hitter from...

Swift Current’s Dylan Mortensen helped Canada’s men’s volleyball team to a second win at the 30th Summer Universiade in Italy on Thursday. Canada defeated the Ukraine in straight sets (25-17, 25-13, 25-16) in the consolation quarter-final. Mortensen, a 6’7’’ outside hitter, finished the match with a team leading 12 kills, three kill blocks, and...

Southwest cowboys earned a pair of event wins at the Canadian Cowboys Association’s  Yorkton Rodeo on July 4-6. Maple Creek’s Mike Gordon came up with a win for the Southwest in Saddle Bronc with a 74-point ride aboard Highly Suspect for $469. Piapot’s Casey Bertram placed sixth with 69 points on Anything Goes for $81.

Swift Current’s Dylan Mortensen has been playing a prominent role for Canada men’s volleyball team at the Summer Universiade in Napoli, Italy. Canada has a 1-2 record so far and Mortensen has been one of their top offensive players. Canada opened the round robin on Saturday with a four-set loss to volleyball...