Steven Mah

Four of the Swift Current Broncos top prospects received positive news this week when they were named to their respective provincial team rosters heading into tryout camps this summer. Both of the Broncos first round picks from the 2019 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft were named to Team BC. Forward Mathew Ward (Richmond) and defenseman Tyson Jugnauth (Kelowna) were both named...

The Swift Current Rugby Club girls team was in Regina for league games on Wednesday and finished with one win and two losses. They won their opener 27-5 over Regina’s Suns 2. Allison Wall, Gabrielle Schmidt, and Jayne Hanson all scored trys in the victory. They dropped their second game 20-10 to the Regina Fury on try from Wall and Schmidt. Swift...

Dylan Mortensen’s rapid growth in the volleyball world continues as the Swift Current native was named to Volleyball Canada’s Mens National B Team on Tuesday. The 6’7’’ outside attacker has been in Gatineau, Quebec for a selection camp and made the final roster that will continue to train in Gatineau throughout the summer. “Obviously it is a huge honour for me...

The Swift Current 17U Female Junior SunDogs won three of five matches at Big Sky Volleyfest in Billings, MT over the weekend. Their only two losses were in three sets to the eventual silver and bronze medal teams as they placed ninth overall. The SunDogs opened the tournament with a loss to Great Falls, Montana’s Zootown (18-25, 25-15, 14-16). They rounded...

The Swift Current Broncos had full intentions of adding high-end skill to their organization and believe they achieved that task by drafting Kamloops’ Mathew Ward with their first pick in the 2019 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft. “He is a smaller, really, really skilled guy with very good compete,” explained Broncos Director of Player Personnel, Gary Aubin. “I am a speedy...

The Swift Current U11 AAA 57’s placed second at the six-team Blazin’ Bases tournament in Estevan over the weekend. The 57’s finished the round robin with a 2-1 record. They defeated the Moose Jaw Canucks 12-11 and the Weyburn Beavers 19-11 before losing 9-4 to the Yorkton Cardinals. The 57’s rematched with Yorkton in the championship game and lost 14-13 to...

The Swift Current 18U AAA 57’s opened their season with one win in four road games in the Saskatchewan Premier Baseball League over the weekend. The 57’s were unable to contain the host Saskatoon Giants on Saturday as they allowed 33 runs in a pair of road losses. They dropped the opener 15-5 when they were held to six hits and...

Tyson Jugnauth hopes to be jumping into the rush for the Swift Current Broncos sooner rather than later. And after the Kelowna native went from seldom used defenseman on his Bantam team to a first round draft pick in just over a year, well who’s to doubt him? The Broncos selected the 5’9’’ defenseman with the 21st overall pick in...

Swift Current’s Cash Arntsen was a late pick by the Saskatoon Blades in the 13th round of the Western Hockey League Bantam Draft on Thursday. Arntsen went undrafted in the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft and was amongst the surprised when he was selected this time around. “No it didn’t even cross my mind at all. Yeah I didn’t know an overage...

In addition to the 10 selections in the 2019 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft on Thursday, the Swift Current Broncos made one trade to bring a local defenseman back home. The Broncos sent forward Alex Thacker to the Lethbridge Hurricanes for Swift Current’s Wyatt Wilson. Wilson has spent the past two seasons at the Yale Hockey Academy. He registered six goals...