Steven Mah

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...

There were no Southwest event winners at the Shaunavon Boomtown Days Stampede on July 19-20, but plenty finished in the pay window. Maple Creek’s Brady Bertram rode Boot Barn for 74 points to place third in Bareback and a $344 payday. Maple Creek’s Adam Gilchrist tied for third in Saddle Bronc...

Six Swift Current volleyball players were in Halifax this week to represent Saskatchewan at the Canada Cup with their respective provincial teams. Parker Bloom and Clay Thierman were on the Saskatchewan Youth Green Team in Division 1. They had a 3-1 record in the round robin despite losing their opener to Quebec 1 in straight sets...

Swift Current’s Brody Alexandre and Ethan Murdoch will both represent Saskatchewan at the 2019 Bigs Seeds Baseball 17U Canada Cup. The 10 provincial all-star team event will take place in Regina on August 7-11. Alexandre hit .297 and had a .486 on-base percentage in 26 regular season games with the Swift Current 18U AAA 57’s in the Saskatchewan Premier...

Cadillac’s Brooke Lang continued to be amongst the top Southwest competitors during the Wood Mountain Mountain Stampede on July 12-14. Lang continued a strong season with a win close to home in Ladies Barrel Racing in 17.71 seconds for $1,645. Shaunavon’s Haley Glasrud was fifth in 18.12 seconds for $787. Mankota’s Karli Cowie placed sixth in 18.15 seconds for...