Steven Mah

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...

The Swift Current U16 Sonic softball team finished one win short of the medal games at Provincials in Regina over the weekend. The Sonic finished with a 2-1 record in the round robin. They defeated Prince Albert 15-10, lost 12-10 to the Regina Rebels in extra innings, and won 13-10 over Watrous. They...

A pair of local athletes helped Saskatchewan to a tournament-opening win at the Football Canada Cup National Championship on Sunday. Receiver Rhett Vavra and defensive back Ethan Kurtz helped Saskatchewan defeat Nova Scotia 37-0 in Kingston, Ontario. Saskatchewan, the defending national champions, will now face Ontario on Wednesday in the semi-final.

The Swift Current 18U AAA 57’s scored 28 runs to sweep the host Parkland Expos on Sunday to improve to 11-9 in the Saskatchewan Premier Baseball League this season. They scored 10 runs in the fifth inning to defeat the Expos 15-3 in the opening game. Leadoff man Nathan McInnis tripled and walked three times as he...

Swift Current was the site of the Saskatchewan Soccer Association SaskTel Soccer 4 Life Provincial Championships over the weekend when a total of 22 teams were in action, including three Swift Current United Soccer Club sides. The U17 Girls led the host club with a gold medal performance as they defeated Prince Albert Celtic...