Steven Mah

Swift Current’s Zach Cloutier and Team Saskatchewan met little resistance at the 2019 U16 Western Challenge in Kamloops, BC when they defeated Manitoba 38-2 on Monday to advance at the four-team event. The 5’8’’, 186-pound Cloutier plays middle linebacker and is a team captain. Saskatchewan will face either Alberta or...

Swift Current’s Rhett Vavra and Ethan Kurtz were still on cloud nine a couple days after helping Saskatchewan win a second straight Football Canada Cup Championship in Kingston, ON. The Swift Current Comp. Colts stars helped Saskatchewan defeat Quebec 16-9 in the championship game on Saturday. Swift Current’s Kristie Mueller was also the athletic therapist with Team Saskatchewan.

The 15U AAA 57’s were in Melville and won four of five games to claim bronze at a weekend tournament. They lost their opening game on Friday by an 8-3 final tally to Weyburn. Saturday, the 57’s strung together three straight wins, beginning with a five-inning 11-1 win over Dinsmore as...

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...