Steven Mah

The Swift Current 15U AAA 57’s continued their pattern of splitting Regina Baseball League double headers over the weekend. Saturday, the 57’s hosted the Melville Millionaires and won the opener 14-1 before losing the second game 19-18. Sunday, the 57’s were in Regina and dropped the opener 8-7 before winning 16-2 over the Pacers. The 15U AAA 57’s will return to league...

The Swift Current United Soccer Club had two teams in Saskatoon for the Harder Avalon Classic over the weekend. The U17 United Girls finished with a 3-1-1 record to win silver in the U17/19 Division. They opened the tournament on Friday with a 2-0 win over Saskatoon’s Aurora Eclipse. They followed up on Saturday morning with a 1-0 win over Saskatoon’s SUSC...

Southwest competitors were all over the leaderboard at a Canadian Cowboys Association rodeo in Mankota on May 24-25. Shawn Williamson won the opening night of his hometown rodeo in Tie Down Roping in 8.5 seconds for $576. Val Marie’s Colt Kornfeld got the win his backyard as he rode Ram Boy for 76 points to top Bull Riding and pocketed $887. Waldeck’s...

Four members of the Swift Current Pure Chem Bantam Broncos were selected in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Bantam Draft on Friday. Defenseman Mckale Paul was the first Broncos player selected when the Estevan Bruins took him in the first round, 10th overall. Paul was the top scoring defenseman on the team with 13 goals and 27 points in 2018-19. Forward...

Swift Current Colts’ star Scott Joseph set three records during the District Meet in Swift Current on Wednesday. Joseph opened his assault on the record books in the Senior Boys Long Jump when he sailed 7.05 metres to eclipse a record from the 1950s. Joseph continued his day with a record in the 200 Metre Dash in 22.11 seconds. He added...

The Swift Current Stock Car Association finally got its season underway on Sunday as 25 cars in total raced around the track. The Street Stock Division saw three different winners as Brad Levorson, Dave Koethler, and Wayne Sadowski all won races. In the Modified Division Jason Duclos, Brody Crowe, and Destiny Klym each took the checkered flag. The SCSCA will return with...

The Swift Current 57’s opened the Western Canadian Baseball League season with a comeback walk-off win on Thursday over the visiting Weyburn Beavers. The 57’s scored twice in the 10th inning to erase a one-run deficit for a 9-8 win, capped by a James Moses single to score Toren Brozovich. The 57’s trailed 7-3 after five innings but forced extras with...

Dylan Mortensen will represent Canada at the 2019 FISU Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy. Mortensen, who recently completed his second season with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, was one of 12 players named to the men’s volleyball team, which will be coached by Dave Preston from McMaster University. Mortensen was recently named to the Mens National B Team and has been...

The Swift Current 57’s begin a new season in the newly rebranded Western Canadian Baseball League on Wednesday when they host the Weyburn Beavers at 7 p.m. at Mitchell Field. The 57’s finished second in the Eastern Division of the Western Major Baseball League last season with a 28-20 record before being eliminated in the opening round of the playoffs. The...

The Swift Current 13U AAA 57’s had a dominant performance in Moose Jaw on Tuesday as they won 21-8. Jace Reich picked up the win on the mound and Hayden Connor swatted a home run amongst the offensive fireworks. The 57’s will be back at home on Saturday to host Melville for a double header beginning at 1 p.m.