Steven Mah

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...

Four Southwest competitors won their events at the North Battleford Kinsmen Rodeo on April 26-28. Three Southwest cowboys finished in the top four in Steer Wrestling. Swift Current’s Travis Munro won in 5.2 seconds for $810. Kyle’s Chad Hantelman tied for second in 5.3 seconds for $607 and Val Marie’s Riley Hayes was fourth in 6.3 seconds for $405. Waldeck’s Tyce...

The Swift Current Broncos selected a pair of players from British Columbia in the opening round of the 2019 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft in Red Deer on Thursday. The Broncos opened their day by using 14th pick to select Richmond, BC forward Mathew Ward. The 5'7'' centre had 24 goals, 40 assists in 30 games with Delta Bantam Prep...

Forgive the Swift Current Broncos scouting staff if they don’t have time for small talk this week. With five picks in the Western Hockey League Bantam Draft’s opening 54 selections, the Broncos scouting staff has been bunkered down as they prepare for a pivotal draft on Thursday. The group is led by Director of Player Personnel, Gary Aubin and Head...

The Swift Current Junior SunDogs 15U Yellow Girls completed their season with a fantastic performance at Sask Volleyball Provincials in Saskatoon this past weekend. They started Saturday off with a loss in three sets to JCVC Black Chaos (25-17, 23-25, 7-15). The 15U Yellow SunDogs went on to win the rest of their round robin games as they defeated the Lloydminster...