Steven Mah

The Swift Current Abbey Resources Broncos and Battleford Barons will meet on Wednesday for the Midget AA Provincial Championship. The best-of-three series is tied at one game apiece after the road team won both of the games so far. The deciding game will take place at 7:45 p.m. at the Credit Union iplex. Admission is free and a 50/50 take home...

The Swift Current 15U Black Female Junior SunDogs played a tonne of volleyball over the weekend as they placed second out of 40 teams at Sask Cup #3 in Yorkton over the weekend. Six of the SunDogs’ seven matches went three sets as they finished with a 4-3 record overall. All four matches went to three sets on Saturday as the...

Thomas Hammerton was the recipient of some team hardware at the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns annual awards night. Hammerton, a product of the Swift Current United Soccer Club, won the Men’s Soccer MK4 Award for honesty, loyalty, and hard work. The award is named after a former player who passed away. Hammerton, 22, appeared in all 14 games this season with...

A pair of Southwest rinks were amongst the crowded 24-team field at Mixed Team Provincials in Estevan this weekend. The Meachem rink was a who’s who of Swift Current curling with skip Shaun Meachem, third Kelly Schafer, second Chris Haichert, and lead Teejay Haichert curling out of the Swift Current Curling Club. They won six of seven games to win...

Four members of the Swift Current Judo Club won gold at the Provincial Judo Championships in Watrous over the weekend. Christopher Cooledge, Dezarre Cooledge, Everett Penny, and Toru Iwaasa all brought home gold from Provincials. Keyanna Ginter-Bennett and Conner Hammer also came home with silver medals. The next competition for the club will be in Prince Albert at the end of...

The Swift Current Abbey Resources Midget AA Broncos recovered from their first loss of the season for a 3-1 win in the Battlefords on Saturday. The Broncos improved to 46-1 on the season as they forced a third and deciding game against the Barons in the provincial championship series. Swift Current had lost the series opener 4-1 on Thursday. Brad Nyen led...

The Ladies Bonspiel was held from March 22-24 at the Swift Current Curling Club. The winner of the Pioneer Co-op A Event was Team Carr. The winner of the Home Hardware B Event was Team Kutaj. The winner of the Blue Sky Lingerie C Event was Team Kirkpatrick. The winner of the Pioneer Co-op D Event was Team Hope.  

After 45 straight wins to open the season, the Swift Current Abbey Resources Midget AA Broncos finally met their match in the provincial final. The host Broncos lost 4-1 to the visiting Battlefords Barons on Thursday to fall behind in the best-of-three championship series. The Broncos had ample opportunity to win the game, but they were only able to score...

The Kyle Elks won a second straight Sask Valley Hockey League championship on Wednesday with a 4-3 win over the visiting Eston Ramblers at the Kyle Sports Center. The two teams traded wins in the best-of-five series until the Elks took the fifth and deciding game. Kyle won the opener 7-4 before Eston grabbed a 5-1 road win. Kyle regained...

A pair of Southwest rinks are competing amongst the crowded 24-team field at Mixed Team Provincials in Estevan this weekend. The Frontier rink skipped by Clay Thoring also features third Loreen Coakley, second Jay Peterson, and lead Shoni King. The Thoring rink lost its opener 8-5 to Regina’s Ben Gamble on Thursday morning. Thoring opened the game with a four-point first...