Steven Mah

Team Saskatchewan, featuring three players and one coach from Swift Current, lost its opening game at the Bantam Box Lacrosse National Championship in Saskatoon on Thursday. Saskatchewan lost the opening game of the tournament 10-3 to Manitoba. Swift Current’s Marshal Clothier scored a second-period goal for Saskatchewan to cut the deficit to 5-2. Isaac Froese and Paul Piche are also members...

Southwest competitors had their hands full at the 32nd annual Herbert Stampede on August 3-5 at one of the top paying Canadian Cowboys Association rodeos of the season. Maple Creek’s Logan Resch led the Southwest with a win in Junior Girls Barrel Racing in 15.55 seconds for $365. Resch sat second in the event season standings, trailing only Maple Creek’s...

The Swift Current ACT/UCT Stingrays Summer Swim Club recently held their annual awards to celebrate another successful season in the pool. 2018 Stingray Award winners were as follows: Most Improved Stinger Male – Cadison Campbell Female – Kasha Schoeder Stingray Male – Ezra Lloyd Female – Breanna Dyck Fighting Heart Male – Rowan Bauer Female – Daphne Dyck Most Dedicated Male - Justin Dueck Female – Kendrey Bauer Most Promising Male – Ezra Lloyd Female -...

Swift Current’s Brody Alexandre figures to play a key role with Saskatchewan at the 2018 Baseball Canada Canada Cup Championship in Moncton/Dieppe, New Brunswick. Alexandre started at third base and hit clean-up at the 17U National Championship in a 7-3 loss to Ontario to open the tournament on Wednesday. He finished one-for-three with a double in the fifth inning. Saskatchewan led...

The Swift Current 57’s made a semi-final appearance at the Baseball Saskatchewan Bantam AAA Provincial Championship in Regina on August 3-5. The 57’s finished with a 3-1 record in the round robin. They were firing on all cylinders on Friday with a 25-3 win over the Southeast A’s and a 19-8 win over the Saskatoon A’s. Saturday, the Bantam 57’s defeated...

The Swift Current 57’s two-year reign atop the Western Major Baseball League came to an end Friday in Regina in 4-3 loss to the Red Sox. The Red Sox won the Eastern Division best-of-five semi-final 3-1 in walk-off fashion as they finished with eight wins in 10 games against the 57’s this season. The 57’s scored the opening run when Blake...

Three Southwest competitors won events at the Manitoba Threshermens Rodeo in Austin, MB on July 26-29. Three of top four Team Roping entries featured Southwest cowboys. Waldeck’s Tuftin and Tyce McLeod won the event in 4.8 seconds for $2,244. Shamrock’s Kevin Turner worked with Kyle Chappel (Gravelbourg) to place second in 6.6 seconds for $1,857. Waldeck’s Tee and Scott McLeod...

The Swift Current 57’s are only one game away from playoff elimination after a 10-9 loss in extra innings to the host Regina Red Sox on Thursday. The 57’s fell behind 7-0, scored the next nine runs to take a lead in the ninth inning, but then allowed two runs in the bottom of the inning to force extra innings. The...

After winning two bronze medals in her first day in the pool, Katie Durant won a gold medal at the Special Olympics Canada 2018 Summer Games in Antiginosh, Nova Scotia on Thursday. The Swift Current native swam in three events on day two in the pool and won gold in 200 Metre Breaststroke in 3:31.44. She placed fifth in the 50...

Swift Current’s Katie Durant won a pair of bronze medals in the pool at the Special Olympics Canada 2018 Summer Games in Antiginosh, Nova Scotia on Wednesday. Durant won bronze in the 100 Metre Breaststroke. Her preliminary time was 1:59.8 and her final time was 1:56.4. She also won bronze in the 100 Metre Individual Medley with a preliminary time of...