Steven Mah

The Swift Current 57’s tied up the Western Major Baseball League best-of-five Eastern Division semi-final series with a 7-5 win over the visiting Regina Red Sox on Wednesday. The game featured four errors by each team as the 57’s tied the series at one game apiece. Lead-off man Blake Adams and nine-hole hitter Jared Dokey each finished with two hits, one...

Four Southwest athletes were on the track at the 2018 Western Canadian Tri Province Championship in Sherwood Park, AB on July. Leading the way was Swift Current’s Scott Joseph with a new record in the U18 Boys Long Jump. Joseph sailed 6.63 meters to win gold and eclipse the previous record of 6.24 meters that was set in 2014. The Colts...

Swift Current 57’s Bo McClintock and Blake Adams were both named to the Western Major Baseball League 2nd All-Star Team on Wednesday. McClintock was named the 2nd Team First Baseman after finishing second in the WMBL with 15 home runs and tied for fifth with 40 runs batted in. The Beavercreek, Oregon native also finished with a .288 average and...

The Swift Current 57’s struggles against the Regina Red Sox this season continued as they opened the Western Major Baseball League playoffs with an error filled 9-6 loss on Tuesday. The Red Sox slugged three home runs as they defeated the host 57’s for the sixth time in seven games this season to open the best-of-five Eastern Division semi-final series....

The RCMP announced on Monday that two missing persons have been located. Swift Current Municipal RCMP had requested assistance in locating 16-year-old Eden Denee Stevenson on July 19. They announced on Monday morning that she had been located and returned home unharmed. 52-year-old Christopher Tuttle had been reported missing on March 22 and was last seen in Cypress Hills Provincial Park...

At approximately 8:17 a.m. on July 29, 2018, Maple Creek RCMP, Fire Department and EMS responded to a complaint of a single vehicle rollover on Old Highway 1 Road roughly four kilometres northwest of Maple Creek, SK. Upon arrival, the driver of the vehicle was located deceased. The 23-year-old male from Maple Creek was the lone occupant of the vehicle....

The Swift Current Broncos continued to reshape their roster on Monday when sent an overage player to the Western Conference and signed an import defenseman. The defending Western Hockey League champions dealt overage defenseman Sahvan Khaira to Everett Silvertips for 19-year-old forward Ethan O’Rourke and a third round pick in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft. “The Broncos would like to thank...

The Swift Current Drag Racing Association hosted two days of racing at the Swift Current Airport over the weekend. The second racing weekend of the season featured 101 cars on Saturday and 75 on Sunday. Results were as follows: SATURDAY Sportsman Winner - Chance Myers, Swift Current; Runner up - Ray Dueck, Lucky Lake. Pro Winner - James Frayn, Trossachs; Runner Up - Tim Bowers,...

The Swift Current ACT/UCT Stingrays Summer Swim Club had 10 swimmers in the pool at Provincials in Estevan on Saturday. Talyah Cuthbert capped off an incredible season in the Girls 7-8 Division by winning all five of her individual events, highlighted by a provincial record breaking swim in the 50 metre Backstroke to eclipse a record that had stood since...

The Swift Current 57’s wrapped up the Western Major Baseball League regular season with a 22-9 win over the visiting Yorkton Cardinals on Sunday. The meaningless contest featured 32 hits, 18 walks, and 12 different pitchers as both teams had a little fun in the final game of the regular season. Yorkton used a total of seven pitchers, including Ryne Niemi,...