Steven Mah

Four Southwest athletes will represent their province at the Western Canadian Tri Province Championship later this month. Leader’s Reed Sitter was named to U16 Team Saskatchewan for the meet, which will be held on July 27-29 in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Leader’s Jackson Sitter will be joined by Swift Current’s Scott Joseph and Kalea Sauder on the U18 team. Joseph placed second in...

Both swimmers and event organizers alike came away from the South Saskatchewan Open Water Classic with some lessons learned on Sunday. The test event for the 2019 Western Canada Summer Games was held at the Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park Main Beach, the first open water event of its kind in Saskatchewan in over 25 years. “The wind was more than...

The Swift Current ACT/UCT Stingrays were in Weyburn and Assiniboia over the weekend for a pair of swim meets. The Stingrays were in Weyburn on Saturday where Talyah Cuthbert won all six of her races to win place first overall in her age group. Complete Stingrays results in Weyburn were as follows: Talyah Cuthbert, girls 7-8 1st - 50 metre backstroke; 1st- 25...

The Swift Current 57’s continued their dominance over the Weyburn Beavers at Tom Laing Park with a 5-3 road win on Sunday. The 57’s have now won five straight games after an unexpected five-game losing streak. They have beaten the Eastern Division leading Beavers in all three games in Weyburn this season. Garrett Hawkins earned the win after holding the Beavers...

The Swift Current 57’s hit three home runs in a 7-3 win over the host Brooks Bombers for their fourth consecutive win. The 57’s took an early lead when newcomer Ruben Rodriquez hit a double to score Nick Canas and Bo McClintock. The Bombers responded in the bottom of the first inning when Riley MacDonald smacked his league record 20th home...

The Swift Current 57’s scored nine runs on nine hits and got six shutout innings from Joey Machado in a 9-0 win over the visiting Regina Red Sox on Thursday. Machado limited the slumping Red Sox to three hits and two walks with six strikeouts over six innings. Aaron Pugh and Keil Krumwiede added scoreless relief appearances. Krumwiede, the team’s closer...

Dave Proctor passed through Swift Current on Thursday as he attempts to run across Canada in 66 days. His journey began on June 27 in Victoria and he hopes to maintain a Guinness World Record pace with a 108 kilometre daily average. But Proctor’s efforts are about much more kilometres travelled, he is hoping to raise awareness for the Rare...

Ethan Hunter capped a four-hit evening with a walk-off single in the bottom of the 12th inning to lead the Swift Current 57’s to a 5-4 comeback victory over the visiting Moose Jaw Miller Express on Wednesday. Hunter singled home Myles Miller with two outs in the 12th inning to lead the 57’s to their second straight win after they...

Griffin Wilson was the only Southwest golfer at the 92nd annual Saskatchewan Junior Men’s Championship at the Moon Lake Golf and Country Club on July 9-11. The Swift Current native tied for 16th out of 42 golfers after finishing 26-over-par over three rounds of golf. Wilson shot an 80 on Monday to sit seven shots back of the lead. He had...

The Swift Current Broncos Board of Directors announced that Nathan MacDonald will be the franchise's new Director of Business Operations. He fills the position that Dianne Sletten left after six years on May 25. Born and raised in Calgary, Nathan has been an accountant in public practice since 2008, obtaining his Chartered Accountant designation in June of 2011. Nathan spent...