Steven Mah

The Swift Current Pee Wee Girls Sonic softball team, host team for the 2018 Saskatchewan Softball Pee Wee C Provincial Championships, were at the 18-team Moose Jaw Ice U14B tournament this weekend. The Sonic finished the tournament with three wins and one loss, losing in the semi-final to the Southeast Hawks. The Sonic started the tournament on Friday night against one...

The Swift Current 57’s, bolstered by the return of Blake Adams, hit four home runs in a 10-1 win over the host Brooks Bombers on Sunday. The reigning Western Major Baseball League Rookie of the Year finished two-for-four with a home run, three runs scored, two runs batted in, and a stolen base in his first game of the season. The...

The Swift Current Mosquito AAA 57’s hosted the Regina Pacers on Saturday for two Regina Baseball League games. They won the opener 12-2, before dropping the second game 11-5. Sunday, the teams rematched in Regina. Swift Current lost 12-11 and then won 11-6. The 57’s are back at home on Saturday for their final two league games of the regular season with...

The Swift Current Midget 57’s allowed only seven hits in a two-game sweep of the visiting Saskatoon Giants in the Saskatchewan Premier Midget AAA Baseball League on Saturday. The 57’s got two strong pitching performances from Jackson Fraser and Nolan Klein in a 6-4 win in the opening game. The 57’s scored twice in the first inning and then added four...

Swift Current Broncos goaltender Joel Hofer was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the fourth round, 107th overall, of the 2018 National Hockey League Draft in Dallas, Texas on Saturday. The Winnipeg native appeared in 19 regular season games during his rookie campaign and finished with an 8-3-1-1. The 6’3’’ netminder finished with a 0.914 save percentage and a...

Some familiar Southwest names were at the top of the standings at a Canadian Cowboys Association Rodeo in Pilot Butte on June 15-17. Waldeck’s McLeod family led the way in Team Roping. Tuftin and Tyce won the event in 5.2 seconds for $1,706. Tee and Scott were third in 6.1 seconds for $1,118. Three Maple Creek cowgirls swept the top three...

The Southwest had a dominating weekend in Barrel Racing at the Couttsgrass Rodeo on June 15-17. Ladies Barrel Racing was the top event for the Southwest as some of the area’s up and coming stars took three of the top four spots. Mankota’s Kassidy Williamson won the event in 15.53 seconds for $1,134. Karli Cowie, also from Mankota, was second...

The Swift Current 57’s were no match for the Western Major Baseball League leading Weyburn Beavers on Thursday. The 57’s made four errors in an 8-2 loss as Weyburn improved to 14-1 on the season. The Beavers put the game out of reach early with a home run in the first inning, followed by a four-run second inning. Jerad Dokey hit a...

The Swift Current 57’s took advantage of four errors to defeat the visiting Edmonton Prospects 12-2 in a rematch of last year’s Western Major Baseball League championship series. The top three batters in the 57’s line-up combined for nine hits, seven runs, and four runs batted in. Ethan Hunter scored on an error in the third inning of the first run...

Three Swift Current teams finished atop the Sandhills Girls Mite Division Softball League Championship Tournament in Cabri on Saturday. The Swift Current Cardinals won gold at the eight-team event with a 13-5 win over the Swift Current Orioles. The Swift Current Blue Jays defeated Cabri 1-0 to win the bronze medals.