Steven Mah

The Swift Current Comp. athletic program celebrated another successful season with their annual awards luncheon on Tuesday. Among the many accomplishments were nine different provincial championship performances in Saskatchewan High School Athletics events in 2017-18. The Colts volleyball team won a 5A Boys championship in November to end an 18-year drought for the program. Aleah Nickel battled her way to gold in...

The Swift Current Peewee AAA 57’s won once in four attempts at home in the Regina Baseball League over the weekend. The Peewee 57’s were blanked 15-0 by the Regina White Sox in the opener on Saturday. They kept the second game close until the sixth inning but eventually lost 10-3. The 57’s got into the win column on Sunday with...

The Swift Current Bantam AAA 57’s placed second out of eight teams at their home tournament. The Bantam 57’s opened the tournament on Friday with a 9-9 tie against the Saskatoon Cardinals. Saturday, they defeated the Strathmore Reds 13-3 and the Saskatoon A’s 14-9. The 57’s faced the Cardinals in the semi-final and won 12-3 on Sunday. They met the Saskatoon Blue Jays...

A pair of big innings cost the Swift Current Midget AAA 57’s two road games against the host Southeast Twins in Weyburn on Sunday. The 57’s led the opener 7-1 in the final inning before allowing eight runs to lose 9-7. All nine 57’s had hits, led by two-hit outings from Logan Fritzke, Brody Alexandre, and Mac Gross. Alexandre, Gross, and...

Swift Current’s Griffin Wilson continued to be a consistent performer on the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour with his second win of the season in North Battleford. Two weeks after placing second in Lloydminster, Wilson won the Junior Boys Division by two shots at the North Battleford Golf and Country Club. He was second after the first round with an...

The Swift Current Mosquito AAA 57’s won silver at their six-team home tournament with four wins and one loss over the three-day event. Friday, the 57’s opened the tournament with a 13-0 win over the Saskatoon Cardinals. They followed up hours later with a 16-5 win over White Butte. Saturday, the host 57’s edged Strathmore 8-7 to top their round robin...

The Swift Current U17 United Girls rebounded from a tournament opening loss to win gold at the Eastside Bridge City Summer Classic in Saskatoon over the weekend. They dropped their opener 2-1 to Flin Flon’s Phantom Lake Soccer Club on Friday evening. McKenna Richelhoff scored the only goal in the loss. The United girls rebounded on Saturday morning with a 6-0...

Tyler Wojciechowski wasn’t in the starting line-up on Saturday, but still made a major contribution with two home runs and four runs batted in to lead the Swift Current 57’s to their third straight win. The 57’s and visiting Fort McMurray Giants each knocked out 14 hits, but the 57’s slugged three home runs and made some heads up plays...

Starter Zach Bravo struck out 13 Melville Millionaires to lead the Swift Current 57’s to their second straight win on Friday. The Albuquerque, NM product held the free swinging Melville team to three hits, two walks, and one run over 6.2 innings in a 7-1 win. Aaron Pugh and Garret Hawkins added scoreless relief appearance as the 57’s improved to 5-8. Bo...

The Swift Current 57’s completed a comeback victory with a walk-off hit by pitch in extra innings to defeat the visiting Melville Millionaires 5-4 on Thursday. The 57’s trailed 4-1 but scored the final four runs to avoid a fourth straight loss. Shortstop Ethan Hunter was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to bring Jered Binsfield home for the...