Steven Mah

Five Southwest athletes were in action at the 2017 Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg Tuesday, including the debut of two swimmers. Gull Lake’s Jenae Ruetz opened her Summer Games with two swims on Tuesday.Ruetz finished eighth in her heat in the Special Olympics Female 100 Metre Freestyle in 2:07.63 on Tuesday. She also swam in the 50 Metre Breaststroke but was...

The Swift Current 57’s find themselves in a major hole after being shutout 6-0 Tuesday to fall behind two games to none in the best-of-five Western Major Baseball League Eastern Division championship series to the Weyburn Beavers. Weyburn combined five hits and two errors to score five runs in the second inning as they improved to 8-2 against the 57’s...

A Swift Current team won four straight playoff games to win a national title at the Mens D Molson Slo-Pitch National Championships in Winnipeg. The Prides Thunder won seven of eight games at nationals, culminating with a 25-17 win over Abbotsford’s Legends in the gold medal game Monday. They had finished 3-1 in the round robin with wins over Showtime (MB),...

The Swift Current 57’s had no answers for the visiting Weyburn Beavers in a 12-4 loss to open the best-of-five Western Major Baseball League Eastern Division championship series Monday. The Beavers had won six of eight meetings during the regular season and that trend continued into the post-season. They nickel and dimed their way to a 4-0 lead and, just...

Saskatchewan’s men’s volleyball team swept their opening match at the 2017 Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg Monday. Swift Current’s Braedon Friesen and Henry Rempel are both members of Team Saskatchewan. They defeated Team Nova Scotia 25-22, 25-20, and 25-17 to open the tournament. Saskatchewan will be back on the court Tuesday for matches against British Columbia and Prince Edward Island. Swift Current’s...

The Swift Current 57’s will continue their title defense against the Weyburn Beavers in the second round of the Western Major Baseball League playoffs. The best-of-five series will begin Monday and Tuesday in Swift Current. The 57’s topped the Eastern Division, finishing three games ahead of Weyburn, but won only twice in eight attempts in head-to-head meetings. 5 league all-stars for the...

The Swift Current 57’s pitching depth paid off in a 6-1 win over the host Moose Jaw Miller Express to close out the Western Major Baseball League best-of-five Eastern Division semi-final series Friday. Three Swift Current pitchers combined to slow down the Miller Express, including a dominant start from Mitch Guiberson. The 57’s scored the opening run when Riley Campbell...

Logan Fritzke helped lead Saskatchewan’s men’s U18 baseball team to their first gold medal at the 2017 Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg. Saskatchewan defeated the host Manitoba squad 3-1 in front of 6,800 fans in Winnipeg Friday evening. The Swift Current native started at second base and finished with a single and a walk from the two-spot in the order. Logan Hoffman...

Waldeck’s McLeod family had a successful trip through Manitoba with pay window performances across three events on the Canadian Cowboys Association rodeo circuit. A total of 10 Southwest competitors were in the pay window at the Austin Threshermans Reunion and Stampede in Austin, MB on July 27-30. Tuftin and Tyce McLeod won Team Roping in Austin in 5.4 seconds for $1,945....

Hannah MacNeil took part in the Canadian Junior Girls Championship at the Camelot Golf & Country Club in Cumberland, ON from August 1-4. The Shaunavon golfer missed the two-round cut during her second consecutive appearance at Junior Nationals. MacNeil opened the tournament with an 18-over-par 88 on Tuesday. Her best hole was a birdie on the par-four 13th. She followed up...