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Swift Current Minor Baseball players, parents, coaches, and officials gathered Monday to celebrate another successful season. The Annual General Meeting and Awards Night capped the 2017 season, which was filled with team and individual achievements. Amongst the award winners were Glenn Switzer as the recipient of the Louis Cherpin Volunteer of the Year and Pat Rokochy, who took home the Sharon...

The Swift Current Broncos dropped their second pre-season game in as many days in a 3-2 loss to the Saskatoon Blades in Regina Friday. Cameron Hebig scored a shorthanded goal 7:10 into the third period to break a 2-2 tie for the Blades, who also got goals from Logan Christensen and Arjun Atwal. Dom Schmiemann and Arthur Miller scored for the...

The Swift Current Broncos fell to 1-1 in the pre-season with a 5-2 loss to the Moose Jaw Warriors in Regina Thursday. Veterans Kole Gable and Kaden Elder scored in the loss, while Artyom Minulin assisted both goals. Justin Almeida and Luka Burzan both scored twice for the Warriors, who also got the game winner off the stick of Tyler Smithies...

The Swift Current Broncos announced Wednesday that the team has signed 17-year-old defenseman Christian Riemer to a WHL Standard Player Agreement. “We are very pleased with what we saw out of Christian during training camp," said Director of Player Personnel Manny Viveiros in a team issued statement. “He has really matured, gotten stronger and he has very good shot at...

Ben King’s Western Hockey League debut was a memorable one when he notched a natural hat trick in a 4-0 win over the host Moose Jaw Warriors in the annual rookie game to open the 2017 pre-season. The 13th overall pick in the 2017 WHL Bantam Draft scored in all three periods, beginning with power play goals in the first...

Swift Current hockey fans may want to keep a close eye on the Calgary Dinos men’s hockey team this season. The Dinos recently announced three former members of the Broncos and one Swift Current product as part of a 13-player recruiting class for this season. One of the most high profile names on that list was Graham Black, who has played...

The Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour made its final Saskatchewan stop of the season with the MJT Golf Sask OOM Championships at the Legends Golf Course in Warman on Sunday and Monday. Swift Current’s Ethan Fizell tied for eighth in the 22-man Juvenile Boys Division. Fizell, 15, was 10th after one day after an opening round 80 to sit nine shots...

The good news kept coming last week for the Western Major Baseball League champion Swift Current 57’s as pitcher Bobby St. Pierre signed with the Ottawa Champions of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball. The Champions were fifth out of eight teams with a 39-52 record coming out of the weekend. The Windsor, ON native made his debut on...

A trio of Swift Current Minor Baseball standouts helped their province bring home medals from the Baseball Canada national championships. Both Riley Bowers and Rylan Hildebrand helped Saskatchewan win silver at the 2017 DQ 13U National Championships in Repentigny, Quebec. Saskatchewan opened the tournament with an 18-8 loss to Quebec on Thursday. Bowers pitched one relief inning and also picked up...

The Swift Current Broncos concluded training camp with many of their best young players on the ice for the annual Blue and White Game on Sunday. Five different players scored, but it was Christian Riemer’s point shot that was the difference in a 3-2 win for Team White. The 17-year-old defenseman was one of three Swift Current Home Hardware Midget AAA...