Steven Mah

Three Swift Current United Soccer Club teams will have the opportunity to compete for provincial supremacy on home turf this season, while another will head out on the road for Provincials. Swift Current will be the site of the Soccer For Life 11-Aside Female Outdoor Youth Provincial Championships from Friday until Sunday. The tournament will feature five U14 teams, four...

The Swift Current 57’s snapped out of an uncharacteristic slump by sweeping the visiting Medicine Hats Mavericks in a double header Wednesday. The 57’s snapped out of their three-game losing streak with a 4-1 win in the opener. The 57’s trailed for much of the game but took the lead for good in the fourth inning when Kyle MacDonald doubled...

A shocking slump continued when the Swift Current 57’s lost 7-5 to the visiting Weyburn Beavers Tuesday. The 57’s have now lost five of their past six games, especially surprising considering the slump was preceded by a five-game winning streak. Bobby St. Pierre took the loss after allowing eight hits, four walks, and five runs, though only two were earned,...

The Swift Current ACT/UCT Stingrays swim team had eight athletes compete and represent the club at the Regina Piranhas Invitational Swim Meet Saturday. With a large number of personal bests, the coaching staff was thrilled with the performances delivered throughout the meet. Talyah Cuthbert, Eric Lloyd, Sophie Regier, Ryan Dickie, Ezra Lloyd, Megan Froese, Taylor Dickie, and Luke Regier all...

One day after totaling 21 hits and 18 runs, the Swift Current 57’s were limited to three hits and three runs in a 4-3 loss to the host Moose Jaw Miller Express. The 57’s took the lead in the top of the fifth inning when Brett Esau hit a solo home run, Blake Adams drew a bases loaded walk to...

Import Aleksi Heponiemi was the first member of the Swift Current Broncos selected in the National Hockey League Draft Saturday. The 5’10’’, 149-pound forward was taken by the Florida Panthers in the second round, 40th overall, at the draft in Chicago Saturday. Heponiemi was named the WHL Rookie of the Year after totaling 28 goals and 58 assists in 72...

Shaunavon’s Kole Lind won’t have to travel far from his junior home to his future professional home. The Kelowna Rockets forward was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League Draft with the second pick in the second round, 33rd overall, Saturday morning. Lind finished 15th in Western Hockey League scoring with 87 points in 70 games. He...

The Swift Current 57’s slammed the door on a two-game losing streak with an 18-5 win over the visiting Melville Millionaires when they knocked out 21 hits and stole six bases Friday. The game was tied 5-5 heading into the bottom of the fifth inning before the 57’s scored five runs and then added six more in the following inning. James...

Swift Current’s Kelly Schafer appears poised to appear in a third Olympic Games. Schafer (formerly Wood) was named an alternate on Eve Muirhead’s rink that will represent Great Britain in Women’s Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Schafer will rejoin her former skip, as well as third Anna Sloan, second Vicki Adams, and lead Lauren Gray....

Former Swift Current Broncos captain Cody Eakin will be joining his third National Hockey League team after being selected by the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft Wednesday. Eakin, 26, was originally selected by current Golden Knights’ General Manager George McPhee, then the GM of the Washington Capitals, in the third round, 85th overall, of the 2009...