Steven Mah

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...

The Swift Current 57’s five-game winning streak ended abruptly Wednesday when they lost both games of a double header to the host Yorkton Cardinals. The 57’s winning streak came to an end in the opening game, a 5-4 loss in which they made four errors and were outhit 11-7. Bryan Spagnuala earned the win with three hitless relief innings, striking out...

The Swift Current 57’s two-game Saskatchewan Premier Midget AAA Baseball League winning streak came to an end Wednesday in a 10-3 loss to the visiting Regina White Sox. The 57’s were outhit 11-3 as the White Sox got seven hits from their top two hitters in the order and seven runs batted in from their top four hitters. The 57’s scored...

The Swift Current Comprehensive High School Athletics Department gathered its athletes, coaches, and parents to celebrate an incredibly successful year of sports for the Colts and Ardens at the first annual SCCHS Athletic Luncheon Tuesday. The 2016-17 athletic year saw three SCCHS teams win provincial medals, led by the Senior Ardens volleyball team, who won 5A Provincial gold in Regina....

Special Olympics Swift Current athletes and coaches returned from the 2017 Special Olympics Saskatchewan Summer Games in Moose Jaw with plenty of hardware. A total of 38 medals were won by Special Olympics Swift Current athletes in three different sports in Moose Jaw. The bowling team won six medals at the Summer Games. Val Laturnus won gold in ladies singles,...

Three of the Swift Current Broncos most promising young players were among 66 Western Hockey League players invited to Hockey Canada’s National Team Summer Showcase. Defenseman Jacson Alexander and forward Logan Barlage are among the 111 players invited to Calgary for the under-17 development camp. Forward Riley Stotts was among 44 players invited to vie for a spot on Canada’s National...