Steven Mah

The Swift Current Midget 57’s continued to get strong pitching, but were unable to score in their first Saskatchewan Premier Midget AAA Baseball League road game of the season. Two pitchers combined to allow only four hits and one unearned run in a 1-0 loss to the host Regina Athletics Wednesday. Logan Fritzke lowered his earned run average to 0.88 while...

The Swift Current Broncos Hockey Club has announced that Trent McCleary will be the acting Board Chairman effective immediately. McCleary played for the Broncos from 1989-1993 and won a Western Hockey League Championship title with the team in 1993. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2009. The Board of Directors has granted a one-year leave of...

Swift Current United Soccer Club teams opened their 2017 outdoor season with games on the road against the Queen City United Soccer Club over the weekend. The United boys took the field on Saturday and finished with a 4-1-1 record. The U12 boys were split into two teams for the weekend. One team finished with 5-1 and 5-0 wins, while...

The Swift Current Comp. High School track and field team got its season underway with an intra-squad meet on Wednesday and then was in Moose Jaw on Saturday to compete against 37 other teams at Gutheridge Field. The Colts and Ardens finished the meet with 302 points, second behind only Moose Jaw AE Peacock out of 38 teams. Highlighting the meet...

The Swift Current Mosquito 57’s made their season debut with four Regina Baseball League Games over two days. The 57’s hosted Lumsden on Saturday and lost 13-8 and 11-4. They were in Regina on Sunday and lost the opener 18-15 to the host Buffalos, before tying 11-11 when Makstr McIntyre struck out nine batters.

The Swift Current 57’s will have a new name and uniforms when the 2017 Western Major Baseball League season begins on June 1, but they also expect to have five returning players from the 2016 championship team. The team announced Saturday that pitchers Bobby St. Pierre and Aidan Goodall, utility player Bodie Cooper, outfielder Thomas DeBonville, and first basemen Kyle...

At least one Western Hockey League team was impressed with the Swift Current Kabos Bantam Broncos this season. The Spokane Chiefs selected three members of the provincial champions in Thursday’s WHL Bantam Draft. Swift Current’s Mac Gross was the first Southwest player drafted in today’s draft. The 6’1.5’’ defenseman was taken 50th overall by the Spokane Chiefs in the third...

The Swift Current Broncos used the first of their two first round pick in the WHL Bantam Draft to select Edmonton Joel Sexsmith ninth overall. “It’s pretty surreal,” said Sexsmith shortly after being drafted. “I think it’s something I have dreamed about for a long time, playing in the WHL. I am really looking forward to contributing to Swift Current’s...

Swift Current Broncos’ import forward Aleksi Heponiemi was recognized Wednesday as the top rookie in the league this season. The 17-year-old forward was the recipient of the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy as the WHL Rookie of the Year at the Western Hockey League Awards in Calgary today. The Tampere, Finland native led all WHL rookies with 86 points in 72...

After winning only once in their opening three matches, the Swift Current 15U Junior SunDogs girls volleyball team won their final three matches to win provincials in Saskatoon. They had finished with a 1-2 record in the round robin with a win over HVC Green (25-21, 25-18), and losses to the Prince Albert Toppers En Fuego (14-25, 22-25), and the...