Steven Mah

The Swift Current U17 Surge basketball team won silver at the six-team Prairie Season Opener in Saskatoon to open their season. The Surge won their opener Friday 60-55 over the Saskatoon Soak when they trailed at halftime before holding their opponent to two points in the third quarter. The Surge, coached by Megan and Adam Jackson, followed up with a 46-31...

The host Redneck Betties roller derby team moved to 2-0 on the season with a 236-209 win over the Midwest Mavericks Saturday in a game that was in doubt most of the way. The Ra Ra Riots opened the day with a junior bout against the Pilot Lights and won 276-247. “It’s an awesome start,” said coach Vic Vega. “This...

The members of the Swift Current Christian Tae Kwon Do club continue to punch above their weight with their Breaking Boards, Breaking Chains fundraising efforts. The club set a new fundraising record with $12,000 raised for International Justice Mission. The fundraising effort culminated Saturday when the club got to show off their physical and mental strength by breaking boards in...

The Swift Current 14U Female Yellow Junior SunDogs concluded their season at Provincials. Coached by Chris Grainger and Brad Gross, the SunDogs were only able to win twice in seven matches to place fourth in Division Two, Tier Three. They opened the tournament with losses to HVC Green (18-25, 16-25), the QCVC Rebels (25-15, 19-25, 8-15), and Watrous VC (24-26, 24-26)...

After helping lead the Swift Current Comp. Ardens to their first provincial volleyball title in school history, left side hitter Brittany Rousseaux will continue her career with the University of Regina Cougars. Rousseaux began her volleyball career in Wymark before earning a spot in the Ardens starting line-up in grade 10. Her club career has featured stints with the Junior...

The Swift Current 14U Boys Junior SunDogs brought home a silver medal from the Saskatchewan Volleyball Association Conexus Provincial Championships in Saskatoon over the weekend. The SunDogs finished with four wins and three losses to place second out of 20 teams at provincials after entering the weekend ranked eighth. The tournament kicked off with round robin games Friday night with...

The Toronto Marlies announced on Twitter Monday that they had signed Swift Current Broncos netminder Jordan Papirny to an amateur tryout contract. The graduating goaltender helped lead the Broncos to the second round of the Western Hockey League playoffs with a 2.48 goals against average and 0.935 save percentage in 14 playoff games. After being acquired from the Brandon Wheat...

Swift Current Broncos captain Glenn Gawdin signed an amateur tryout contract with the Chicago Wolves, the team announced Sunday. Gawdin registered six goals and five assists in 14 games while leading the Broncos to game seven of the second round of the WHL playoffs against the Regina Pats. The 6’1’’ forward from Richmond, BC is a former first round bantam pick...

The Canadian Cowboys Association recently returned to the arena with the first two rodeos of 2017. Highlighting the results at the opener in Tisdale for the Southwest was a win in Tie Down Roping for Waldeck’s Tuftin McLeod. The decorated cowboy won Tie Down in 9.4 seconds ahead of 13 other cowboys to collect $626 to open the season. He also...

They only combined for 96 games in a Swift Current Broncos uniform, but three overage players will remember their time in Swift Current fondly. Jordan Papirny, Ryley Lindgren, and Ryan Graham all concluded lengthy Western Hockey League careers with productive stints in Swift Current, helping the Broncos to a 39-23-4-5 record in the regular season, before upsetting the Moose Jaw...