Local Sports

The 18U AAA East Central Red Sox ended up at .500 through their four games on the weekend in a pair of doubleheaders.  

On Saturday, the Red Sox swept the White Butte Bronco earning a 5-2 win followed by a15-2 victory.  

In the first game, the Red Sox were trailing 2-1 into the sixth inning before they exploded with four runs led by singles from Blake Morelli, Jaxon Schleper, and Jacob Trann.  

It was a busy weekend for Swift Current lacrosse teams across Saskatchewan.

Prairie Gold Lacrosse League

Another close loss to Moose Jaw for the Swift Current Wolverines in the junior Prairie Gold Lacrosse League.

Shane Cornelson and Isaac Froese each scored three times for Swift Current in the loss.

Moose Jaw built up a 13-6 lead before Swift Current scored the last four goals in a late attempted comeback.

Ryder Gilroy scored four times and had four assists for the Mustangs.

The Strathmore Spartans girl's rugby team is celebrating their win of the Alberta High School Athletic Association's Rugby 7s tournament in St. Albert. 

The tournament took place from May 23 to 24 and happened at the same time as Strathmore High School's graduation ceremonies, resulting in the loss of multiple senior players and a coach. 

"Still, the Spartans remained focused, determined to defend their 2023 and 2024 titles," wrote coach Jerry Flaws.

The Special Olympics Weyburn bowling team participated in the Bob Pedde Tournament in Saskatoon on May 3rd and 4th, with 10 athletes from Weyburn participating.

Saturday was the singles event and bringing home Bronze medals were Adam and Gerald with Robin bringing home a Silver Medal. 

Sunday was the team events with one team under Coach Les, with bowlers Leah, Antonius, Vernon, Daemeon, and Donovan taking home a bronze medal

A local curler was recently recognized amidst a group of international talent.

Kerrobert's Josh Heidt won the Curling Central 2024-25 season award for Men's Most Improved Player of the Year. It's in the Developmental Awards category, and Heidt beat out fellow nominees Dallas Burgess of Manitoba, Philipp Hösli of Switzerland, Lukáš Klípa of Czechia, and Marc Muskatewitz of Germany.

The Saskatchewan Rush were unable to disrupt a dynasty on Saturday, losing 15-6 to the Buffalo Bandits in Game 3 of the NLL Finals as the hometown Bandits won their third straight title in front of a raucous crowd of over 19,000.

The game got off to a fast start as an exciting first quarter finished 3-3. Buffalo gained momentum from there to build a lead in the second quarter, but Saskatchewan battled back to make it 7-6 Bandits at the half.

The Swift Current U17 Sonic softball team posted an unbeaten weekend in Regina en route to capturing the Sharon Knott Memorial Tournament title.

Swift Current was perfect in pool play, going 3-0, dispatching the Valley Vipers 12-5, Regina Royal Roadrunners 16-3, and the Lumsden Cubs 15-0.

The Sonic plated six runs in the first inning and five more in the third in a 15-3 rout over the Northeast Riverdogs in the semifinals.

The Marysburg Royals suffered their first loss of the season in the Saskatoon Senior Baseball League but were able to bounce back quickly as they went 1-1 in their doubleheader against the Saskatoon Dodgers on Sunday. 

In the first game, the Dodgers picked up a 5-3 win over the Royals. In the loss, Nick Anderson and Tom Hooker each registered a home run.  

Local riders made the trip to Weyburn over the weekend for Round 1 of the Saskatchewan Motocross series.

10 Swift Current competitors attended the event, with more than half of the local participants securing overall places within the top 10 in their designated categories.

Swift Current's Adairia Dickie finished in fourth overall in the Ladies B division, while Cole Gunter captured fourth overall in the Vet Junior category as well as seventh in MX1 Junior.

After a rocky start, the U13 AA Grey Sultans played their best ball of the season and came out with two very impressive victories, including in the B-Side final sending the team home with medals.

"We entered the Wayne Tucker Memorial tournament out in Buhler Park," Assistant Coach Jason Sharpe explains. "We went in without a lot of expectations, we knew it would be our first game play as a team. We played two games on Saturday and lost both, but they were really close. Game one was 6-4 and game two was 12-11. That actually seeded us 8th out of the 11 teams."