Local Sports

Calum Keeping is a 14-year-old multi-sport athlete who hails from Niverville and after a strong year in many different sports, he's looking to keep building toward a very bright future.

Describing Keeping as a multi-sport athlete might be a bit of an undersell. "I play soccer for fun, I play competitive volleyball, competitive basketball, I've played a lot of school sports as well, including track," the athletic wonder says with a smile.

It feels good to be back in Saskatchewan for the Swift Current 57's.

Trigg Mapes went 4 for 5 with 2 home runs, 3 runs scored and 6 RBI as the 57's beat Moose Jaw 13-2 on the road last night.

Swift Current also got home runs from Gus Koehn and Wilmer Henriquez.

Jose Ayala went 4 for 5 with 4 RBIs.

Swift Current scored more in last night's win than they had combined runs during their six-game losing skid in Alberta.

Adam Korte allowed 2 runs in 5 innings to get the win on the mound.

Former Olympian hockey player turned ace broadcaster, Jennifer Botterill, was named one of the 2025 Hockey Hall of Fame inductees and is set to join the hallowed halls later in the year.

2025 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee, Jennifer Botterill

Following last week’s schedule release, the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League has announced some key dates for the upcoming 2025-26 regular season.  

Martensville will host the Western All-Star Challenge between November 3-5. The camp will feature the best U19 players trying out for the World Junior ‘A’ Challenge, which will be held in Trois-Rivieres, QC. 

The Moose Jaw Miller Express wrapped up an eight-game Alberta road swing by splitting games against the Fort McMurray Giants and Energy City Cactus Rats over the weekend. 

On Friday night, the Giants came from behind to pick up a 6–5 win over the Miller Express. Moose Jaw opened the scoring in the top of the first off an Austin Gurney double to right field to score Thomas Soto. Tanner DeGrazia then hit a sacrifice grounder to score William Edwards and put Moose Jaw up 2–0. 

This past weekend saw the fourth annual Energy City Exposure Showcase deliver its most ambitious and successful event yet at Nickle Lake Regional Park. The three-day showcase brought together softball players from across the Prairies for a weekend of skill development, games, and face time with college scouts. 

Saskatchewan's best AAA baseball talent will be in Meadow Lake on Tuesday for the 2025 SPBL All Star Game.

The 18U AAA Zone 7 Sun Devils are based out of Meadow Lake but are comprised of players from all around the Zone 7 region. The area team for West Central talent, local players on the 14-player roster include Keegan Schell from Wilkie, Connor Ralston from Unity, Cale Morris from Rosetown, and Darian Lowe from Macklin.

After months of anticipation, the 2025 CanAm Bowl is officially set to kick off on Tuesday night in Rosetown.

Canada Day festivities in Rosetown will be capped off with Tuesday's 8:00 PM kickoff from the field behind Rosetown Central High School. The game represents an all-star showcase between Team Canada (Saskatchewan/Alberta) and Team USA (Montana/Nebraska/Wyoming/Texas) and has been taking place since 1997.

The Weyburn Canoe and Kayak Club is offering a Sprint Kayaking Clinic for all ages tomorrow, Canada Day, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Nickle Lake Regional Park.

No experience or equipment is required to try out the sport, which has been dubbed 'the Formula 1 of paddling', has been an Olympic sport since 1936, and will be coming to the next Saskatchewan Summer Games.

For just $5 per person, anyone can learn how to paddle really fast, with lightweight boats always available at the WCKC's rental facility near the beach at Nickle Lake.

Graduated Swift Current Broncos goaltender Reid Dyck is getting another look from an NHL team.

He has been invited to the New York Islanders development camp.

He'll be attending Islanders camp alongside 2025 1st overall NHL Draft pick Matthew Schaefer.

Dyck, a former draft pick of the Boston Bruins, went 22-21-2 this season with a 3.56 goals against average and 0.890 save percentage.

He played 153 games with the Broncos over 5 seasons.

Dyck will start his NCAA career with Colgate University this fall.