Local Sports

The Humboldt Broncos added a potential veteran presence to their crease. 

They announced the signing of 2005-born goaltender Charlie Tritt for the upcoming season.

A 20-year-old Vancouver product, Tritt will enter his final season of junior eligibility. He spent the most of the last three seasons with the Langley Rivermen of the BCHL.

Tritt, listed at 6’1, posted a 7-6-2 record with the Rivermen last season, with a 3.99 GAA, and .889 SV%.

The cliche is "win or go home" but the Edmonton Oilers want to win AND go home for game 7 of the Stanley Cup final.

The Oilers are in south Florida for game 6 against the defending champion Panthers tonight - facing a must-win situation with Florida up 3 games to 2.

Game time tonight is 6 o'clock.

Airdronian Gabriel Osenda is back home for the summer after making a strong impression in the football world.

A press release to DiscoverAirdrie states he is earning national recognition as one of the top high school athletes in North America.

"Gabriel is the first 5-star ranked player to come out of Western Canada and the second ever to come from all of Canada."

MONDAY, JUNE 16TH

Manitoba Junior Baseball League
Carillon Sultans 8 Pembina Valley Orioles 6

NBA
Championship Finals - Best of 7
Game 5
Oklahoma City 120 Indiana 109
Oklahoma City leads series 3-2

TUESDAY, JUNE 17TH

Local riders with the Swift Current Motocross Association returned from an action-packed weekend in Moose Jaw for the third and fourth rounds of the Saskatchewan Motocross Association series.

Round 3 took place on Saturday, while Round 4 was on Sunday, with competitors from around the province participating in more than half a dozen different categories for the double header.

Nine Swift Current competitors attended, with a handful securing places within the top five in their divisions. 

This past weekend was another opportunity to celebrate some great people from the game of baseball as the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame welcomed in some new inductees and Dan Giesbrecht, Chair Manitoba Baseball Hall, couldn't be prouder. 

"It's an organization that was founded in 1997," explains Giesbrecht. "The goal was to celebrate the outstanding contributions to the culture and the history of baseball in Manitoba."

18U AAA

Mason Fauser went 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored in an 8-0 win for the Swift Current 18U AAA Kal Tire 57's over the Saskatoon Giants on Saturday.

Fauser also pitched 7 innings of 1-hit ball, walking 4 and striking out 8.

Kyrell Adair went 2 for 3 with 3 runs scored for Swift Current.

In the second half of the doubleheader, Hudson Unger went 1 for 2, walked twice, and scored twice in a 3-1 Swift Current win.

Jase Johnson got the win on the mound, allowing 1 run in 6 2/3 innings of work. 

U17 South Sask Lacrosse League

The Swift Current Rampage beat the Regina Chaos Blue twice on Saturday.

Five different players scored twice, while Riley Millar had a 6-point game in a 12-7 win.

They then had eight different goal scorers in an 8-4 victory.

Swift Current sits second in the league standings at 8-4.

The Swift Current U15 Girls United won the Sask Cup 11-a-side tournament over the weekend.

The beat Brighton 5-0, lost 1-0 to Eastside Man City, once again beat Brighton 5-0, and finished the event with a 3-0 win in the re-match over Eastside Man City.

Kira Gatzke led the way for Swift Current with four goals at the event, while Mya Dowdeswell scored three times, Piper Artnsen and Hailey Langager scored twice.

Meanwhile, in U15 Boys the Swift Current United squad lost all three of their games at the Sask Cup.

McDonald’s has captured its second straight Alex Tumang Cup.

A strong fourth quarter lifted the team to a 67–56 victory over the Pinoy Brothers on June 14 at the SLS Centre.