Local Sports

It was a full house at the Canada Life Centre, 300 Portage Avenue, on Friday evening for the Canadian Elite Basketball League Playoffs.

The Eastern Conference Final began at 5 p.m. with a tough battle between the Niagara River Lions and Scarborough Shooting Stars.

The Scarborough Shooting Stars were dynamic and played consistently throughout the game, taking play opportunities during transitions.

The Niagara River Lions had a strong rebound game and were efficient at the free-throw line, making all 21 of their free throws.

It was a full house at the Canada Life Centre, 300 Portage Avenue, on Friday evening for the Canadian Elite Basketball League Playoffs.

The Eastern Conference Final began at 5 p.m. with a tough battle between the Niagara River Lions and Scarborough Shooting Stars.

The Scarborough Shooting Stars were dynamic and played consistently throughout the game, taking play opportunities during transitions.

The Niagara River Lions had a strong rebound game and were efficient at the free-throw line, making all 21 of their free throws.

Swift Current's Carter Tuplin found the podium in Newfoundland.

It was a special 400m hurdles final in St. John's as two local athletes qualified for Friday's race.

Tuplin finished 3rd in Canada with a time of 53.97, while Swift Current's Rowan Reimer was 8th at 57.55 seconds. Both did it as recent high school graduates in a U24 competition. 

Assiniboia's Bradyn Giraudier has won a bronze medal at the Canada Summer Games.

Running in the men's Special Olympics 100 metre medal heat this morning, Bradyn ran a time of 12.09 to finish third.

Bradyn's brother Kyle competed in the consolation heat and won with a time of 12.65 to finish ninth overall in the men's Special Olympics 100 metres.

Later today, Moose Jaw's Katie Rogers will be competing in the women's 1,500 metres medal heat.

Drag Racing revs up again on Saturday and Sunday at the Swift Current Airport. 

The Swift Current Drag Racing Association is looking forward to two days of high-octane full-power runs up the drag strip, with hopefully no red lights off the start line or any breakouts on the clock. 

Don Fornes, announcer at the SCDRA trailer during the drag races, invites everyone out for the races, which start at 8 a.m. on Saturday.

The 55+ Summer Games are right around the corner and are coming to Swift Current. 

One of the teams participating in the event this year is the Swift Current 55+ Softball team, led by Larry Kozun.

When Kozun heard that the games were hosted in Swift Current, he decided to round up a squad to face off against two teams from Saskatoon and two teams in Regina to bring the pool up to five teams.

"We put together a team of about seven players that play regularly, and about eight guys that haven't played for a few years," said Kozun. 

It will be the toughest test so far in the 2025 Canadian Football League on Saturday for the Saskatchewan Roughriders as they meet the Calgary Stampeders. 

The only blemish on the Roughriders record was a 24-10 loss to the Stampeders on July 12, in a game that was postponed for a day due to poor air quality from the northern wildfires.  

It's the final opportunity for racers to win some points for the Estevan Motor Speedway, as tonight is their championship night. Across all of their divisions, racers will be battling to get the last points they need for the top spot in their division.

Speedway President Brad Pierson says that there'll be plenty of competition that night.

A pair of local athletes will be competing for medals today at the Canada Summer Games in St. John’s, Nfld. 

Moose Jaw’s Katie Rogers will be running in the women’s 1,500 metres medal heat on Friday. 

In the men’s special Olympics men’s 100  metre running, Assiniboia’s Bradyn Giraudier will be competing in the medal round after finishing second in his qualifying heat earlier this week. 

Two athletes from Portage la Prairie proudly represented Team Manitoba at the 2025 Canada Summer Games, in Newfoundland, and even more notably, they are cousins.

Kaj Willms, 15, played with Manitoba’s U17 basketball team, while his cousin, Soren Weselake, competed in both men's road and mountain biking events. Their parallel journeys to Newfoundland showcased not only athletic talent, but also a strong sense of community, determination, and sportsmanship.