Michael Lewis, Cole Lumax, and Rowan Dahl represented the Valley’s Lidstone Combat Sports Academy at the 2025 WAKO National Kickboxing Championships in Toronto recently...

A pair of Swan River athletes capped off an incredible season with the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Melfort Mustangs, by celebrating a Canterra Seeds Cup Championship. The Mustangs, who won the SJHL title for a second consecutive season, will now move onto the 2025 Centennial Cup National Junior A Championship in Calgary, AB which begins this Thursday (May 8). 

On March 7-9, the U13 Swan Valley Stampeders attended Rural B Provincials in Lundar. In round robin play, the Stamps played Riverton and won by a score of 13-4. The team then played St. Eustache but came out on the wrong end of a 3-2 score. That put the Stampeders in the fourth overall seed, where they went on to face Morden with a spot in the semi finals on the line. The young Stamps would go on to defeat Morden 2-1, setting up a date with the rival Flin Flon Bombers to play for a chance for provincial gold. In semi final contest, the Stampeders advanced, thanks to an impressive 4-2 victory. They then went on to play Hartney for gold. Unfortunately, Cinderella checked out, leaving the Stampeders with the silver medal after dropping the gold medal game by a score of 6-2.

The Swan Valley Stampeders held their first annual Skills Challenge this past weekend, Jan. 5, with four events where players competed in for the Hardest Shot, Fastest Skater, an Obstacle Course and a shootout, followed by a deciding goalie goal contest to crown the champions of the Skills Challenge. Will Brown finishes the passing drill in the Obstacle Course...

The Swan River Curling Rink hosted the Duck Mountain Super League Championship this past Friday, Dec. 20, in Swan River. Team Zuravloff defeated a team skipped by Fred Perepiolkin by a 5-3 score to capture the title. Assisting Perepiolkin was third Nolan Nykolaishen, Second Mark Warner, and Lead Tylson Leis. Eight teams from around the area battled throughout the season which concluded with the Championship evening in Swan River.

(TOP LEFT) Olivia Davy (left), Hunter Rose (centre), Axel Cober, (right) with three Freshwater Drum fish caught at last week’s Swan Valley Sport Fishing Enhancement Youth Camp at Red Deer Lake from July 15 to 18. The day camp program provides youth ages 10 to 14 with the opportunity to fish for different species, learn different angling techniques and exposure to land based knowledge with a focus on angling...

Crystal Zamzow teed it up at the Manitoba Women’s Golf Championships held in Minnedosa this past weekend..