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Latest Updates http://www.scindians.ca en-us Latest Updates http://www.scindians.ca 08/16/2010 2010 Player Awards - 08/16/2010 http://www.scindians.ca/HOME.html?step=3&art=3785 The Swift Current Indians held their annual awards banquet tonight at the Eagles Hall. Quick recap of the award winners: 1. Most Inspirational: KIRK HAVILAND 2. Most Improved: BRADY HOHL 3. Fan's Choice Award: CONRAD FUNK 4. Teammate of the Year: BRIAN STRAWN 5. Rookie of the Year: JAKE SPAETH / CHAD JONES 6. Pitcher of the Year: DAN ROGERS 7. Player of the Year: BRADY HOHL 8. Playoff MVP: JOEY EVANS All awards were voted on by the players. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:00:00 CST WMBL Champions! - 08/14/2010 http://www.scindians.ca/HOME.html?step=3&art=3784  <img src="http://www.scindians.ca/graphics/2010champs.JPG" width="500" height="375" border="0" />from wmbl.ca The Swift Current Indians are the 2010 Western Major Baseball League Champions. Powered by two-RBI nights from Kyle Albright, Aaron Dunsmore and Ryan Dunn, the Indians swept away the Regina Red Sox with a 7-2 win at Currie Field on Saturday night. For the Indians, it's their first championship since 2006. "We grade ourselves on championships," said longtime member of the Indians Shawn Lee. "It's nice to win division championships like we have, but it all comes down to winning the championship." Jason Oatman picked up the win, completing an undefeated (7-0) season. Joey Evans worked 3.1 innings of scoreless relief. For Regina, the most successful season in franchise history comes to an end. Making their first trip to the WMBL Final, the Red Sox also set a team record in regular season wins (29), and set the single game attendance record with 1,204 fans packed into Currie Field for Game Five of the East Final against Moose Jaw. "I might be the only person to say this, but we weren't focused totally on winning this year," said Red Sox head coach Rob Cherepuschak. "We wanted to build quality people, and hoped the wins would follow. This season has been great." The Western Major Baseball League season awards will be announced in the upcoming days, including the Old Dutch Most Valuable Player award. Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:00:00 CST Rained Out Again, Series Now a Best-of-3 - 08/13/2010 http://www.scindians.ca/HOME.html?step=3&art=3783 The Swift Current Indians and Regina Red Sox didn't play for long at Mitchell Field on Friday night before the rain started pouring again. The scoreless game was cancelled after just 1/2 of the first inning. The WMBL Championship Series, which was originally a best-of-5 affair, will now be a best-of-3 due to time limits and the players having to get back to their respective colleges and schools. That means the action will move to Regina tomorrow for game two at 7 PM, and if necessary, the third and final game will be played in Swift Current Sunday at 7 PM. The Indians lead the series 1-0. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:00:00 CST GAME TWO POSTPONED - 08/12/2010 http://www.scindians.ca/HOME.html?step=3&art=3781 Tonight's second game of the WMBL Championship Series between Swift Current and Regina has been called off due to rain. The Indians lead the best-of-five series 1-0. A make-up game has been scheduled for tomorrow (Friday) at 6 PM. Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:00:00 CST Year End Banquet - 08/12/2010 http://www.scindians.ca/HOME.html?step=3&art=3782 The Swift Current Indians would like to invite you to the End of Season Awards night and Social to be held at the Eagles Hall on Monday evening August 16. This will be your last opportunity to say thanks to your favorite Indians ball players before they depart back to their homes and respective colleges and universities. The evening will get underway with cocktails starting @ 5:30, Roast Beef Dinner at 6:30 with awards and program to follow. Tickets are $12.00 / person. If you're interested in attending, you can purchase your tickets from the souvenir stand at home games or by calling Laurie @ 741-6773. Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:00:00 CST Indians Pick Apart Red Sox - 08/11/2010 http://www.scindians.ca/HOME.html?step=3&art=3780 The Swift Current Indians knocked out 14 hits and got dominating pitching in a 7-1 win over the visiting Regina Red Sox in game one of the Western Major Baseball League championship series. Indians starting pitcher John Snyder tossed six and two-thirds innings of five-hit ball, allowing one earned run with no walks and six strikeouts. Joey Evans closed things out, getting the final seven outs without allowing a baserunner. Aaron Dunsmore had a two run single with two out in the bottom of the third inning, scoring Brady Hohl from third and Taylor Hunter from second base to take a 3-1 lead. Hohl opened the scoring in the first inning when he reached on an infield error and was cashed in by Shawn Lee. Regina scored their lone run in the second inning when Eric McKinney singled and came around to score on a fielders choice. The Red Sox threatened in the sixth inning but their rally was thwarted when Dunsmore gunned down Josh Hughes at home plate to end the inning with the 3-1 lead intact. "They were trying to get something going with two outs and I just had to make a good throw. The guy was barely past third so I just had to make sure that I put it on the money and didn't really have to throw too hard," said Dunsmore, who was playing in an Indians uniform for the first time since July 12. The Spruce Grove native was representing Canada at the World University Baseball Championships in Japan. "That was just a rocket, just a rocket arm! We missed him when he was gone a lot. He is a big bat in our order and he does that kind of thing so often. He has just got a laser, rocket arm," said Evans. The momentum carried to the bottom of the sixth when the Indians added two more runs when Taylor Hunter singled in Brent Trask and Brennan Peterson with two out. "When that kind of play happens there is a big momentum shift," said Evans of Dunsmore's throw. "When you are at home you take those momentum shifts and you run with them. That is what we have done all year. They have a baserunning miscue or an error or something and we take full advantage of it." The Tribe scored another pair of runs in the eighth for good measure when Kyle Albright's bases loaded bloop single cashed in Peterson and Dunsmore followed with a walk to plate Hunter. "It is definitely big," said Dunsmore of the game one win. "They have been doing well in the playoffs without me and playing well no matter what. Everyone is just looking for someone to be the hero each day or someone to step up. I am just glad to help us out today." Game two goes Thursday at 7:05 at MItchell Field. -- courtesy Southwest Booster Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:00:00 CST Isotopes Versus Capital City - 08/09/2010 http://www.scindians.ca/HOME.html?step=3&art=3779 The WMBL final series is now set thanks to a huge 11-1 victory by the Regina Red Sox in the deciding game five of the East Division finals. The Red Sox are the best team in the East, and trailed the Indians by one game for the regular season title, and are home to Mitch McDonald who won the triple crown this season. The series starts Wednesday night here in Swift Current. Game two is also in Swift Current, whereas games three and (if necessary) four will be played in Regina. If its two games a piece at that point, the fifth and final game would be played at Mitchell Field on Sunday. This is definitely a series you do not want to miss! Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:00:00 CST Indians Take Game 4, Move on to the Final Round - 08/08/2010 http://www.scindians.ca/HOME.html?step=3&art=3775 A decisive 12-4 victory over the Okotoks Dawgs has taken the Swift Current Indians into another championship bout. The Indians jumped on the bats early and never looked back. They scored five runs in the top of the first inning. The 3-4-5 hitters (Lee,Albright,Dunn) went 7-14 and had seven RBIs. Defensively the Indians committed no errors behind the pitching of Brian Strawn, Chad Jones and Joey Evans. In Moose Jaw the Millers evened up their series with the Regina Red Sox, who will play the fifth and final game Monday night in Regina. After that game, we will know who and when the Indians play next. Sun, 08 Aug 2010 12:00:00 CST Okotoks Seeing Red - 08/06/2010 http://www.scindians.ca/HOME.html?step=3&art=3773 A four run deficit after two innings got the Indians off to a bad start in the first game of their best of five series against the Dawgs. Swift Current proved it could easily bounce back, and in front of a crazy 430 fans, shut down the Dawgs the rest of the way, and scored nine of their own runs, en route to a 9-5 victory. Game Two of the series is at Mitchell Field tonight at 7:05. The Indians will then head to Okotoks for game 3 and if necessary game 4. If its knotted up at 2 a piece, the tie breaker game 5 will be back in Swift Current Monday night. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:00:00 CST Rain Lets Fans Watch Rider Game Before Coming to Mitchell Field - 08/06/2010 http://www.scindians.ca/HOME.html?step=3&art=3774 Head coach Joe Carnahan posted his 100th career WMBL coaching victory, and the Swift Current Indians beat the visiting Okotoks Dawgs 5-2 at Mitchell Field on Friday. The win put Swift Current up 2-0 in the WMBL best-of-five semifinal. Indians starting pitcher Dan Rogers flung 6 innings of 3-hit baseball to a Dawgs team that achieved a .301 combined batting average through the regular season. Rogers allowed only two runs and amassed seven strikeouts on the night. He got replaced by Chad Jones for the 7th inning and Jones capped it off with two perfect innings while striking out two. The home team posted a 2-0 lead early in the game, but the Dawgs replied with a 2-run shot by Andrew Robbins in the 6th to tie it. The Indians however added two runs in the 7th and one in the 8th to retake the lead for good. Okotoks limited the damage that could have been, stranding 14 Indians runners on the night. The game was delayed for an hour due to a prairie rainstorm. The series moves to Okotoks for game three tomorrow. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:00:00 CST