Like most sports following the provincial government's announcement of a return to competition on May 30, Swift Current Lacrosse was eagerly awaiting the announcement that they could get back into competitive action.

While far from idle, with skill drills and practices already well underway, the chance to get back into league play was news that everyone was waiting for.

Trenton Froese, the President of Swift Current Lacrosse shared his thoughts:

"We’ve been patiently Following the regulations and doing what we can to make sure that everybody stayed safe through our restricted season so far. And this is kind of what we've been doing it for, so the opportunity to get back to games and get back to contact and all that kind of stuff would eventually come. And now it looks like that's right on the horizon for us."

Froese said that while there might be some hesitancy in the background, with the ever-changing nature of the public health guidelines, for the most part, he believes that people are just excited to get going again.

"The kids have been in school every other day for the high school and going through various different segments of being either locked down or doing school from home. Activities have been restricted and we've been in this phase for a long time. Far longer than anyone ever expected. So I think for the most part people are just excited to have the opportunity to get back to some kind of normal."

A league schedule hasn't been created yet, but Froese says that meetings this week and next should hammer that out. At the moment, each individual lacrosse association is into gear talking to parents and organizers to determine what the player numbers will ultimately look like and other details.

He did share, however, that while they don't typically play in July, they are planning on extending the season into July in order to hold a four to six-week season so that all players get a chance to play some games. The opportunity to play much later than that gets hindered as some Box Lacrosse teams begin to lose rink space.

"By that point in time, a lot of other associations start to lose floor space because Ice is going in. And we don't typically play through the summer, so knowing that there's a lot of lake families and families still need to travel and do vacation and all that kind of stuff. We'll extend the season enough to get an extra few weeks in and get some games for everybody and have some fun with it. But we don't want to take everybody's summer away from them completely."