Matt Herman drives to the hoop versus the Mount Baker Wild Last Saturday. The Dynos won silver a their home tourney.
The DVSS senior boys Basketball team faced the top 1A school at their home tournament, and came home with the silver medal.
The Dynos hosted eight teams last Friday and Saturday at their second tournament this year. Their run and gun style pushed them all the way into the final.
The Dynos faced Whitecourt in the opening round on Friday night at home. The Dynos quick style of swarming defense and solid three point shooting had them easily win 92-66. This put them firmly on the championship side of the draw to face Mount Baker School from Cranbrook. The fast paced Dynos were able to outhustle the bigger Wild to win 90-62.
This set them up to play Senator Gershaw of Bow Valley in the final. All year the Gators have held on to the top spot in the 1A provincial standings, and on Saturday night they proved why.
The Dynos came our strong, but slowed down before the half was up.
“We struggled shooting in the second quarter,” said coach Jeff Messom. “We put ourselves in a big hole, and we’re not able to overcome it.”
The Gators won 96-74.
This strong showing by the Dynos is indicative of their play all season. So far they are undefeated in league play and finish off the regular season tonight (Wednesday) versus Three Hills.
From there they will be heading to zones at St. Joseph’s Composite in Brooks. Currently they are ranked second in the zone and have consistently received an honourable mention provincially at the 2A level.
“I think the key to our success this year has been the willingness of our players, especially our grade twelves to accept and embrace the unique style of basketball that we adopted this year. Our goal this year was to develop as many players as possible, and to be competitive as we have a very young an inexperienced team,” said Messom.
