The DVSS Junior high Dynos beat Clearwater Academy in the third place match to win bronze at their home tournament.
The DVSS Dynos Junior Boys basketball team won bronze at their home tournament.
The Dynos hosted an eight-team tournament last Friday and Saturday with tough teams from all over coming to battle on the court.
“We had some lower skilled teams and some higher skilled teams, and then everything in between,” said Dynos coach Eric Neuman. “I think at the end of the day, the correct teams met in the correct matches for their final games.”
The Dynos came out strong on Friday, beating Christ the King School 44-43.
This put them in the semifinal versus Olds Koinonia Christian School. Olds was tough and won 64-36, advancing to the final to play Hanna.
“We were vexed to address their bigs’ abilities. Their under the basket abilities trumped ours every time,” said Neuman.
This put the Dynos in the bronze match to play Clearwater Academy. The Dynos played well, and won 57-42. Evan Flater was awarded the Tournament MVP for the Dynos.
Neuman likes how his team is developing. He would like to see them work more on their passing and rebounding.
He adds that he has a young team and sometimes nerves and confidence can affect their game.
“When they know they can get the job done and I can get them to calm down, they behave the way they should,” said Neuman. “They get a little too jittery sometime and it fails them, but when they are calm they play their own game, and play well.”
