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Dynos place 7th at home tourney

    The DVSS Dynos senior boys basketball team had a slow start to their home tournament, but were able to win their final game to end on a high note.
   The Dynos hosted the Battle in the Badlands last weekend and were hoping to repeat as champions, however this goal was dashed in the first round.
   The Dynos faced J.H. Picard of Edmonton. At half time, Picard had a 5-point lead. The Dynos were able to close it off, but lost by a single point, 63-62. Matt Herman and Bret Van Kannel both had big games with 16 points each and Talon Marshall had 12.
   This put the Dynos on the consolation side of the draw and up against J.R. Robson of Vermillion, which has a provincial honourable mention. This too was a close game, but the Dynos fell 71-64.
   This bumped the team to the 7th place round where they faced South Central. This time the Dynos flexed their muscles and dealt a convincing blow to the Oyen team, winning 101-34. Talon Marshall was the top scorer with 23.
   J.H Picard, the team that beat the Dynos out advanced to the Saturday night finals to play Holy Cross Collegiate of Strathmore. The Strathmore team won the tournament 61-58.

Dynos point guard Cienna Sands gets ready to put the moves on one of the Three Hills Royals.

Dynos to defend home tournament championship

    The DVSS senior boys Dynos basketball will be in action this weekend as they hope to defend their hometown tournament championship.
   The 2013 Battle in the Badlands is this January 11 and 12 and features eight top teams in the province in the Oregon style draw.
   “It should be really tough tournament for us to repeat as champions as there are a lot of good quality teams participating,” said Dynos head coach Jeff Messom.
   Teams include Acme, who is ranked at the top of the 1A teams in Alberta. J.R. Robson and Rimby have both achieved honourable mentions in the first round of 2A rankings, Holy Cross Colligate is ranked 9 and Millwoods Christian is ranked seventh.
   Because of this, there could be some changes in the next set of rankings as DVSS also has a honourable mention.
   Action for the Dynos begins at 2:30 on Friday afternoon as they take on J.H. Picard. If they are successful, they will play at 11:45 Saturday morning. If they move on, the championship is at 7:30 Saturday evening.

The Dynos will be working off the Christmas turkey at their home tournament this coming weekend. They will be on the court on Friday at 2:30 p.m. the championship is Saturday night at 7:30 p.m.

Sabres gear up for home tourney

    The Senior Boys and Girls Sabres are looking to start the new year on a strong note with their ninth annual Invitational Basketball Tournament.
   The Sabres have been in full hoops swing and have met with some success. They will be returning to the court on January 11 and 12 for their home tournament and have invited some good quality teams to the round robin competition.
   The action starts at 1 p.m. on January 11 when the boys take on Morrin. The girls follow at 2:30 p.m. also taking on Morrin.
Other teams at the tournament include Forestburg, who, on the girl’s side have an honorable mention in the 1A provincial rankings, and Bassano, who often put top quality teams on the court.
   The Sabres end Friday night on the court versus Forestburg. The boys play at 7 p.m. and the girls at 8:30 p.m.
Action starts up again on Saturday at 9 a.m. when Morrin takes on Bassano and then Forestburg. The Sabres end the day versus Bassano. The boys play at 3 p.m. and the girls at 4:30 p.m.
   This will be the first senior high school tournament at the new St. Anthony’s School.

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