The DVSS Junior A Boys Dynos had a fast-paced and close game with Three Hills last week, with the Dynos only a few points shy of capturing the game. The Dynos last regular season game is at home February 26.

    Junior A Boys Dynos Basketball is getting close to the end of their regular season.
    The team’s last regular season game will be February 26 versus Prairie Christian Academy.
    For team coach Eric Neuman, it’s been a rewarding season.
    Neuman has been coaching in the Spring Basketball League for DVSS about 6 years now,  plus he took related courses for coaching in university, but this is his first year coaching Junior A Boys basketball.
    “It’s going pretty good. I mean, we’ve had our ups and downs, but they’ve played really well. And right now, We’re competing for second and third place in our league, with the hopes of playoffs going pretty well.”
    Neuman said the team is also excited to be heading of to zone playoffs at the beginning of March.
    The outcome of the last week of regular league play, in the last week of February,  for the Junior Dynos will determine whether they face Three Hills or Linden for play offs. The team played Three Hills last week in a fast paced, close game.
    During their season, the young Dynos have adapted their play to face off with teams that have taller opponents, Neuman said, passing between players, ending with the point guard, who is driving to the basket for the shot.
    “It’s playing give-and-go, when we’re facing off against the bigger guys.”
    The coach says with the Junior Dynos being a smaller team, they don’t have the larger players to fill in the key around the basket.
    Neuman explains this means his team plays the aims to be more of a perimeter team, trying to make three-point shots when they can.
    Neuman said he’s enjoyed working with such a great group of guys, the team has had a couple of great tournaments, but regardless of how well they’ve played, the young players have great senses of humour, and have been a lot of fun for him to be around.

The DVSS Junior A Girls Dynos took their match with Three Hills last week, and will be playing their last regular season game at home with Prairie Christian Academy February 26.
inSide photo by Michele Scott

    Junior A Girls Dynos Basketball are heading toward the end of their regular season, and their hard work and practice is showing.
    “They have improved 110 per cent from the beginning of the season,” said Coach Wendy Olson, noting the group of girls is starting to gel as a team. The team is made up of seven  
grade 9 players and three grade 8 players.
    Olson said for the remainder of the team’s season, the coaches are looking for the players to nail down the fundamentals more solidly, with cleaner passing and stronger plays. “Our end result is to see improvement in all of our basketball players.”
    The Junior A girls Hosted an eight team tournament February 6 & 7 won by Clearwater Academy over Strathmore’s Crowther Memorial in the final game.
    St. Anthony’s took fourth place. Olson said the team won their final game, which was probably their best showing of the tournament.
    Olson said the team began hosting a home tournament when they moved back from the old central school about three years ago.
                For the upcoming year, she said coaches are looking at hosting a Junior A boys and girls tournament the same weekend, with four teams competing in each tournament.
    The last home game for the Junior A girls Dynos is February 26 versus Prairie Christian Academy. Olson said the team is hoping for a win, to place either second or third in the Golden Hills School Division League. The team plays league finals the end of March, and then heads to zone playoffs in Okotoks.