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St. Anthony’s host grade six girls basketball tournament

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   Grade six students at St. Anthony’s hosted the Christ the Redeemer divisional basketball tournament on March 23, 2017.
   The tournament invited four schools from the division including Brooks, Oyen, Strathmore, and Drumheller.
   The grade six boys competed in Strathmore while the girls remained on home turf.
   “It benefits the students to have this tournament at a younger age because it works as a way for them to build their skills and competence in basketball while still having a chance to interact with other grade six students from around our school division,” said Gail Smith, grade six teacher at St. Anthony’s school.
   Smith explained that the students had won the sportsmanship banner which will be hung in the school gym later in the year.
   “We are optimistic this tournament will happen again in future years as it is a great opportunity for our students,” said Smith.

DVSS senior girls wrap up season

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   The DVSS Senior girls basketball wrapped up a successful season as runner-up in the league final.
   The Dynos played Prairie Christian Academy (PCA) in the league finals on Monday, March 6. PCA has been strong all season and won the championship.
   “They (PCA) are a really good team, I think they will do well at zones,” said coach Andrew Neuman. “It was a 30 point game and we knew we weren’t going to win it, so we made sure everyone played.”
   Leading into Monday night’s game they were coming off a strong tournament win.
   The Dynos’ quest for zones ended a week earlier when they lost the play-in game versus Holy Cross 64-58.
   Coach Neuman liked how the team performed this season.
   “It was a young team but they came on really well. Over the course of the season they developed really well,” he said. “And we had a lot of fun, and we are excited. Most of them will be back next year if they keep playing.”

Junior A Girls Dynos advance to league final

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he DVSS Junior A Girls Basketball team is on their way to the league finals.

The Grade 8-9 Dynos have had a strong finish to their season and on Tuesday night, February 28, took the court versus Three Hills in the semifinal game.

Led by 19 points from Gabby Thomson and 10 points from Brooklyn Lutz, the Dynos walked away with a 42-33 win.

The team has been playing strong all season with a tournament win in Three Hills. Last week to prepare for the league playoffs, they squared off against Crowther Memorial of Strathmore and JC Charyk in exhibition play.

They played well but fell to Crowther Memorial 39-28. They then took on a tough JC Charyk and won the close contest with a score of 35-31. This was an improvement as they fell to the Hanna team a couple of weeks earlier 24-20.

The team is back on the court for the league final this coming Tuesday, March 7.

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