Best friends Alia Nelson and Darcee Hall are multi-sport athletes as well as honor roll students. They made it to the Zone 2 teams for their respective sports, volleyball and hockey, and qualified for the Alberta Winter Games. “We are so proud of the accomplishment. It is such an achievement to have 2 students from such a small school representing their zone in the Winter Games!” said Wanda Hall.
Drumheller’s StarSkate Samantha Kendell competed in the Alberta zones in Calgary and qualified for the Alberta Winter Games .
The games will be held in Medicine Hat on February 15 and 16th where she will perform her free skate routine. The three easiest parts of her routine are the Rockers turning skill, the Flying Camel spin and the Single Axle jump. She is practising her Double Saw jump for the games.
Kendell is also working on her junior Bronze free skate and Senior Silver Skating skills and dances. Kendell practices over three hours each week at the Drumheller arena and her mother Michelle drives her twice a week to practice at The Calgary Crowchild Twin arena. Kendell is 14 years old and has been skating since she was two years old and currently attends grade nine at DVSS. 
On Friday, December 18, the Drumheller Dynos basketball program hosted their third annual Alumni basketball tournament. Starting with one high school team and one alumni team in 2013, the tournament has become quite popular. This year, three alumni teams and one high school team left it all on the floor.
High school basketball coach and tournament coordinator, Jeff Messom, commented, “We run the Alumni tournament to celebrate basketball at DVSS.”
Starting at 7:30 p.m., the 2015-2016 DVSS Dynos played against an alumni team led by Gavin Pitman. A second alumni game followed, between captains Tyler Fournier and Kyle Smith. The championship game was played at 9:30 p.m. between Pitman and Smith alumni. Smith’s team dominated the court, with a final score of 61-47.
Smith, alumni of the 2011-2012 basketball season, has participated in the tournament for two years. “What I like the most about it is the atmosphere, and having the excitement of the crowd cheering. I also like getting to play with all of the previous Dynos.”
A total of twenty-five alumni players returned to DVSS to participate in the tournament, along with many spectators, filling the stands and gym with their love and support of the game.
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