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Dynos advance to zones playoffs

    The Drumheller Valley Secondary School senior girls volleyball team is heading to zones after securing a spot during this past weekend’s regionals.
   The Dynos travelled to Three Hills on November 10 to compete for a spot at zones. There were eight teams in the tournament, including some old foes such as Three Hills and Prairie Christian Academy.
   Only the top four teams would advance. The Dynos placed third.
   The Dynos opened the tournament with a match against Holy Cross School. The Dynos were in control for the first half of the match, but lost their grip and the match.
   After a break, the Dynos came back with a new strategy and won over Beiseker and Oyen.
   The two wins sent the Dynos to the finals to determine the third and fourth place teams. The Dynos opponent was the squad from J.C. Charyk School in Hanna.
   “They went to work to finish the match very quickly, avoiding most of the mental mistakes that sometimes put them behind on the scoreboard early, in the past,” said Heather Colberg, assistant coach.
   The Dynos, who have had some setbacks throughout the season, showed the level of play they are truly capable of while at the tournament.
   “They knew what they needed to do. Their skill level in terms of defense and offense are there, but they just needed to bring what they know to the court, for the whole course of the match, in all matches-something that has been lacking, at times, in previous tournaments”, said head coach Dawn Sullivan.
   The Dynos will be getting ready to head to zones this weekend in Brooks.
   “What they did this weekend showed they have what it takes if they want to advance,” said Colberg. “This week, in practice we will just work and fine-tune those aspects of the game that will bring us to the next level of competition.”

Jr. girls Saints wrap up competitive season

    The St. Anthony’s Saints Jr. Girls volleyball team has wrapped up another season of learning and having fun.
   The Saints began the season a young inexperienced team consisting of two Grade 8 players and 10 Grade 7 players on the squad.
   Throughout the season many of girls made huge improvements and developed their skill to become stronger volleyball players.
   The girls fought hard as they challenged their competition to some very close games and some exciting wins. Coaches congratulate the girls on the improvement they made and the successes the players had.

The St. Anthony’s Saints junior girl volleyball team had an exciting year of learning. Members of the team include (back; l-r) coach Mrs. Gross, Olivia Brisebois, Kayla Finkbiner, Samantha Ptashnik, Karyna Ainscough, Carmanah Olbrich, Ocean Bossert, and coach Miss Angeltvedt, with (middle; l-r) Elizabeth Bomford, Anna, McGillivray, Haylea Crone, Rachel Graf, and (front; l-r) Megan Boland, and Payton Zacharuk.

Ouellette selected to take on Russians

    A Drumheller hockey player has a chance to match his skills with some top calibre Russian players, he only hopes he’ll be healed in time.
   Trent Ouellette is in his third season with the Regina Pats and was having a break-out season. The centre man jumped out to being the top scorer for the team through 14 games. He is being noticed and was selected for an elite WHL team for the Canada-Russia Subway Super Series.
   He explains the major junior leagues are putting together teams to play an elite Russian junior squad this month.
   “We’ll (WHL team) play two games, one in Vancouver and one in Victoria against Russia,” explains Ouellette. He is on the roster to play in the game in Vancouver on November 14.
   “It is really exciting and kind of surprising,” Ouellette told The Mail. “I felt honoured to be picked. From going undrafted in the bantam draft to this. It is a big step.”
   So far, Ouellette has six goals and eight assists in 15 games this season.
   “It’s going really good, I am putting the puck in the net, points are coming my way and I was getting lots of opportunities,” he said, until he was injured in a game versus Lethbridge.
   “It was an awkward hit, the guy went low for a hip check and just caught my back leg between the board,” said Ouellette.
   He sprained his medial collateral ligament and was listed as indefinite.
   He is expecting to be on the ice skating this week and hopes he’ll be back in shape for the Subway Super Series. As far as the season goes, he hopes to pick up where he left off and continue to build some buzz on his strong start and his selection.

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