Tag: Basketball

By Sean Nyilassy

The Dinos women’s basketball team scored an (almost, but evidently not) uncountable 181 points in two games Oct. 14-15. Although the opposing teams totaled just 166, the Dinos split the weekend. Friday’s game pitted our Dinos against last year’s national champions, the Simon Fraser University Clan. But our ladies don’t back down from a challenge;… Continue reading Lady ballers break 100 points

By Sean Nyilassy

Like Clark Kent following that shiny green thing, the Dinos women’s basketball team traveled north Oct. 6-7. But they weren’t following a shiny green thing; they were in search of basketball greatness and only had to go as far as Edmonton to find it. The Dinos cleaned up at the University of Alberta Pandas Hoopfest… Continue reading Lady ballers leave opponents bawling

By Samantha Attaway

If you hear the sound of thudding basketballs beckoning from the Jack Simpson Gym, expect to see several tall men practicing. You will later hear the hopes and dreams of their opponents crashing to the floor as our very own Dinos men’s basketball team gear up for a game of hardwood, slam dunks and Gatorade.… Continue reading Dinos goin’ fishin’

By Sean Nyilassy

Things on the Dinos women’s basketball squad are changing faster than a nun can smack you with a ruler. But the always-dynamic Head Coach Shawnee Harle does not foresee trouble on the horizon. “I don’t look at this as a rebuilding year,” she said with the confidence of your wise mother telling you you’ll love… Continue reading In early fall, they’re ready for basketball, not the mall

By Sean Nyilassy

Someone has switched on the light at the end of whatever tunnel the University of Calgary Dinos men’s basketball team is in. The astounding Whit Hornsberger has been granted another year of eligibility with Canadian Interuniversity Sport. The point guard was forced to miss the majority of what would have been his fifth season following… Continue reading Dinos git Whit for one more season

By TanyAmanda

Talent It could have been worse with Whit Hornsberger out for the season. Surinder “I surrender!” Grewal averaged 19.3 points per game in conference play this season, and was ranked nineth among Canadian Interuniversity Sport stats leaders. The team had other consistent contributors including Chris “long socks” Wright and Josh “feisty” Feist. Effort When they… Continue reading Report Card: Men’s Basketball

By Sean Nyilassy and Lee Bogle

Talent Tanya Hautala was hot a lot this season, scoring the third most points per game in Canada West and sixth most in the country with an average of 18.7. She earned CW and Canadian Interuniversity Sport Athlete of the Week when she almost single-handedly took down the University of Alberta Pandas, scoring a blistering… Continue reading Report Card: Women’s Basketball

By Sean Nyilassy

Receiving recognition for excelling in any aspect of anything is always an honour. In sports there’s the player of the year, all-star team, championship trophies, while the list goes on, the hall of fame is one place where athletes are honoured for as long as time itself will allow. While virtually every named sport has… Continue reading Pair of past Dinos honoured

By Sean Nyilassy

Despite a disappointing and abrupt end to this year’s Dinos men’s basketball season, departing players still have many fond memories. They witnessed the growth of a team from a young sapling into the mighty oak it is today. “When you look back at the program five or six years ago, we weren’t all that successful,”… Continue reading Bye bye basketball builders

By Sean Nyilassy and Lee Bogle

Faced with the 20-0 Simon Fraser University Clan in the Canada West quarter-finals, calling the 9-11 Dinos women’s basketball team under-dogs would be an under-statement. After squeaking into the final playoff spot by winning their final two games, our ladies were forced into a best-of-three series against the nation’s top team in their Vancouver lair,… Continue reading Like a hummingbird fighting a gorilla