Curling Bonspiel - 2023

The 60th annual DCS high school curling bonspiel was held on Feb. 3/4. 38 curlers on 9 teams competed over 2 days in a fun event to bring all of our high school students together. 

Event winners:

'A' - Casey Green, Ainsley Beattie, Emery Genest, Charity Pajunen and Sidney Keeler

'B' - Brayden Marchuk, Alex Gauthier, Francheska Villamor, Brianna Jespersen

'C' - Abigail Friesen, Sierra Tully, Darling McNeely, Sam Ellis

A huge thank you to everyone that made this event possible, unfortunately I can't name you all but I will acknowledge: The ice makers, the rink crews that cleaned the ice, the DCS staff for supervising, the community members who ran the concession, put on a ham supper and put on a pancake breakfast. The local businesses for donating prizes for every participant in the bonspiel.  The DCS SRC sports reps for soliciting and collecting the prizes. Also, to the many fans that came out to cheer the kids on as they made some incredible shots that had the crowd ooo'ing and awww'ing.  The atmosphere in the rink was amazing again this year. 

Lance Morrison
B.Sc.P.E. '95 

B.Ed. '97
Athletic Director - Dinsmore Composite School

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Curling Bonspiel - 2020

The 58th annual Dinsmore Composite School curling bonspiel was held on Jan. 31st and Feb. 1st.  The bonspiel is such a great tradition, it gives all the students that play and the fans that watch memories that last a lifetime.  The bonspiel was won by the team of skip Troy Banks, third Abigail Friesen, second Megan Reiber and Darling McNeely.  The 'B' final was won by the Paige Thomson rink with Spencer Flath, Sierra Tully and Venice Bantang.  The 'C' Final was won by the Cole Buchanan rink with Ryan Kako, Pia Sol and Teagan Wollen.  I would like to thank all the people of our community that had a hand in getting ready for this year's DCS bonspiel.  Thank you to the Dinsmore Memorial Arena board, the Kinsmen, the rink worker groups, the DCS SCC, the DCS staff, the prize sponsors, the Dinsmore Library, Terry Orban, Jason Blackwell, the fans and the players.  It was a great weekend.  #GoWildcats #OnTo59

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Sr. Boys Advance to Regionals

The Sr. Boys volleyball team, coached by Mr. Morrison, had a very successful season.
We participated in weekly league play with Beechy, Outlook and LCBI, as well as having exhibition matches with Rosetown. The team also travelled to tournaments in Rosetown, Cabri, as well as winning gold at our home tournament. (See full write-up)

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The Dinsmore/Elrose Senior boys volleyball team hosted their annual tournament on Oct. 26th.

The tournament saw great action throughout the day. Thank you to the parents and fans for driving the boys and supporting them throughout the season. Thank you to Kelly Emmons for officiating the whole day. Thank you to the Mrs. Morrison and her canteen crew of grade 5/6's for keeping everyone fed all day.

Below are the results on the day.

Round Robin Standings

• Kindersley 5-1
• Dinsmore/Elrose 4-2
• Rosetown 3-3 Biggar 0-6

Semi finals

• Biggar defeated Kindersley 2-1
• Dinsmore/Elrose defeated Rosetown 2-0

Finals

• Dinsmore/Elrose defeated Biggar 2-0

Lance Morrison B.Sc.P.E. '95 B.Ed. '97 Athletic Director - Dinsmore Composite School

DCS GOLF

The DCS golf teams had a brief but exciting season. The Senior team of Jesse Thorpe, Logan and Mason Marchuk, Troy Banks, Tristen and Spencer Flath and Ryan Kako practiced over the summer and the first couple of weeks in the fall. Their season concluded with the West Central District Golf championships in Eston on Tuesday Sept. 17. Congratulations to the team on their dedication to the sport and continuing to improve. Coach Morrison is very proud of you. Thank you also to our parents for driving the players to practices and the District Championships. (Team picture below)

 

The DCS junior golf team of Tyrell Ducharme, Casey Somerville, Cooper Flath, Jesse Reiber and Brayden Marchuk also had an excellent short golf season. Some of our players played in their very first tournament and represented DCS very well. Their season concluded with the West Central's South Sectional junior golf playoff on Monday Sept. 16. Coach Morrison looks forward to the team learning and improving as the get ready for next year's season. Thank you to our parents for driving the players to practices and the Sectional playoffs in Outlook. (Team picture below)

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Curling Bonspiel

(Photo by Lance Morrison) (Ryan Kako-3rd, Megan Reiber-2nd, Cheyenne Christiansen-Lead, Shae Simonson-Skip)

The Annual Dinsmore Composite School High School curling bonspiel was held on Friday Feb. 1st and Saturday Feb. 2nd.  41 DCS Grade 7-12 students played on 10 teams. The students showed great enthusiasm as they dressed up for their games using the theme of "The Country Life".   The students were amazing ambassadors for the sport and the community.  

The awards ceremony for the 2019 annual high school bonspiel will be held on Monday Feb. 4th. Congratulations to all of the teams!!

• A winners - Shae Simonson, Ryan Kako, Cheyenne Christiansen and Megan Rieber
• B winners - Damon Kako, Abigail Friesen, Casey Green and Dakota Ahrends-Ritchie
• C winners - Josh McPhail, Mason Meyers-Marchuk, Hayley Christiansen, Tianna Hansen
• D winners - Mackenzie Jones, Hailley Mann, Amiyah Jones and Pia Sol 

Thank you to everyone who made this year's DCS high school bonspiel another tremendous success!!  Congratulations to all the students who played so well as they entertained all the fans. Thank you to the rink maintenance workers for taking care of the ice. Thank you to the DCS staff for supervising. Thank you to those who worked in the rink kitchen.  Thank you to our SRC Sports Reps for gathering the prizes and Mrs. Rychlo for preparing the sponsor board. And another thank you to all the sponsors who donated prizes.   Thank you to our SCC for donating brownies and hot chocolate for the event.  What a great weekend!! Go Wildcats!! More pictures to come after our trophy presentation on Monday.

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Season Wrap Up

The Dinsmore Senior Boys Volleyball team participated in 1A Conference play in Cut Knife on November 9 and 10 and ended up third in their pool. The team beat Asquith on Friday and then lost to Edam and Neilburg on Saturday. The match versus Neilburg for second place in the pool was a heart breaker as the Wildcats lost a close match 24-26; 21-25. Teams moving onto Regionals from this conference were: Cut Knife, Edam and Perdue. During the season the team played in tournaments in Kindersley, Rouleau and Dinsmore; as well as having exhibition matches against Elrose and Beechy. The Wildcats would like to send well wishes to Grade 12 players Robert deCaux, Josh McPhail and Shae Simonson.

Kerry Bailey | Field Consultant

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Dinsmore Boys Rock the Block Volleybal Tournament

Rock the Block 2018

The Junior and Senior Boys Rock the Block tournament was held in the rink on October 13th.
The Junior boys tournament consisted of: Dinsmore, Davidson, Beechy, Kindersley and Elrose. Congratulations to Kindersley who won the tournament. Dinsmore had some great games and lost a hard fought 3 game match to Beechy in the semi-final.

The Senior boys tournament consisted of: Dinsmore, Beechy, Kindersley, Elrose, Rosetown, Cut Knife, Biggar and Eston. DCS played well and had some close matches, but unfortunately did not make the final.  Congratulations to Cut Knife who defeated Eston to capture the tournament championship.

The tournament would have not been a success without the help of:

• Mrs. Morrison – the Canteen was second to none! Your countless hours behind the scenes (and the day of) do not go unnoticed and are greatly appreciated.
• DCS Staff – for helping in the kitchen
• Mr. Morrison – for getting the courts ready
• The Kitchen Auxiliary – for cleaning the kitchen prior to us using it
• The Rink Board – for allowing us to use the facility
• The Parents – for making soup/chili, working a shift at the door and/or in the kitchen, and for cheering from the stands
• Hayley, Paige, Ainsley & Brayden – for working the door and scorekeeping/linesing
• The SRC – for offsetting the costs of the Officials
• The Refs – Mr. Gary Dodds, Mr. Ed Pihach, Miss Jocelyn Thorpe and Miss Jordyn Mann. We appreciate you giving up a Saturday to help us out
• PCCU – for the donation of bottles of water and granola bars for the players
• The Community – for coming to watch and by purchasing food from the Canteen
• The Jr. and Sr. Boys Volleyball Players – for set up/clean up and for being great ambassadors for our school

Sincerely,
Mr. Lance Morrison
Mrs. Lori Beattie

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Senior Boys Volleyball

Senior Boys Volleyball team attended the Kindersley Tournament on Saturday and came home in third place overall.

Wildcats defeated Elrose 2-0; Rosetown 2-0; lost to Oyen 0-2; split with Eston 1-1 and beat Kindersley 2-0. Due to the split with Eston (which we lost by points) we did not make it to the final; Eston and Oyen squared off in the final with Oyen winning. They boys only lost 3 sets all day. For our last three matches we only had six players.

By Head Coach Kerry Bailey

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The Dinsmore Composite School's Grade 7/8 class's bi-annual trip to the Cypress Hills Provincial park was an great success again this time around.  The class headed out from Dinsmore Monday morning (June 25th) stopping at Swift Current for gas and some DQ.  We arrived at Cypress Hills Provincial park and set up our tents in the beautiful Lock Loman area of the park.  That evening we went on a horse back trail ride, went to Lookout Point and Bald butte where we hiked and got caught in a rainstorm.  The class had supper while waiting for dark so that they could attend the observatory, unfortunately we were hit by another big rainstorm and were unable to look through the telescope due to cloud cover and lightning.  

Day 2 saw the class up early and head out to Fort Walsh.  The class looked through the interpretive center with Eston school's grade 6's and then headed down to the Fort.  As the class arrived they were greeted by a RCMP Corporal (in character) and took them through the Fort as if they were new raw recruits (There may have even been a cannon involved).  The class learned some games of the time period and even did some fur trading.  After lunch we went on a 6km hike out to the Cypress Hills massacre site and back (An interesting place with a very sad history).  The class headed back to their campsites where they changed and had some fun on some paddleboats before having a late supper.  The rest of the evening was a mix of games and campfire stories.

After a big couple of days, Day 3 was a slow sleepy start but we all made it to the visitor centre to take in the presentation on the Cypress Hills Geology followed by a lesson on Geocaching with GPS units.  The class then headed back to their campsites one last time to pack up, clean up and head out.  The class then headed to the Great Sand dunes near Leader where they had fun running and sliding.  We hit the Big 10-4 in Leader for ice cream before finally arriving home Wednesday night.  What a great trip!  A huge thank you goes out to Mrs. Lori Beattie for organizing the trip and to our parent chaperones for accompanying, driving and teaching (Mrs. Joanne Elstad, Mr. Gavin Blackwell and Mr. Cole Flath).  We couldn't have gone with out you.

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Awards Night

The Dinsmore Composite School Awards night was held on Tuesday June 12th.  Thank you to all who attended and congratulations to all those who won. It was an amazing feeling to celebrate all the successes of our students this past year.

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Track and Field Day

The Dinsmore Composite School Elementary Track and Field day was held on Tuesday June 12th.  K-6 Students participated in 10 events during the day.  Each event was lead by Grade 7/8 students.  Each group of athletes was lead by an adult group leader.  Thank you to all the family members that attended to cheer on the kids. 

Thank you to Mrs. Morrison for the wonderful canteen.  Thank you to our SCC members for cooking burgers.  Thank you to the Prairie Centre Credit Union for donating Freezies for all the students.  It was a great day.

 

 

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District Track and Field Meet in Outlook

Congratulations to all the athletes who participated in the District Track and Field Meet in Outlook on the weekend.  Our DCS Wildcats had an excellent showing with  top 6 finishes in 23 events!  Congratulations to the following six athletes who have advanced to the provincial championship in Prince Albert on June 1st and 2nd:

• Hailley Mann - Midget girl's discus throw
• Cole Buchanan - Midget boy's javelin throw
• Taylor Burton - Junior boy's 100 meter  hurdles 
• Troy Banks - Junior boy's javelin throw
• Shae Simonson - Junior boy's javelin throw
• Jordyn Mann - Senior girl's javelin throw, shot put and discus throw

Go Wildcats! 
Carol Rychlo - Dinsmore Composite School

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Pickleball

Thank you to Mrs. Ellen Manson and Mrs. Sue Lytle for teaching the Grade 5/6 and 7/8 Physical Education classes about the game of pickleball.  They came to our school on May 24th.  Mrs. Manson and Mrs. Lytle are part of the Dinsmore Pickleball club.  The club has about 15 members that play in Dinsmore every Monday and Thursday.  Thank you for your time and and for sharing your expertise with us.  

 Lance Morrison
B.Sc.P.E. '95 B.Ed. '97
Athletic Director - Dinsmore Composite School
WCHSAA President

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DCS Track

Congratulations to all our DCS track athletes that attended the meet in Outlook May 16th. Dinsmore had great performances on a very warm and windy day. There may be a few red shoulders and legs around the school today. Thank you to Mrs. Rychlo, Mrs. Orban and our student helpers that worked at the Javelin event as well as Mrs. McPhail for driving the bus.

Some event highlights include:

• Cole Buchanan 2nd in Midget boys Javelin
• Taylor Ahrends-Burton 2nd in Junior boys hurdles
• Shae Simonson 2nd in both Junior boys Discus and Javelin
• Hailley Mann won Midget girls discus
• Brooklyn Hilderman won Midget girls 400m and 800m
• Wyatt Jones won the Midget boys Long Jump
• and Triple Jump. and . . . Jordyn Mann broke all of her sister Kennedy's records while winning shot put, discus and javelin!!
• The top 6 in each event will move on to the District Track and field championships in Outlook on May 26th.

Lance Morrison B.Sc.
P.E. '95 B.Ed. '97
Athletic Director - Dinsmore Composite School

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The Dinsmore Composite School Senior Badminton

The team had a short brilliant season. The team consisted of Jordyn Mann and Parker Atkinson as well as Julia Christiansen and Tyler Thomson in Mixed Doubles. Robert deCaux and Josh McPhail as well as Cole Buchanan and Shae Simonson in Boys Doubles. Julia Menke played Girls Singles.

The team had a exhibition night in Beechy on Apr. 12. The Jordyn/ Parker and Robert/Josh then played Sectionals in Lucky Lake on Apr. 24th. Jordyn and Parker qualified for Districts in Rosetown on Apr. 28th and finished 3rd in the District.

Mr. Morrison would like to thank the team and the parents for the dedication to the season and look forward to next season.

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Jr. Badminton

This season for Dinsmore Composite School Jr. Badminton was busy for all. With a total of 26 players signed up in the beginning there was a lot of interest. We travelled to Beechy, Kyle, and hosted our own tournament in Dinsmore. Students who atteneded practice gave Ms.Blomert and Mrs. Sobkowicz some much needed entertainment and laughs. We really enjoyed coaching you all this year. 

Dylan, Troy, Bailey, Brooklyn, Alisha, Hailley M., Wyatt, Brady, Spencer, Tristen, and Ryan represented DCS at sectionals in Elrose. We have some tough games going to three sets and came out with seven athletes advancing to districts. Dylan, Ryan, Tristen, Logan, Mason, Alisha, and Hailley M. attended districts in Kindersley. This was a great learning experience for all as we saw a high quality of competition. We were complimented for our sportsman ship and our determination and grit during games. Dylan played with incredible determination as he was met with some amazing competition. He never gave up and played as hard as he could. Ryan and Tristen played their hearts our as well and both teams ended up losing out in the round robin. Logan and Mason made it to the play offs but lost to Elrose and gained 4th place overall. Hailley M and Alisha made it through the day undefeated until the gold metal final match. They placed 2nd overall. Congrats to all athletes on their amazing accomplishments and growth this season. 

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Badminton

The Dinsmore Senior badminton team played in the South Section playoffs in Lucky Lake on Tuesday Apr. 24th.  Josh McPhail/Robert deCaux competed in Boys Doubles.  Jordyn Mann/Parker Atkinson competed in Mixed Doubles.  Josh and Robert had 3 very competitive matches.  Jordyn and Parker won all their matches.  Jordyn and Parker will move on to the West Central District Championships this coming Saturday Apr. 28th in Rosetown.  

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Junior Curling

The West Central Junior Curling districts were held in Eston this past weekend on Mar. 16/17. Dinsmore Composite School won the District Mixed title. They defeated Kyle 5-1 in the final. Pictured are Ryan Kako (skip), Tristen Flath (3rd), Brady Mann (second), Easton Genest (second) and Spencer Flath (lead). Mrs. Lori Beattie (Coach, Not pictured)

Skate-a-thon Fundraiser

Dinsmore Composite school held its annual Skate-a-thon fundraiser for Telemiracle today at the Dinsmore Memorial Arena. 100 students and staff took to the ice for an exciting hour of skating together. After skating the local Kinsmen club held a Steak/Hotdog Telemiracle fundraising lunch for over 140 members of the school and community. Thank you to everyone for the support.

The Skate-a-thon raised $1640.00 and the luncheon raised another $1015.00 Total $2655.00.

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The 56th annual Dinsmore Composite School High School Curling Bonspiel

The 56th annual Dinsmore Composite School High School Curling Bonspiel took place this past weekend Friday Feb. 2 and Saturday Feb. 3rd. Nine teams competed during the Two day bonspiel. The students showed great sportsmanship throughout the competition.

The Winning team in the 'A' event consisted of skip Josh McPhail, 3rd Mason Marchuk, 2nd Tristen Flath and lead Megan Reiber.

The winning team in the 'B' event consisted of skip Jordyn Mann, 3rd Logan Marchuk, 2nd Taylor Ahrends-Burton, and lead Courtney Norris.

The winning team in the 'C' event consisted of skip Shae Simonson, 3rd Troy Banks, 2nd Spencer Flath and lead Brooklyn Hilderman.

Thank you to everyone who made this bonspiel the success it was. The rink crew, concession workers, SCC, prize sponsors, the Dinsmore Memorial arena board, as well as the staff and students of DCS. What a great weekend.

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Senior Boys Volleyball in Elrose and Dinsmore

Volleyball for the Senior Boys has been revived in Elrose; they are in a cooperative with Dinsmore Senior Boys. The team has a very busy schedule! There are three boys from Elrose and seven from Dinsmore on the team. Kerry Bailey is the head coach, Kristin Blomert is the assistant coach and Deb deCaux is managing the group. The team is practicing on Tuesdays and Thursday in Dinsmore from 7pm to 9pm.

Athletes involved:

• Jeremy Knorr
• Robert deCaux
• Shae Simonson
• Layne Lewis
• Parker Atkinson
• Jesse Thorpe
• Matt Jones
• Josh McPhail
• Taylor Burton
• Cole Buchanan

We have the following tournaments booked:

• September 8/9 – Meadow Lake
• Sept 22/23 – Maidstone Mega Volley
• Sept 29/30 – Rouleau/Avonlea
• October 13/14 – Hosting a 10 team tournament at the Dinsmore Arena
• October 28 – Lucky Lake
• November 3/4 – Biggar
• November 11 – Sectional playdowns
• November 18 – Regional playoffs in Elrose if we qualify at Sectionals
• November 24/25 – Provincials in Rouleau depending on success of the season

The team has already competed in Meadow Lake and Maidstone. They came up against city teams in Meadow Lake and played some great matches, improving their skills each game. Maidstone had 25 boys teams and 25 girls teams; it was a very busy tournament. The boys were selected to wear PINK uniforms on the Friday night to showcase Breast Cancer Awareness. The team continues to mesh and their skills are improving rapidly. It is a very busy season for the team and many thanks to all the parents and chaperones who have been helping out!

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Dinsmore Pickleball

 

Dinsmore Pickleball began with a group of adults' desire to become more active during the winter months. We started playing in the school gym in January 2017, with a group of 8-12 players coming out once a week. The game is easy to learn and fun to play for all ages. There are many YouTube videos that demonstrate the basics of the game, but you can learn quickly by playing! We were fortunate to obtain some funding from two local community groups to purchase 3 nets, balls and beginner paddles. Most players have now purchased their own paddles to help improve their game!

Once summer arrived, we taped out courts in the Dinsmore arena and played until the ice was put in. This was a great facility to play in as we were able to use full sized courts! So many of us are loving the game, we have now moved to playing twice a week and communicate through a group on WhatsApp! We are approaching a full year of playing pickleball in Dinsmore, and continue to encourage more participation from the community as it is a great game that promotes physical activity and socializing! If you are interested in playing pickleball, contact Ellen, Sue, or Janice. We'd love to have more players.

~Ellen Manson

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Rock The Block Volleyball Tournament

The 2nd annual Rock the Block volleyball tournament was held on September 22/23 at the Dinsmore Memorial Arena. 9 senior girls and 4 junior girls teams competed over the 2 days. The home town Dinsmore/LCBI defeated Eston 20-25, 25-13, 15-7 in the final of the senior girls tournament. Walter Murray defeated Hazlet for 3rd place. Kenaston, Bigger, Rosetown, Eatonia/Marengo and Beechy/Kyle/Lucky Lake also competed. In the junior girls tournament, Loreburn defeated Davidson in the final.

Thank you to Mrs Morrison, her canteen crew of grade 5/6's, the parents and staff who ran an incredible canteen feeding over 200 people this weekend. Thank you to the officials: Cliff Adelman, Bob Akre, Kristin Blomert and Ed Pihach. Thank you to Prairie Centre Credit union for donating water and granola bars to all the players. And thank you to the Dinsmore rink board for use of the facility. It truly takes a community to run an event such as this.

 

DCS Track team qualified to be a part of West Central District's Track and Field team:

Four members of the DCS Track team qualified to be a part of West Central District's Track and Field team to compete at the SHSAA Provincial Track and Field meet June 2/3. Taylor Ahrends-Burton, Cole Buchanan, Jordyn Mann and Jae Evans competed and represented Dinsmore Composite School so well. On Friday morning Taylor Ahrends-Burton competed in the Midget Boys Hurdles and finished 24th in his first provincials with a time of 18.57s. Cole Buchanan also competing in his first provincials finished 20th in Midget boys Javelin with a throw of 33.57m Friday also saw Jae Evans compete in the 100m and the Long Jump. Jae won the Senior Boys Long Jump with a jump of 6.59m! Jae also ran the 100m 3 times on Friday (Quarterfinals, Semifinals and the Finals) and finished in 7th. Not to be outdone was Jordyn Mann, she won the bronze medal in the senior girls discus on Friday with a throw of 33.26m.

Saturday started with Jordyn throwing Senior girls Javelin. Jordyn was in 4th until her 5th attempt where she launched a beautiful arching throw of 37.86m and won a Silver medal! Jordyn then competed in Shot put, her 3rd event of the Provincial championships. Jordyn threw well but was in 4th place until her last attempt. She exploded with an incredible throw of 11.13m to jump into 1st place to win the Gold medal. By winning a Gold, Silver and a Bronze also put Jordyn into 3rd place in the aggregate race (the most points won by all senior girls at Provincials). Saturday also had Jae Evans in the Senior Boys high jump. Jae jumped great, finishing with a best jump of 1.92m. It tied him with another jumper but because of one more miss throughout the competition Jae finished with a Silver medal. Dinsmore also finished as the 6th best 1A school in the Province with 92 team points. Amazing for just having 4 athletes at the provincials.

Just a great weekend full of incredible performances by our DCS Wildcats. I also want to thank the athletes parents for the support they give their kids. It was so much fun to be a part of as a coach and as a fan.

Thank you Lance Morrison B.Sc.P.E., B.Ed. Athletic Director - Dinsmore Composite School
WCSHSAA Official's Commissioner
lance.morrison@sunwestsd.ca

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Dinsmore Track and Field 2017

31 DCS Track and Field member traveled to Davidson May 17th on a cold blustery day to participate in West Central's East Sectional. Participants showed tremendous determination to compete under less than favourable conditions. DCS finished 5th in the team portion and 18 DCS student/athletes qualified for the West Central District Track and Field championships on May 27th.

May 27th was a beautiful day for Track and Field in Outlook. Congratulations and thank you to the Outlook High School staff and students who were great hosts and ran a very impressive meet. Our DCS students did very well setting Personal bests as they gave everything they had finishing in 7th place among the 17 West Central schools. Among the great performances 4 DCS students qualified for the SHSAA Provincial championships to be held in Saskatoon at Griffiths Stadium June 2/3. Jordyn Mann won the Senior girls Shot put, Discus and Javelin. Jaetrell Evans won the Senior boys High Jump, Long Jump and 100m. Cole Buchanan won the Midget boys Javelin and Taylor Ahrends-Burton finished 2nd in the Midget boys Hurdles. Good luck at Provincials and thank you to all our our athletes for representing DCS as excellent ambassadors for our school and community. Thank you also to Mrs. Kim Sobkowicz, Mrs. Carol Rychlo, Mrs. Karen Blackwell-Jones and Mrs. Shauna Morrison for working the Long Jump pit.

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Dinsmore Badmiton 2017

The Dinsmore senior badminton team's 14 players had a short, exciting season.  The team traveled to Kyle (Mar. 29th) and Beechy (Apr. 5th) for league nights.  The Sectional playoff was held in Beechy on Apr. 12th.  

The team consisted of: Jae Evans, Julia Menke, Robert deCaux, Josh McPhail, Tyler Thomson, Damon Kako, Karmen Simonson, Jordyn Mann, Brandi Ahrends, Julia Christiansen, Jocelyn Thorpe, Ayden Annala, Brooklyn Beaton and Shae Simonson. 

The top 2 teams from sectionals went on to play in the West Central District Championships in Biggar on Apr. 29.  Players from Dinsmore that advanced were: BS-Jae Evans, GS-Julia Menke, GD-Karmen Simonson/Jordyn Mann, MD-Jocelyn Thorpe/Ayden Annala, MD-Brooklyn Beaton/Shae Simonson. 

Thanks to all the players for a wonderful season.  Thanks to the parents for driving and support the players.  Thank you also to Ms. deCaux for coaching, it was a great season.

• Girls Team:
  • Leah Williamson – Skip
  • Janelle Rolston – Third
  • Jordyn Mann – Second
  • Julia Menke – Lead

• Boys Team:
  • Josh McPhail – Skip
  • Ayden Annala – Third
  • Shae Simonson – Second
  • Damon Kako – Lead
  • Ethan Thomson - Alternate

The district playoffs were in Kyle on February 10th and 11th. Both teams played against Kindersley for the District championship. The girls won with two victories over their rivals. The boys split the first two games with Kindersley and lost the third game so place second. Both teams advanced to regional playdowns in Saskatoon.

The regional playoff was held on March 3rd and 4th. The boys had a good game against St. Walburg but came up short. They then took on a very good squad from North Battleford and were beaten. The girl's first game was against Ille-a-la-Crosse and the team curled well, beating their opponents. Next the girls met a very good team from St. Joseph's in Saskatoon and lost. Finally the girls played Unity. The teams were very closely matched and the score went back and forth. In the end, DCS lost and their season was over.

Thank you to the curlers who were very committed. I enjoyed coaching all of you. Thanks also to the parents for your support.

Mrs. Rychlo