The Jr. Dinos looked to be a little intimidated and awestruck against a Pitsnogles team that featured University of Calgary Dino starting point guard Josh Feist, and former Mount Royal Cougar player and Airdrie Elite East leading scorer Kelly Lundgren. The experience of the Pitsnogles, as well as their strength and veteran savy allowed them to pull ahead early, and maintain that lead for the entire game. At any point in which the Jr. Dinos were able to make a run, Josh Feist would score or get the ball to Kelly to stifle the Jr. Dinos hopes. Averaging an amazing 42.5 points a game going into the action, the Dinos were able to slow Lundgren down to 36 but it wasn’t enough falling 103-79. Josh Feist notched 18 points and an array of dazzling assists, while former Mount Royal Cougar Kevin was able to knock down 5 three’s and finish with 21 points.

The Jr. Dinos were lead by the scoring of Jordan Hone. Jordan scored 23 points, and grabbed numerous rebounds. Tyler Fidler added 10 points, while the 3 grade 10 players, Taylor Norum, Ian Tomaszewski and Trevor Debolt all played with energy against the much older and experienced team. Other scorers included Joe Theriault with 7, Piece Anderson with 7, Taylor Norum with 7, and Ian Tomaszewski with 8. The team was plagued by 28 turnovers.

The Jr. Dinos play in their first tournament action on Friday May 5 in Okotoks as they take on Westside AAA White at 5:30pm at Foothills Composite High School.

The U-16 boys played a couple of exhibition games this week against 2 teams from the Westside AAA Club Team.

The first game was played against the Westside White that consisted of a few grade 12 players along with a mixture of 11’s and 10’s. The Jr. Dino’s beginning to understand the new offense started off rather tentative which resulted in Westside having numerous runs. Westside was able to capture the 84-42 win. Top scorers for the Dino’s were Chris Loubardeas with 10 points and Noah Sander with 6.

The next night the Jr. Dinos played Westside Black, a team made up of grade 10’s and 11’s. The Dino’s beginning to gel as a team picked up their game big time and competed throughout the entire contest with the final score being 73-63 in favor of Westside. The Jr. Dino’s made up entirely of grade 10’s are showing great signs of team play, hard work and and williness to outwork the opposition. The top scorers for the Dino’s were Fraser Wayne, Tyson Kwasney and Chris Loubardeas each with 10 points along with Jordan Tudor with 8 points. Top rebounder for the Dino’s was Adam Weir with 7.