DWU vs Hastings recap

A great day at the Corn Palace yesterday. First of all, the girls played good defense, held Hastings down and was in position to pull of the upset vs the #1 ranked team til late in the game, but Hastings pulled away in the end. Good effort on their part. Prior to the men's game it was a very special time as they honored the team and presented the trophy on wining the GPAC regular season championship. It was also senior day as Kevin Ball, Mitch Bain, and Preston Broughton were honored. Kevin has worked very hard in his four years and always had a good attitude and was honored and started the game at guard for the Tigers. Mitch Bain, all the way from the Bahamas, did not have his parents there to walk out with him. However, he was joined by the team at half court when the p.a. announcer said "Mitch is joined by his family on the court." And Preston has been great for Dakota Wesleyan, signing with the Tigers when they weren't even winning 10 games a year, and being a huge part in helping Coach Hemenway turn the program around. Speaking of Coach Hemenway, here is an article with some question and answer from Coach Hemenway. And you can finally find out what Coach Hemenway thinks of the popular subject of him leaving for a job at a bigger school.

Daily Republic's article with Coach Hemenway

The game was not going good for the Tigers in the first half. At one point they were down by 14 points. The Tigers got it together and closed the gap to just 6 going into halftime. They pulled away in the second half and ended their regular season with a great win. Brady Wiebe, Darrin Dorsey, and Preston Broughton had huge games for the Tigers as Brady had 30 points and 11 rebounds, Dorsey had 25 points and 7 rebounds, and Prestong had 17 points and 7 rebounds. And after the game DWU cut down the nets in celebration of their championship. A nice gesture by the players, giving pieces of the net to trainer Jarod Guthmiller, their #1 fan Junior, and women's basketball players Ashley and Allison Johnson's mom Carol Johnson, who was at her first Tiger game in almost a month after receiving cancer treatment at Mayo Clinic.

Looking forward to the GPAC tournament, DWU obviously has the #1 seed and a first round bye. Here is a link talking about the seedings and bracket for the entire tournament: GPAC article on postseason tournament

The cheerleaders do a great job of getting the crowd going. However, a couple of them almost were not able to cheer at the game. For a touching story that you need to read, go to: DWU cheerleader's article

And if there isn't enough links for you, here is one more about the Tigers' season with quotes from players Preston and Brady. Daily Republic article