Warriors Kick Off New Season

Hi Warrior fans, well it is official we have started practice and the 2009-10 season in underway. The first practice of the year went well as the guys gave great effort and focus during the day. After our first official practice we had a little bit of time off before coming back on to the court last night for our "Warrior Madness" event. The event as excellent and we thank all the fans who showed up to support both men's and women's teams along with giving money to Winona Health's breast cancer center. The night started off with the introduction of both teams with the women's team then taking the floor for a 10 minute scrimmage. After that it was our turn to get out and give the fans a view of this years squad, our scrimmage ended up a tie at 29-29.
At the conclusion of the scrimmage both teams put out some of their top shooters to square off in a 3-point contest. The winner of the contest ended up being, senior David Johnson, who was able to out shoot one of the women's new freshman players. In between the 3-point contest we also held a dunk contest. Luke Doedens stole the show with the dunk contest, Luke was able to complete a variety of entertaining dunks including throwing a ball of the back wall behind the basketball hoop, catching an bounce ally-oop pass that was thrown from in the middle of the padded stands by Brad Meyer and finally a pass off the side of the back board from Jon Walburg.
Overall it was a fun night and we look forward to doing this again next year. Up next for the Warriors we will be holding our first scrimmage of the year this Saturday, October 17 at 9:30 am in McCown gym. The scrimmage is open to the public and we invite all of you to come and watch. Finally this weekend is Family Weekend at WSU, we look forward to seeing all you parents at the scrimmage and then lunch afterward. GO WARRIORS!!!