Alyssa Depoorter of KW Signs with Valley City St. for Softball
Kelly Walsh s Alyssa Depoorter has signed on with Valley City State University in North Dakota for softball. In the last couple of seasons, she has played with the Wyoming Pride club team as well as with the Casper Crush program. Depoorter was a catcher at the club level but would like to migrate over to 3rd base at the college level.
Depoorter will not play softball in the Wyoming high school ranks and that sport will debut in the state this spring. She will play on the Trojan soccer team and was a 4A all-state selection as a goal-keeper in 2019.
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (vcsuvikings.com) – Three days after seeing their 9-game winning streak come to an end, the Valley City State men’s basketball team was back to its winning ways Tuesday
All 14 Vikings scored Tuesday night as Valley City State coasted to its 10th win of the season, a 105-48 victory over Oak Hills Christian College.
“It was nice to have all our guys back,” said VCSU head coach Ryan Montgomery, whose team has played shorthanded the last three contests. “We learned a lot in this game about what it means to play with others instead of individual play.”The Vikings, who are receiving votes in the latest NAIA Top 25 Poll, improve to 10-2 overall this season. Oak Hills drops to 4-8.
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (vcsuvikings.com) – The Valley City State men’s basketball team opened the second half of Sunday’s game with a 24-3 run that powered the Vikings to a conference-opening victory over Dickinson State, 94-68.
Eddie Oyet‘s performance off the bench paced the Vikings on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball as he put up 23 points and tallied five steals. It is the sixth straight game that Oyet has scored at least 14 points for the Vikings.
Kevin Schramm posted his second double-double of the season with 12 points and a season-high 15 rebounds. Jalen Addison poured in 18 points for the Vikings and Tate Hebrink added 12. Addison and Chris Thompson each dished out four assists Sunday.
VALLEY CITY – (vcsuvikings.com)The Valley City State women’s basketball team opened conference play in the win column, taking a 71-67 victory over Dickinson State Saturday.
Dani Schwanke’s 13 second-half points paced the Valley City State comeback, including a pair of free throws and layup drive late in the fourth quarter to ice the Viking win.
Valley City State improves to 2-3 on the season and 1-0 in the North Star Athletic Association. Dickinson State falls to 2-5 overall and 0-1 in the NSAA.
“To start conference play 1-0 is a huge step in the right direction for this team and I couldn’t be more proud of them. We had a lot of girls step up at different times in the game and we were able to string together stops when it counted down the stretch.” said head coach Vanessa Johnson. “We have to keep working to clean up the little parts of the game, but overall excited to see what this group can do!”