Articles by Derrick Shelley

Madden leads team into 5th place

4/22/14

The Dixie State University women's golf team stayed in the middle of the pack all tournament long and finished fifth overall as a team in the Pacific West Conference tournament championships at the Hawaii Prince Golf Club in Ewa Beach, Hawaii. 

DSU sophomore Shelby Madden fared well in the ...

DSU golf teams vie for conference championship

4/20/14

The Dixie State University men’s and women’s golf teams vied for the Pacific West Conference Championship this week.

The women are coming off their best result of the season, which was 5th at a Western New Mexico University-hosted tournament. The men started the season strong with a second-place ...

Walking on gives students chance to join DSU athletics

4/17/14

Athletic men and women see if they have what it takes to compete in college sports by deciding to try out for DSU teams; however, there are a couple of hurdles these students need to clear before walking onto the teams. 

The first step for you as an aspiring collegiate ...

Red Storm softball hold rival scoreless

4/14/14
Shortstop Josey Hartman, a freshman general education major from Mapleton, lays down a bunt against BYU-Hawaii Tuesday. Photo by Kylea Custer.

Dixie State University softball played another doubleheader and recorded another pair of shutout victories.

The Red Storm swept Brigham Young University-Hawaii Monday 10-0 in the first game and 2-0 in the second game.

Junior pitcher Aryn Feickert and senior pitcher Mattie Snow both threw five strikeouts in game one to ...

DSU men's golf team swings for first conference championship

4/11/14
Kenny You, a sophomore communication major from Salt Lake City, watches the ball soar in a practice Jan. 28. Photo by Rebecca Luker.

The Dixie State University men’s golf team is preparing for finals week — on the golf course.

The Red Storm prepared all year for their biggest match of the season in the upcoming Pacific West Conference championship Thursday to Friday at the Hiddenbrooke Golf Club in Vallejo, Calif.

A big ...

ROTC basketball tournament starts, suffers through fundraiser beginnings

4/7/14

“The Heroes Basketball Tournament” for the Reserve Officers’ Training Corp 3-on-3 basketball fundraiser came and went Saturday without much funds raised, but there was a good time had by a few students.

The team known as the “Other Team,” made up of Dixie State University students Randan Woods, Logan Pfau ...

DSU nurtures American Sign Language culture, classes

4/4/14

People often communicate with strangers or with friends without even saying a word.

Those who understand American Sign Language know how natural speaking without voices can be, and for the Dixie State University students who are hard of hearing and use ASL, it is the only way they can speak ...

Softball slashes past Chaminade Silverswords

3/31/14

To say Dixie State University softball beat Chaminade University in its doubleheader Monday night would be downplaying the blowout wins.

Dixie State won both games by a convincing margin (14-1, 11-0) with the Red Storm never trailing an inning, scoring a run in all eight frames over the two-game span ...

Basketball players become 'heroes' at ROTC tournament

3/30/14
Graphic courtesy of Megan Peterson.

Shots are fired — at the basketball hoop.

The “Heroes Basketball Tournament” will be held at the Student Activities Center Saturday with a 3-on-3 basketball tournament put on by the Reserve Officer Training Corps of Dixie State University.

The tournament is a community-wide fundraiser for the ROTC program and is only ...

DSU tennis team hopes to advance

3/21/14
Stormy Dvorak, a sophomore integrated studies major from Laguna Beach, Calif., returns a quick ball on March 20. Photo by Thomas Hender.

The Dixie State University tennis team has been on a roll on the court recently with a five-match winning streak. 

The streak is coming just in time for a series of matchups this week against four of its Pacific West Conference foes.

In order for the Red Storm to make ...

DSU basketball hopes higher than final results

3/20/14

The Dixie State University men’s basketball team had many memorable experiences — however, a tournament win was not one of them. 

Total wins, 21. National ranking, No. 8. Total stormed courts, two. Total post season wins: zero, again. 

The Red Storm showed both promise and disappointment in its roller coaster-of-a ...

DSU softball ready to take on Hawaii

3/16/14
Shortstop Josey Hartman, a freshman general education major from Mapleton, makes the tage before the California Baptist base runner touches third base March 7. Photo by Thomas Hender.

The Dixie State University softball team has its eyes on another Pacific West Conference championship, and it’s only half way through the season.

The Red Storm are heating up in conference play, as they won 10 of their last 12 games and are now on top of the PacWest ...

Tourney creates madness, hope

3/14/14
Graphic Courtesy: MCT Campus

It might be a stretch, but what if I told you the NCAA 68 team basketball tournament known as March Madness is eerily similar to the wildly popular story of “The Hunger Games?”

Yep, it’s that time of year again. It’s time to fill out those brackets and ...

DSU women's basketball look to conference tournament

3/2/14
Taylor Mann, a sophomore English major from Castle Dale drives into the paint against her Cal Baptist opponent during their nationally televised 96-85 win over the Lancers. Photo by Thomas Hender.

Lights. Camera. Action!

The national TV cameras were rolling at 10 a.m. Saturday morning in the Burns Arena as California Baptist University outscored Dixie State University in a shootout, 96-85.

In such a high-scoring matchup, Cal Baptist took a 54-44 lead into halftime.  CBU made 21 of 32 shots ...

Women's basketball player Taylor Mann gives insight to who she really is

2/27/14

Women's basketball player Taylor Mann opens up about who she really is.

 

 

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