“Do you see the referee?”
Yes we see the referee! And we thank him for recognizing the sportsmanship our athletes so often display.
Dean Odling, a WIAA official working the hardwood in a Jan. 3 non-conference boys basketball game between visiting Delavan-Darien High School and host Williams Bay High School, felt proud enough of what he saw to tell someone about it. Tell a lot of people about it, actually.
Odling wrote the WIAA, and the organization incuded his encouraging comments in its February 2012 WIAA Bulletin.
Here’s what he said:
“I was glad to be a part of this game because the sportsmanship displayed by all involved. The players played hard but not too hard to forget about sportsmanship. Many times during the contest I witnessed acts of sportsmanship to players on the other team. This comes from the way (Williams Bay) Coach Nottested and (DDHS) Coach (Bob) Beighton were good role models for their team to follow. They respected the game and this reflected on the court and in the stands. We need more displays of sportsmanship like this.”
Kudos to you, DDHS players and coaches, and also to the Williams Bay players and coaching staff and all the fans of both teams who attended the game.
Filed under: Delavan-Darien High School, Delavan-Darien School District
