...: We are women, hear us ROAR. We are women, watch us SCORE!

Current H!GhL!Ght @ the S.C....

SiMPSON DiD iT!

...we UPSET our BiGGEST RiVAL, the Central Dutch in a nervewracking, but AMAZiNG football game last Saturday!

It was a COLD, COLD day, but the STORM was HOT...we went ahead 17-7; Central fought back to tie it (thankfully we held 'em to only a field goal) & the game went in to OT. We scored on a 2nd down 25 yard pass. Then on Central's 2nd down, STORM senior Tim Stover INTERCEPTED it to WiN 24-17! The fact that it was AT CENTRAL made the win even better.

I wish I could see the replay! :D

This was the PERFECT end to a 7-3 season & PERFECT beginning to a new SiMPSON STORM DOMiNATiON..it was very special for the seniors, the NEW coaching staff, the 8 SPiRiTED shirtless guys cheering on a freezing day, & the entire SiMPSON community.

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Sunday, November 18, 2007

We are women, hear us ROAR. We are women, watch us SCORE!

Last season, the Storm women's basketball team won the Iowa Conference, continued on to play in the NCAA Division III National Tournament & made it to the Sweet Sixteen vs. NYU in New York City...

...this season is already off to a sweet start with a tournament win in Minnesota!

The Storm is ranked #16/18 in the nation & "opened the 2007-08 women's basketball season with a 68-44 victory over Northwestern College (Minn.) in the semifinals of the Northwestern Tip-Off Tournament Nov. 17 in St. Paul, Minn. The Storm forced the tournament hosts into 30 turnovers while making 15 steals. Simpson scored 20 points off of the Eagles' turnovers while outmuscling Northwestern 32-16 in the paint."...

Simpson (2-0) "defeated NAIA Division II Jamestown College, N.D. (4-4) 74-45 to win the Northwestern Tip-Off Tournament Nov. 17 in St. Paul, Minn. The Jimmies led the Storm 12-9 with little over 16 minutes to go in the first half to which Simpson responded by outscoring Jamestown 26-11 to take a 37-20 halftime lead. The Storm held the Jimmies to 25.8% shooting (16-of-62) while making 28-of-57 field goal attempts (49.1%). Simpson outrebounded Jamestown 45-38. The Storm forced 17 turnovers and made eight steals.

Tournament MVP Katelyn Whiton (Sr., Perry, Iowa, Perry H.S.) shot 11-of-18 from the field to score a game high 22 points. The 5'10" forward also tied her career high with 10 rebounds. Whiton averaged 14.5 points and 7.5 rebounds over the two-day meet. Denisha Fields (Jr., Tucson, Ariz., Palo Verde H.S.) was 5-of-7 from the field as she scored 13 points. Whitney Franker (Jr., Urbandale, Iowa, Urbandale H.S.) added 10 ponts. Both Fields (11.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg) and Franker (11.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg) were named to the All-Tournament team. Ashley Katch (Sr., Urbandale, Iowa, Urbandale H.S.) scored nine points, grabbed five rebounds, blocked four shots, and dished out four assists."