The Canistota Hawks used a big first quarter run to get a lead on the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals, but it was their fourth quarter run that put the game out of reach. The Hawks defeated the Cardinals 74-43 on Friday, January 26th at Canistota High School.
After an early 3-2 lead by St Mary, the Hawks made their first big run of the game to take a 22-10 lead after the first quarter of play. St Mary kept the game in reach in the middle two quarters of the game. The Cardinals only saw the Hawks extend their lead by a point to 37-24 at halftime. Again Canistota only managed to extend their lead by another point to 14 points by the end of third quarter at 52-38. Canistota, however, went on a 19-0 run before St Mary got the first field goal of the fourth quarter with 3:18 left in the game. By that point the score was 71-41 and out of reach for St Mary.
Connor Libis finished the night with 21 points and three rebounds. Connor Kangas had six points. Weston Geraets added five points, seven rebounds, and five blocked shots. Luke Brown and Ryan Eining both had four points each, and Drew Wood finished with three points and four rebounds.
St Mary (7-5) will host Gayville-Volin on Tuesday, January 3oth. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.