The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls dropped two games on back-to-back nights on Friday, December 20th and Saturday, December 21st.
Dell Rapids hosted the Tea Area Titans on Friday and fell to the Titans 56-20. The first quarter was close with Tea holding a small 7-5 lead at the break. The Titans got their offense going and scored 25 points while holding the Quarriers to just eight for a 32-12 lead. Tea outscored the Quarriers 24-7 in the second half.
Madysen VanOverbeke finished with six points. Aspen Hansen and Haileigh Barnhart each had five points. Zoey Hilmoe and Beck Dorn had two points apiece.
Dell Rapids then traveled to Colman to play the De Smet Bulldogs in the Entringer Classic on Saturday.
De Smet jumped out to an early 12-0 lead to start the game. Dell Rapids cut the lead down by two at 20-10 by the end of the quarter. The Quarriers scored the first five points of the second quarter to pull within five at 20-15. The Bulldogs ended the half on a 13-5 run for a 33-20 halftime lead.
The Quarriers made some great halftime adjustments and were able to cut the lead down to 38-30 by the end of the third quarter. Trailing 45-37 with 3:30 to play, Dell Rapids went on an 8-0 run and finally got the game tied at 45-45 with :05.9 to play on a scoop-shot layup by Hansen. Unfortunately for Dell Rapids, Autumn Wilkenson was found with :00.1 to play on a layup attempt, and Wilkenson made both free throws to give De Smet the 47-45 victory.
Hansen led the Quarriers with 17 points, six rebounds, and four steals in the game. VanOverbeke had nine points and three steals. Hilmoe finished with seven points and five rebounds. Jayme Schmidt added five points. Maggie Schmidt had three points, and Dorn and Barnhart both finished with two points
Dell Rapids (0-3) will be off until Friday, January 3rd when they host the Flandreau Fliers. The game can be seen on Big Sioux Media.